Glitterfist

Documentary Short. Featuring Kristina Pamias, artist from Yucaipa California.
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I was born in the beautiful Southern California county of Orange, home of Disneyland, beaches, and Pup N Taco stands. The sixth daughter for a biker and a sensitive, yet striking redhead, I witnessed a wild variety of personalities and adopted something from each.

Early on, I gravitated to the visual arts. The biker, was also a photographer for a popular magazine, & often brought home books and periodicals filled with images on every subject.

I begged for a camera & was first rewarded with a 110, then, in the fifth grade I got a popular “disk” camera. I lost my disk camera to the ocean, on a trip to the beach & film for the 110 was expensive for a kid.

Finally, my first year of high school, my father decided I was ready for a 35 mm camera, he took me to a camera shop & bought me a Konica camera for my 15th birthday. His response to my first contact sheet was, “Oh, you like that artsy-fartsy stuff, huh?”

Indeed I do!

After learning the ins & outs of basic photography, I left the rest to chance. Experimenting with exposure, film, color, contrast and subject, I developed styles I enjoyed over others, and a point of view as an artist.

I love beauty and the fantastic, striving to capture or create it with my images.

Anger is easy to come by, I’d rather create something grand and noble.

Sometimes fashion photography is just that, but in my shots, you get a little more; a glimmer in the eye of the model, that tells a more interesting tale.

Occasionally dark, always glorious, the models/friends/clients you see on my page, are colorful threads weaving their way in and out of my life. Leaving statements for the viewer to ponder.

I enjoy capturing anything creative, from personalities, to motorcycles, to performances...

Publication History:

Periodicals-

Wrench Magazine
Savage Magazine
The Horse Magazine
North West Indiana Parent Magazine
Easyriders Magazine
Chicago & Inland Empire For Rent Magazine
XXL Magazine
In The Wind Magazine
Thunder Roads Magazine
Free Wheelin’ Magazine
Quick Throttle Magazine
San Diego Source Magazine
Guitar Magazine
Phoenix Down Town Magazine
Fizz Magazine
PoP Smear Zine
Factor X Magazine
The Manhattan Mirror
Phineas Literary Magazine
New York Press
The Boston Globe

Clients-

Pay Up Sucker Productions/ Jesse James
Sik Designs
Body Worship NYC
Scooter Shooterz Hot Rod Motorcycles
Hooters
Media Temple
Kiewit Corp
Pediatric Dentists of Redlands and Associates
V.K. Lynne
Mariah Sexty
Robin Cole
Marianne De Leeuw
LADead
Black Centr
Shakedown Ray Jackson
David Glazier
Joey John
Mark Beachum
Jody Clark
BoogieMen
VHT Studios
Architera Photography

Books-
The History of Choppers
Choppers and Custom Motorcycles