ellie chavez art\photography

My name is Ellie Chavez and I'm a fine art photographer, poet, and aspiring general creative in the Austin, TX area.

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i want to kiss you slowly at first.

your skin would warm.

i could calm you down,

lower your temperature.

leave kisses

that cause frost.

could i massage you?

release the tension

built up inside you.

let my fingers dance

all over your skin.

and i would feel you

encompassing me

breathing you in,

feeling you in my oxygen,

in my blood.

so full

it spills out of me

and trickles down.

i will stretch my arms

above my head,

shake,

sigh,

it was worth the wait.

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TIPTOES

You were warm, all natural scent. To what do I owe the pleasure of your kindness and soft blue eyes?

Until we meet again, soon.

from The Landslide.

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A FICTIONAL HAPPINESS 

Do you remember the times when we were happy? Your voice, a song. My voice, your harmony. We sang our days away under starlit skies, drinking generic wine. Laughing, when we couldn’t find rhymes. Do you remember kissing goodbye? One, two, three, no wait, four, five, six, seven times? Or how I taught you to love rainy days. You showed me the constellations up above in different ways. Do you remember when every day was the finest? When our love was the brightest thing that could brighten up our day?

from The Landslide.

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beauty, the pain underneath. by Ellie Chavez "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” ― Anaïs Nin

my blog / my website

My poetry book, The Landslide, is published! Find more information here!

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2.25.16

i plead with tender eyes  please do not make me regret the words i wrote my body is not made for sin regardless of hope may the sounds that escape your lips be gospel to my bones the blood bleeds down my back it is beauty will it be something you stroke perhaps not for this fortress may only be good when i am pure it is something I have learned something that follows me and leaves me cold.

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2.24.16

light a fire watch it burn the ashes twist and turn cry out, the pain! love is a delicate matter the heart is in the flame.

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2.24.16

i will sit in silence suspense and all the weightless ball has a pull breathe me in the colors sing hope.

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outtake, 2015.

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outtake, 2015.

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to love yourself first. (5/30) by Ellie Chavez

"But do not ask the price I pay I must live with my quiet rage Tame the ghosts in my head That run wild and wish me dead Should you shake my ash to the wind Lord forget all of my sins And let me die where I lie Beneath the curse of these lovers eyes." song my blog / my website

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outtakes from this photo. 

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F*CK Adjustable Copper Necklace

Adjustable "FUCK" Necklace with black cording. At it's longest the cord measures to 16", and at it's shortest it's 10" and a quarter. Wear it low to be discreet, or wear it high to be abrasive and fabulous.

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Fall As I Do / Strength In The Blindness by Ellie Chavez 

From my photo series, Depth over Distance.

“with love we float into unknown depths there's a courage that comes to the surface a fear nestled deep in our hearts it gets overcome with time years, in our case the fall is scarier than the landing”

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Feliz Día De Los Muertos!

I am very pleased to say that I have officially re-released select photos from my series, Dia De Los Muertos: The Beauty Behind Death. One year ago, I got together a wonderful group of photos to help make a vision come to life - by making them all look dead (you can see those photos here). 

Those photos have come to mean much more than just a portrayal of the beautiful traditions of Dia De Los Muertos. They mean strength, growth, and healing, as well. To honor those photos as well as all of those who have passed on and those who still carry on these traditions, I've re-released the photos to tell the stories more accurately.

I am still, infinitely grateful to those who helped and participated in this project. It couldn't have been done without every single helping hand and model. You all are too wonderful for words.These photos are also available as limited edition prints!  Purchase prints at my etsy shop, TheHumanElliement.

For death, Now I know, is that first breath Which our souls draw when we enter Life, which is of all life center. ~Edwin Arnold

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curse my restless wandering feet. 7/52 by Ellie Chavez     

"I ran like a speeding train cut my hair and changed my name only had myself to blame for the company I was keeping curse my restless wandering feet prone to wander endlessly all the love you gave to me it wasn't enough to keep me."

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poems about people,

the one who can’t see the stars - except for tonight. (x)

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the crab and the bull (5/52) by Ellie Chavez

"although our stars,  far apart fear not, death of the heart there was comfort in thick skin warmth under a shell love sewed into promises cosmos caved in there will always be constellations  as long as they're alive and if we're lucky they might align."

blog / website / art tumblr / etsy