most of you are right now either working on personal essays or are trying to think of a suitable project…we chat so much here about essays, connecting pictures, editing for either concept or story, and are generally thinking of a "whole"….
me too…just like many of you, i am right now trying to get a handle on my "Off For a Family Drive" project …i do this, of course, by photographing…thinking without shooting does not work for me …now i am in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and photographing "random" families over our holiday weekend….working on my family too…but i drive , have coffee, think it all over, get confused, get clarity, let my mind wander off into space while someone is talking to me about the waves for surfing, think about giving it up, think it is the best idea i have ever had, or maybe worst idea ,and generally torture myself to death!! what fun…..
when i was in college, and probably before, when i went to the school library i would read every book in sight except the ones i was assigned to read…my education came from those "random" books i think…it was always more fun doing something i was not supposed to be doing!!! human nature i reckon, and certainly dah nature…
what about random pictures?? i shoot them all the time (as below) and they end up usually "going nowhere"…but i can’t help myself….if i see something interesting, for whatever reason, i will take a picture…i always have my camera…perhaps even most of my pictures are "random"….what about you…what do you do with your offhand "random pictures"? are these pictures merely an "escape valve" ,as was my library reading, or are they an integral part of your work as a whole???
David,
It was so funny finding out about your random readings!! That’s happening to me ALL the time… now I don’t ever bother trying to focus on certain books cause I know that at the end Ill be spending many time on others, the “random” ones…so now I rather combine both! Actually today I just picked out two about photography!!
Keep on with the random books and photographs!
beatrix
Im gonna go with your choices David…100%.
CATHY….
i do not agree (as you would suspect!!)…
you are sitting on top of a great story…one of the most important stories in our country….the story of immigration…
aren’t those Hispanic workers??? aren’t they at the heart of our economy and isn’t Santa Fe where you live at the very center of the whole immigration issue???
don’t Hispanic workers stand around on various corners in your town waiting to be hired by all the wealthy white folks who have moved to Santa Fe from New York and Los Angeles??? surely you know the corner of Guadalupe and DeVargas Park ..
please tell if this is not an important story…
wouldn’t Salgado take that very SAME SUBJECT, those exact workers climbing the rafters of your new house, and turn it into the art you so admire??
think about this please….
hugs, david
here’s some more booty action…
from VENICE BEACH, a woman’s perspective…
http://annaboyiazis.blogspot.com/
David
thats the story for sure. thats one you can dig deep into. thats a story I have thought about too. rich in emotion and textures, color, life.
somebody has got to tackle that.
It has been a difficult weekend. A random picture brought me back from the brink of something negative. Not sure what that would have been. Some mix of aggression and depression.
I was looking after my two kids while my wife was away in Krakow, Poland at a conference. My aunt in Queens passes away and I can’t get out there. I have power of attorney and I’m her executor. She has a son, a little older than me who was recently released from prison (prime suspect in a murder) and I have no way of contacting him to inform him of her passing. The cops have her place in lock down and now I need to go to court to get access to her house and her documents. Blah blah blah.
Anyway, on top of all this I’m supposed to get our apartment ready for a private viewing as we are selling it while two energetic boys are ready to tear each other to pieces. The scrubbing and the endless phone calls are making me nuts. Claire’s flight gets grounded in Dublin and delays her many hours and my parents are about to arrive.
Then an email arrives informing me that the viewing is postponed. Yippee. I immediately open a cold, cold beer and abandon the cleaning. I cook up some fast pasta, grab the boys and head out to the park across the street where, it seems, the entire community is sitting on rugs eating and drinking.
I’m entirely too knackered to make any pictures until I see a blue ball and two youngsters chasing it (one of which is my son). The light is gorgeous but they are too far away and I cannot run for exhaustion and my lens is too wide. I stood up and made one frame. Only one all evening. It was random.
It’s not brilliant by any means but it brought me back my humour.
http://paultreacy.com/images/blueball.jpg
SLAVERY IS OVER..
WHITE ATTITUDE..
USE AND ABUSE..
ILLEGALS..
IMMIGRANTS.. THEY ARE SO
WORTHLESS THEY ARE NOT EVEN
GOOD FOR CATHY’s assignment ..
Cathy don’t shoot them especially
if you pay them..
they are LAZY AND SLOW.
supervise them, yell at them..
but no photos.. They are worthless
anyways.. Plus ugly..
no BRAD PITT lookalikes..
THANK GOD SALGADO DIDNT THINK
LIKE YOU..
why am I thanking god ??! For this..
ANOTHER WHITE BIG BROTHER ASSHOLE
UP THERE..
UP YOUR ASS WHITE GOD.
XENOPHOBIA, GUILT,..
like a white tourist in India or Tibet..
only for themselves..
No contribution to those cultures..
only stealing ..
EITHER BUILD THE HOUSE YOURSELF..
or let the illegals do it..
I hate when people BRAG..
I’m building a house..
you ain’t building shit white idiots.
THE ILLEGALS DID IT..
bit you want the CREDIT for yourself ..
AGAIN..
enough with the white modern slavery..
ANNA, great photos..
it looks like we both
love
BUTTMAN more than SUPERMAN..
laughing ..
and sorry for calling Cathy a racist..
I could care less if she is a racist or not.
that is not my point..
my point is simple..
“EVERYBODY IS A RACIST UNTIL THEY
PROVE THE OPPOSITE”..
but this takes more than words
or good ideas or going to church or going
to IndiA( same thing) or meditation ..
ACTIONS SOMETIMES SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS..
peace motherfuckers..
And Cathy
I still
love you even if you ARE or NOT a
racist..
like I said.. Nobody cares.. Nobody gives a fuck..
Great work ANNA.. I’m glad you didn’t post my photo..
people wouldn’t be able to tell
the BUTT from the ASS…
laughing ..
it looks that old Panos is back ???
what the hell???
ohh no..
crawling
dissapearing
vomiting
farting
burping
ALL AT THE SAME TIME..
yep, sounds like ME!
Peace
I don’t believe life is a random walk. On way too many seemingly random occasions I end up meeting someone important, who I never would have met had I not been going with the flow. And when I shoot, it depends if I’m shooting for myself or shooting with a specific purpose in mind. But even then, after I shoot with purpose, sometimes life just starts speaking to me through my pictures and if I’m lucky, if I’m aware enough to see and understand, I get those magic shots that I never could have planned for, where the light was just perfect or the action just hit right in that split second. This self portrait in Bangkok was a recent random moment. http://lindatheworldpeacephotographer.blogspot.com/
thanks for the feedback !
David,
I have about 70 pictures at the moment, quite a few are from the hotel…but I prefer not to use them for the time being as I ‘d like to get away from the ” short-time” idea….you may laugh, but after the fourth shoot in a hotel I got seriously bored….I see these pictures as highlights, but nothing else. Am I wrong ?
These women have more to show ( and to hide: see concealed identities)…. the photos were taken in late February …. I ‘ll go back to BKK soon for the next round.
Bob,
sure…I think though it’s too early to use the elderly woman ..I ‘d like to take more pictures of her first before I ” introduce ” her…and also want to show some girls in situations that reflect the experiences of the elderly woman ….. don’t you think she would look totally out of place in the current sequence ?
Lance,
I ‘ll try out your edit…… thanks a lot….. am not entirely sure about those 2 picture myself….. just wanted to show something that they do while waiting for clients ( playing jackpot) and that belongs to their daily lifes ( they pray to the statue before and after work) ….. hm……
Ari,
yes it’s possible.
katharina
DAVID
Did you see my link?
DAVID, PANOS,
“wouldn’t Salgado take that very SAME SUBJECT, those exact workers climbing the rafters of your new house, and turn it into the art you so admire?”
That’s exactly my point…I’m no Salgado!!!
I’m not saying it isn’t a great story…it absolutely is… or that “my” (sorry Panos) workers aren’t as important as “his” workers…just that I’m afraid I can’t do the story justice the way he did. I WILL certainly try though. I appreciated your using him as a motivational example for me…it just felt a bit intimidating.
My husband is taking Mauricio out for dinner Thursday night. He’s a young guy from Chihuahua who works as a laborer and is going back to Mexico to be with his wife as she gives birth to their first child. They’re going out for foot long hot dogs (Mauricio’s favorite) at Los Dogos…a hot dog cart. Think I’ll tag along with the camera.
As long as it’s okay with Panos :))
PANOS,
you make some good points about “the world” but you’re WAY off base as far as what’s going on here. But hey, knock yourself out…as long as you’re having fun, who cares, right?
BTW Mauricio does look a lot like Brad. :))
For 32 hours last weekend I was at Movement ’08, Detroit’s eighth annual Electronic Music Festival. I may be old but I adore EM of all kinds–Techno, House, Ghetto/Rap, Trance, Funk, Jazz/Improv, Ambient, and all those unclassifiable mixes being put out today. Detroit is the EM Mecca for young people from around the world so Memorial Day weekend at Detroit’s riverfront Hart Plaza is like a mini-UN meeting of minds, hearts and bodies. Especially bodies, if you get my drift. Last year they dubbed me “Grandma Techno,” and the name stuck. So for me this weekend was not only about the music but about the kids. BTW at 66 I call everyone under the age of 40 a kid. No offense meant and none taken, I hope.
As I worked with my hundreds of photos today I kept hearing David’s voice in my head saying, “generally speaking, most show too many pictures.” So I whittled my 400+ down to 7. I sure would love to hear feedback from David and the community. The URL is
http://www.pbase.com/windchimewalker/for_review
Forgot to post the password. It is: movement08
Patricia
ANNA B,
Great to see the same event from your perspective.
Good job!
DAVID,
I am just back from a very enjoyable memorial week-end with the family in Chicago and I am trying to catch up on yet another very interesting long post…You just go out for a few days and, when you return, there are hundreds of comments to read…I do not know how you can keep up these days….
Clearly, I realize that you have been a very busy man lately and this logically has not been your top priority but….you and I did not have a chance to reconnect on the edit that I have done of the Antigua Easter processions. You were going to let me know if you thought the work was “strong enough” to be used or if I should try to do another potential story. In any case, I would love to get your pov here if you get a chance to look at the work again (under “FINAL EDIT SEMANA SANTA” on my site with the edited pictures under Guatemala). In case you happen to like the edit, as I have read many comments regarding what you may or may not be using for Look3, let me know if you intend to use any of my previous work from last summer or if you think that Antigua could be a better topic to use…
Separately, I just wanted to let you know that, just today (hot from the press!), I have made some initial headway on another story that I wanted to start NOW i.e boxing in the ghetto. I happen to have established a “good” contact with an “old-fashioned” coach, an Italian guy who is a local figure. He did train two local kids at the time who have made it to the Olympics in 92 for the US national team, Tim Austin and Bobby Lewis…one came back with the Gold, the other with a bronze medal… Coach Giovanni has now gone back to the roots, trying to bring up another generation of young boxers…The guy is doing what it takes to get the kids into the gym and is even organizing a van from the getto to get them off the streets to train and channel their overflow of energy into boxing… He is a real father figure to many kids who either have a father absent at home or simply gone…Biggest challenge for Giovanni is to keep these kids off trouble for long enough to allow them to train and become potential champions… Too often, many of them make the wrong decisions at the wrong time and boxing is over for them…. After establishing a contact with Giovanni, we have agreed that I can come anytime to shoot these kids. I will in particular try to follow up a young talented kid who has won the National Golden glove this year, who is just 17 years old and wants to make it to the 2012 Olympic games… 4 years at least to stay out of trouble!!!! seems like an eternity but the kid is committed…I will try to shoot him in training, in competition and hopefully in the ghetto…this may be the “way-in” that I was looking for…After talking late with Giovanni today, I did start to shoot for about 30 minutes (posted some images under “NEW Boxing in the ghetto” on my site)…nothing earth-shattering just yet, a bit too much “cliche” and I need to work at this A LOT more as there are already so many great images of boxing (including some from you David in Brazil)…So, please do not look at this as a complete essay…this is just a VERY VERY VERY early flavour done in half an hour…This is more to get a sense from you if you think it is worth pushing this story and if this could become an assignment for later (maybe next month as you are done I guess with your June assignments).
Time to go to bed NOW or tomorrow, I will be a ghost at work….Hope to hear from you soon on Antigua…
Cheers,
Eric
Eric,
I was curious to see your final edit and just took a peek.
Looks amazing. Love it!
David,
Its interesting the edit because you chose almost the same shots as I did…I tried to focus it how you proposed and Im really happy it was sort of how you saw it. Maybe theres hope for my editing yet…
PATRICIA…
my oh my girl, you really have been paying attention!! nice….
very cool cool departure for you….well, actually, as per your own words , THIS IS THE REAL YOU!!!
that was fun!! thanks….
hugs, david
ANNA B.
the only work i have seen of yours from Venice Beach is your most recent post…and from those i like # 2 and #3…..and you do not need more…those two say it all and are just the most striking images…the others are subject driven i.e. the subject itself is so dramatic that it can dominate…with little else to show…but the other two have a photographic power as well as subject power….anyway, just my opinion….
and, oh yes, i will go back and try to find your other work….so easy to get behind on this forum…damn, who can keep up???
so cool that you and Panos met….i was jealous of both of you…what fun!!
cheers, david
MARCIN…
very very strong strong day of work!! as i always say, i would cut it down to 4 or 5 of the strongest…but, i do not think we should edit you yet…it might strangle you…you need to stay loose…do not worry about “final product”…if i tell which ones are my favorite now, it will ruin everything…let’s wait for a few more shooting days to get an overall feel for where are going…the tough part for you will be to GROW inside a subject where you have already shot a lot…a lot of good work too…so this is your challenge…to go higher than before…much higher…a real push…total immersion…you should not even be here now..forget us for awhile and just go to work…sound fine for you???
cheers, david
DAVID
this assignment burn me off. everthing goes wrong. People don’t want to be shooting. I ask 40-50 people for portrait. Nobody agree! any signge person. It almost statistic impossible!
I almost loose my camera yesterday. This is not my “home” no more. My parents are in sycili but they (or he) not agree I stey in their house.
so it is hard to “real push”
I hate this fucking town.
ok. I’m rush to bus.
Thanks, David. You’re right, that IS the real me, where my passion lies. I could have shown the festival & all the marvelous characters who show up, but I thought hard and realized I wanted to get INSIDE this music I love so much. I’d been dancing my bootie off before I took out my camera so the shots were made in a semi-tranced-out state. I hope that shows.
Don’t want to be pushy but is there any chance they could be considered for the Look3 slideshow?
Patricia
going to church or going to India( same thing)
——————
Brilliant, Panos!
India is full of these people who despise their own christianity (ie. themselves), but go ballistic with a religion that practices apartheid for thousand years, venerates death over life, considers millions unworthy of the dust they walk on, and chastises women for being women. All the spirituality of India came to being not because India is a spiritual place, but on the contray, because it’s not.
HELLO ALL…
i just had a good laugh….but it may not strike you the same way it hit me…but, anyway here goes:
i was scrolling up a bit here and saw a comment from Marcin asking me “have you seen my new link yet?”
now it was only a few hours before that when Marcin had posted his first link from his new assignment…it was like “David where in hell have you been?”
but i laughed because it reminded me of one of my sons (at a very early age) asking me “daddy did you see me hit that ball?”
i mean, i go offline to have dinner and hangout with a few friends, and Marcin is WAITING for my response!!
now, Marcin please do not interpret any of this the wrong way…it is supposed to be either funny or poignant or both!!!
but, you can see the problem….i mean, i have somehow ended up with a lot of responsibility here…like some kind of parent of a dysfunctional family that i have to keep going…i.e.trying not to pay too much attention to one of you more than the other etc etc…well, except for Cathy!!
i mean the “drama” here sometimes seems like a sitcom show..right? or is it just me??
but, here is how i look at it…smiling
i look at this the same way i look at any relationship…
“hey, we are here..wouldn’t be here if we didn’t want to be here”
simple..
period…
’nuff said….
gotta love you guys,
david
Well,
Im uploading the shots you asked for David…finally…it feels like a relief now that they are on the way….
Oh, before I forget…is there anything else you want? Michael has the soundtrack…do you want me to write something from my perspective on the project? Are people doing anything like that? As far as what the project is or what its supposed to be in the future..thoughts, feelings, etc?
MARCIN DON’T WORRY…
WE PUT ( I , FOR SURE ), A LOT OF PRESSURE IN YOU…
YOUR TALENT IS … IT IS WHAT IS.. awesome…!!!
YOUR PARENTS ( HE ), …. DON’T LET YOU IN THEIR HOUSE…
HOW FUCKED UP…
ONE MORE REASON TO PHOTOGRAPH THE “HOUSE” FROM THE OUTSIDE… FUCK THEM.. FUCK ME TOO…
PLEASE DONT GIVE UP…
“TRICK” THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS…
… BREAK IN THE HOUSE… PHOTOGRAPHING FROM INSIDE…
REMEMBER:
LEAVE THE DOG AT HOME,… DRIVE THERE… DO NOT …GET DRUNK…
( MANDATORY )…. BREAK IN THE HOUSE ( PLEASE DONT TRASH IT – RESPECT IT – HONORE IT – PHOTOGRAPH IT- LEAVE AS YOU ENTERED… WITH RESPECT )
( eventually the house should be burned down , but not from
anyone working or lurking in this particular blog… )
really MARCIN… BE THE “INSIDER” IN YOUR STORY..
PHOTOGRAPH YOUR ” FORBIDDEN HOME ” from “INSIDE ” & ” OUTSIDE “..
( moody interpretation preferred )
…. not kiddin’
DON’T GIVE UP…. unless Herve says so…!
peace
so i didn’t get an assignment, and one came up that i just had to do….shitty shitty, but my house burned up and it was sort of therapeutic to go shoot it yesterday…took me about 2 weeks to go and do it…everything is just fine now so don’t nobody worry bout me…but have a looksee:
http://ryderpictures.com/housefire/index.html
Sorry to hear that ,David R…!
You have INNER STRENGTH… to be able to photograph…
the “house”…
right on
DAVID
This is the only Venice Beach work I’ve posted so far. I also met (and photographed) some 20 year old squatters who live in the Venice canals, which could be an interesting project for me.
Panos and I shot all of the bodybuilding during a very intense 42 minutes. It was cool to shoot “tandem”… building upon one anothers’ access to climb further and further in. We worked the scene really well together. (It WAS fun!) We missed you though, and hope you’ll join us in California sometime soon.
What you wrote about #2 and #3 (vs. the other subject-driven pictures) is very helpful. Thank you. I struggled, feeling obligated to cover the event, while hearing your voice (and finding it more interesting intuitively) to explore the edges.
No rush on the EPF crit… just whenever you have time. Will post some squatter pictures in the next couple days…
Anna B.
Wow, David R. What an assignment that you bravely took on. Bravo. The cat pic really sings. I agree with Panos — you have INNER STRENGTH! I send you good vibes!
David, you said you’ve got to laugh and I’m glad you can and it shows what a generous man you are. I love that you help all the people here but I have been watching the forum grow these last 6 months or so into what appears to be a job for you and am worried if you ever think you have created a monster and want to give it all up. You are a busy man with your own commitments, both personally and professionally, and yet you still do all this for us here. Please take a rest for yourself soon! And PEOPLE give David time to rest sometimes.
I learn and work on my own style and images(authorship got to get some authorship apparently) with what you show and write here, and indeed with what others show and write – especially Bob, and hope, oneday, to improve enough to be part of the way the place is developing into a real working, published group with its own identity. But until then I don’t think I could be so possessive of you on YOUR forum as others sometimes are. When I get closer I will ask your opinion, politely without taking up any more of your valuable time than I have to because if you are going to shepherd our work we must make sure we won’t embarress you by getting it wrong but surely if we watch and learn more before posting every thought process we will get it right.
Although the opposite seems to have worked for Panos whose latest work is great.
Go figure.
Just my 2 cents.
Many Thanks once again
Damon
CATHY,
Panos was as familiar to me as an old sweatshirt and was EXACTLY as I’d expected — warm, SENSITIVE, sincere and (as if I need to spell this out) refreshingly direct. Completely unexpected is that he’s a TALL guy — not as towering as DAH but pretty tall nonetheless. Hope this quenches your thirst for info. :)
Anna B.
Hello all!
Sorry rather of topic here, but wanted to make a suggestion. Is there any possibility of creating an area in the site for people to provide links to their work?
I haven’t been able to get on line for a couple of days and wanted to check out work from those who were kind enough to look at mine and offer compliments and suggestions.
Due to the huge activity on the blog (wonderful!!! of course!) if I miss out on a day or so it is sooo hard to catch up with any links provided (especially through a crappy internet connection) grrrr.
Don’t know if this is even feasible?… but thought I would throw it out there… I realize it is important to keep up and log in regularly, I would if I could, but I (and i’m sure some others) just don’t have that basic luxury all the time.
If there was one area to go to, it could save a lot of hassle. If this overall concept is too broad then maybe just a place for whoever is on a DAH assignment that month to post there links?? This would obviously change each month.
Anyways, just a suggestion…
James
jchance
great idea…Id love to see all the work develop over time…
David et al,
As a strictly part-time and fit-it-in-around-’real’-work photographer, random is what I do. Street photography primarily, where in some senses the purpose (OK: *a* purpose) is to rescue something from the unceasing randomness… In this respect, then, I don’t think I regard any photographs as ‘random’…but I do (always) see good, bad and indifferent photographs. Maybe ‘a photograph that doesn’t rise above its randomness’ is one definition of ‘bad photograph’?
Whatever the case, I see nothing wrong whatsoever with random photographs!
Regards–
alun
DAH
You are the most generous man with your time EVER! and I for one would like to thank you for creating this space I can come and hang out in when it all just gets too stressful in the real world!
Its great to feel like I know some of the folk here and that they all share this great love for their work. It really inspires me to generate more ideas, gives me a space to voice my opinion on your points of view and is generally a lot of fun.
Anyway thanks I appreciate what you are doing enormously!
DAVID RYDER
God thats awful news, are you and everyone else OK? Did you lose much of your photographic stuff? Was it insured? How are you holding up emotionally? Is there anything this little community can do to help?
Take care, huh and chin up!
wow david ryder
i’m so sorry to hear about the fire… that must be devastating… i hope you and your loved ones are ok?????… and i hope in some way you can replace the things you’ve lost…
DAVID RYDER:
You are amazingly dedicated! I hope the photographs you took of you house was a cathartic experience for you. Fortunately, you didn’t loose your camera.
JAMES CHANCE AND ALL:
I agree with your suggestion about finding a way to better organize the site and see other peoples’ portfolios. Maybe we should try to make things easier for DAH and explore the issue on our own and find possible solutions. There’s got to be some blog experts here. I also wonder if David would want to break the organic nature of the site. Sometimes when you try to find a solution to something you just create new problems, so maybe we are better off keeping it simple.
DAVID:
We’re all here because we respect your work and extremely value your advice. You’re a mentor and you’re kind enough to do it online, so anyone in the world can participate. What a wonderful thing!
That, of course, has it’s disadvantages. Do you know the Tragedy of the Commons? I hope so because YOU ARE THE COMMONS!
A wikipedia definition is here (just in case):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons
If I am at all responsible for contribuing to stressing you out, I sincerely apologize. You are doing a wonderful thing here. You should and I think you are being commended for it, so please don’t get frustrated with us. Just be clear about the ground rules. After all, it’s your game and everyone wants to play!
Oh and one final question: Do you know of any family that is not dysfunctional?
Ho ho!
Charlie
David..i have been wanting to ask you this question: sometimes i have heard you mention about keeping the photographs ‘esoteric’…what do you mean by that? and is that some kind of a predominant photographic style…new one…? what?! :)
thanks anyways..
DAVID R:….Wow, im so sorry to hear about your house…and god, you’ve got lots of strength or insight or kahuna’s or whatever to have such equanimity about it all…im sending you lots and lots of positive (with some dark shadowy contrast ;) ) light for you and your family!!…
KATARINA: Kat, sent you an email…i think the old woman IS THE GUIDING POINT of this story…and for such a short essay (for a DAH assignment) you should include her, it’s the portraits that bespeak the swelling and swaying of what takes place before during and after what takes place in the rented rooms…you can send dah my thoughts: let that magisterial woman speak for all who want to see this story! :))…
PAUL: I’m sorry to hear about the death and headaches and insane life…as a son of irish mom and grandparents, let me just remdind you that you wouldnt have a great life unless there werent tears and rage: that’s a sign the angels are on your side and time for a whiskey ;))…and the golden hair seraphim (your son) and that ball also a reminder :))
DAH: GET REST, FOR GOD’S SAKE ALREADY
! :)))..let’s these men and women edit themselves ;))))))))))))…
PANOS: amigo…while i also lothe the attitude of the privledged, and that would be you too, since it’s a big fucking priviledge to have the freedom to shoot, own a car, a leica, a frickin computer, its important to be careful about condeming folk (in this case Cathy) too easily or quickly from afar…we’re all fucked, we all are at a loss, and the better way is to for each of us to turn ourselves to wine for others, rather than to try to change others from on high…:))…sending u hugs..
running running
pooped
b
Like Paul, the heading “Random” also hit home with me – a friend of my son was just killed by an out of control car, as he sat reading a book at a bus stop, waiting for his transfer on the way to work, age 17. It just defies…everything, really. My son’s girlfriend was also there, now in the hospital with recovery expected.
This happened on saturday, and I shot at the church of my project on sunday, but it wasn’t a joyful shoot, more a dutiful one. I probably wouldn’t have gone but for it being a major day for the church, a procession in which we walked (talk about random) by the bus stop from which the kids left. By the end, though, I was glad to have been there — as something unexpected always happens, this time in a small, good way.
Paul, I loved the photo of the kids chasing the ball in the evening light. Chasing happiness, into the dusk.
Joan
David Alan Harvey…
Now I’M laughing! After your post above, almost all that followed was more scrambling for more of your attention, time and thoughts! Funny as hell. Though maybe not as much for you?
Anyway, goes without saying…you DAH man!
Cheers.
Hey Bob,
thank’s so much for the feedback..just replied. My thought :for a short website edit , no need … it’s too early… although she’ll be the ” voice”. …in the end this is a long term story,.not part of David’a monthly assignments….. keep in touch,kat,
RAFAL…
you can relax for the moment…i only need your soundtrack ….text will be for this site later on…now i am just thinking about Look3 which requires no text from you …
many thanks….you have been on top of this from the beginning..
BOB..
we are not in the same page..
I was talking in the name of the
IMMIGRANTS..
and you are talking in the name of the
POOR..
BIG DIFFERENCE..
HUGE ,dangerous western style
misconception..
You see,
an immigrant ( even the abused one )
Is not necessarily “poor” ..
you know why..?
Because immigrants work harder to prove and
get accepted.. They have to..
overtime, overtime..
immigrants built this country..
SLAVES build this country..
IMMIGRANTS AND SLAVES ARE
THE ONES I PAY ATTENTION..
the ones I give voice..
THE HARDWORKERS..
Not the poor.. FUCK THE POOR..
just being poor means NOTHING to me..
so just because I own a cellphone,
an extra battery and a 50mm elmarit..
doesn’t make me rich wealthy or WHITE..
You make me feel sad today Bob
crawling away..
anyways
hopefully later I will post some
GIRLS BOXING PHOTOS..
Annaaaaa whats uppppppppp!
DAVID
I do not understand your interpretation from post above, but you know…. I have many “lost in translation”.
here new today link.
http://marcinluczkowski.com/kam2.html
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Sublime.