Star Rush Photography

Author: Star

  • New Photo Project: Metabolism

    I’ve been working on a new photo project: Metabolism. It’s a series of 10 black and white photographs taken between 2019-2022 in the Pacific Northwest: Seattle to Bay Center on the Washington coast. The project is in conjunction with ArtHeals™ Art Exhibition Program curated by Judith Rayl. Supporting this private exhibition will be signed and unsigned photo books of the series and several artists talks given in the greater Seattle area between October 2025 and April 2026. Say tuned about how to purchase the limited run photo books and ways to possibly stream the talks. Thanks everyone for your support and interest! ~SHR

    “Snow Bank” in King County, WA from Metabolism

  • Ties That Bind

    “We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects,” Herman Melville (American writer).

  • The Bite

    I am curious about the human-biting habits of mosquitoes and know only female mosquitoes bite, stimulated by light, body heat, and the scent of skin. On a warm, wet evening, I sit still and wait for one to land on my forearm, sweaty and oily from cheap sunscreen. Carbon dioxide is an an attractant, so I inhale deeply and exhale slowly. When one lands, I watch her penetrate my skin with the thin tip of her mouth, so sharp I can barely feel her biting. Fusing her fluids with mine, her warm, slippery saliva mixes with my blood as she sucks, tingling my sensory nerves. She remains there, her body engorging with blood, ready to burst.