all i can say is that you rocked my boat……venues for young photographers may be changing drastically and unpredictably, but this new work i have seen over the last few weeks is shaking the ground of possibility for the future…..the clear authorship of these photographers who submitted EPF portfolios to BURN will become apparent to you in the coming weeks….
10 finalists have been chosen out of the over 1,000 entries for the Emerging Photographer Fund grant of $10,000….
one of these finalists will be chosen by a jury of peers as the 2009 EPF grantee….
the funding for the EPF comes from generous donors to BURN and the Magnum Cultural Foundation , a non-profit wing of Magnum Photos Inc.
the essays of these 10 authors will be revealed here on BURN, one by one, in the coming weeks leading up to the announcement of the grant recipient at the Look3 Festival of the Photograph in Charlottesville, Virginia in June…that comes out to i think 2 essays per week up until announcement day…each essay will be labeled as a FINALIST…i should be able to start publishing the finalists starting May 15, this coming Friday….in other words, each week you will know of two more finalists….
i have chosen a prestigious 5 person jury of peers to select the EPF grantee from the 10 finalists….i will not be on this jury….one juror is from Magnum..the other 4 were selected from a wide demographic spectrum of our craft and our art….these jurors will be identified at the same moment as the announcement of the 2009 EPF recipient….
there were a solid 200 very competitive portfolios out of the 1000 entries…..these top 200 will be published on BURN throughout the year….these portfolios will be given special attention by me all year in terms of selecting prints for sale in the BURN gallery, career guidance, recommendations to magazine editors, consideration for funded assignments here, and a general matching of photographer to venue whenever possible….
for those of you who submitted work, i give you my heartfelt thank you…with your permission, your work will be a pillar of what is published on BURN in 2009…my goal here is to launch us into leading edge publishing where the audience IS the magazine and the audience is funded by the magazine….you have proved to me your collaboration with your entries, i will prove my part by reflecting it right back to you on your BURN….
-david alan harvey
p.s.
ALL….
i am hitchhiking to New York today…my friend Medford is picking me up at a designated gas station and off we go for the 9 hour drive up the coast…
i could tell you that i have a book signing for my “Living Proof” at the Powerhouse arena tonight (9pm) during the New York photo fest (Book Soup) and i hope to see you there…that is actually true…(by the way Living Proof now in the MOMA book store…kinda cool i thought..cool for my guys in the South Bronx)
HOWEVER, the more REAL TRUTH is that i must get to the city just in time to try and save the Kibbutz space…the BURN gallery space…
my old loft space and hopefully now your gallery space….a space for showing your work….a space for selling some of your prints……yes, there will be two sleeping spaces in this loft, but all of my personal effects are gone and the walls will be only for your work…the loft will be so “decorated” as to be clearly a gallery….and the loft can also serve as the BURN HOTEL should you be in New York and need a place to crash…
i always have quite a bit of drama in my life, but never more than now….this movie is full of suspense….and you are in this movie…..i often dream of “no drama”, but somehow that just isn’t going to happen…
thanks quite literally to your generous and timely donations, we might just save the Kibbutz by literally hours….no joke..landlords in New York do not wait….
we, yes WE ,need this space not only for your gallery presentations but as a BURN office … i can edit and do most things from my laptop from anywhere, but this ends up being so so stressful and not sustainable in the long run…
BURN needs a real home….
and while the view from the Kibbutz is fantastic, i do not think anyone would describe this small space as extravagant…this space rents out right now to me for $2000. per month…i would like to tell you that i could afford it out of my back pocket, but i cannot…i am struggling along with everyone else in this global financial downturn…as a matter of fact, if i ever wanted to re-live my poor college days, i am pretty darned close…as a student i always loved the stories of starving struggling artists and i have managed to live out that fantasy!!! but, forget my personal woes….this is about US… we must try to survive in this clime….perhaps even thrive in this clime…we do have SOME things going for us…a very popular venue and all of our collected works…and collected ENERGY!!!
ok, practical stuff is HAPPENING…
Anton and i are now scrambling to make the very best showing of BURN for the Look3 festival….we are going to use video programs, not slide show programs, to create a totally cool hi def minute and a half to two minute “best of BURN” show…we are getting a major donation of time and effort and technology from one of Anton’s friends in Belgium……i am editing for this now….and writing a script..by the way, writing a script for a two minute show is harder than if i had an hour..but i do not….besides, two minutes just perfect….
in addition, Mike Courvoisier and i are building a more traditional but effective slide show of the EPF finalists…the organizers of Look3 have given me a center stage prime time slot at this festival for BURN…15 minutes…BURN SHOW, EPF finalists announcements…..our logo will appear on the brochures…BURN will be hot at Look3..or, rather should be hot if we can make it hot…or not!!!…right this minute if you saw me you would not think that this is a man who can pull off anything anytime soon….i wonder too….hmmmmmm
by the way, it took me literally weeks to finally push the “publish” button here on BURN for donations…i am totally averse to asking anyone ever for money…i just cannot do it….never could…my parents raised me with a different value system to a fault…all these years as a professional photographer, i always had to have someone else actually ask a client for my fee…hence Magnum….my tendency is to give rather than sell…but finally, out of sheer desperation, and being leaned on by everyone on the planet to have a donate button, i did it….simple survival….
to say thank you to all of you who have just contributed to BURN is not enough….i actually do not know what to say or to write….overwhelmed with gratitude sounds trite even though i am…hmmmmm, how about something like , ok friends with this vote of confidence from you , i am really going to bust it….and make it very clear to you that your contribution is an investment for you and for all of us…make it very clear to you that it was worth it…i promise to make it more than worth it for you…damn, now that sounds like some kind of weird campaign promise or something and i do not like that either…well, ok just thank you…(by the way, i am going to have a CPA draft a complete accounting of all funds coming in and will report all of this to donors by the end of the year…make sense??)
now, that is not the end of this dramatic feature movie….as soon as Look3 is over , i am going to make a rough list of what pictures i know that you have for the BURN gallery (we can have another name if you want)….selecting photographs for the gallery will be tricky, but we will have an online version as well….while we are producing the BURN show, please look at your work very carefully..find one or two or three photographs that you think would work on someone’s wall..this is a very different edit than you might do for another purpose…think think…study the market…think think
for my part, i am also in the process of creating some limited edition books, and maybe work on a handmade book or two over several months….profits from these will be in part used to support BURN as well…you may want to be thinking about what you could do in this regard ….i will do a post on limited editions at some point soon….
ok, now i must go….a long long drive ahead….IF you happen to be in New York please come to see me tonight in Dumbo at the Powerhouse Arena, 9-11pm…Book Soup…several authors signing….cold beer at the BURN GALLERY after, so come and check out OUR space…
please enjoy your day…..thank you again…big high fives all around!!!
cheers, david
Hi Civilian babeee..
man, you do NOT miss a trick in this place..wow, good thing you’re my pal or else you would post all my typos and PC fuck-ups.
I am thinking of you and also the Graceful Poetess but am so swamped with photos i am brain-dead..this minute i am staring at the screen, mind won’t budge, fingers hanging uselessly over the keyboard awaiting instructions that don’t come, eyes glazed, yawning, nodding out..so i will leave you a kiss and a hug and yes, you are so kind to remember the 21st. i talked to her today and she is so excited about coming home she can barely stand it. I know how she feels because i am counting down the hours too..
You are tucked into a little pocket right next to my heart..i hold you close my darling Civilian..
xoxoxox
kat~
From an old highschool cheer..and no i was NOT a cheerleader!!!!!!!!!!!
Panos, Panos, he’s our man,
if he can’t do it, no one can!
Yaaaaaaa
good-o, Panos, so glad YOUR night was such a great success!
kat~
…smiling….
7th heaven…
Thank u Alllllllllll ….!!!!!
Thank you Buuuuuurnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!
.:)))))))))
Kat, David n B n TC and
Civi, and Eric and DAH…and Patricia.. and Bob, Marina…
and Borat ( high five ).. and Chris and Mike B..
and Los Angeles and this and that…
and all my fellow Burners thank you..
Thank you for the support… and love..
Hopefully the ones who showed up yesterday had a great night…
and hopefully we gain some new “burnians” since
last night…
I did my best…
( im still anxious to see Haik’s and Jared Iorio’s
slideshows…..they will probably gonna link it soonest here
and also at the CONVERSES ROUGES… our new “vacation” home…
Yep… “Burn” is expanding…)
haha – civilian.. i got it ELSKER DEG
ELSKER DEG EVERYONE..
brilliant panos.. i liked the idea of showing the smaller prints as well.. kind of revealing the process and in keeping with the way you work, to put it all out there… looked great in the photos..
good effort :ø)
CIVILIAN…
“…nor what happens when we meet” …a threat?? no , no , just a PROMISE of secrecy…of privacy…
can we go back to dancing for just a sec?? at the Powerhouse book signing the other night, i once again had the URGE TO DANCE as the music cranked up and it went from reverent book viewing to “let’s party”…now,even after you told me how bad i was at dancing and i even believed how bad i was at dancing, had absolutely zero effect on me wanting to go tribal and show my moves that i had no business trying to show…well, anyway, a woman, who may not want her name connected here with mine, took pity on me and she was such an AMAZING dancer that she made me look like i was not so bad either….i mean she mentored me!!! now i have a new portfolio…CIV, i am TRYING….
MOSTLY i just want to THANK YOU right here and now…i would thank you by phone or by e-mail IF i had any clue how to do so…..
peace, david
CIVILIANS have no secrecy…or so called privacy…this is another issue to be discussed…
You seem like a decent photographer ( I am a non-photographer),
you can take criticism very well ( I meant fairly well),
and you never give up ( strong head)
and let’s stop this here and there…since you are not the emerging one:))) right BURNIANS?
Is my idea for the trauma center that it has triggered your sensitive side?
You have been raised good Mr.Harvey …MAMA and your family should be proud.!
Maybe I am the Civilians that you had, have or you will photograph…
So,CREDIT when credit is due !!!!!!!!!!!
In a way it’s impossible to THANK all of us by phone or e-mail
because we are Thousands
FOCUS …focus…
I AM A CIVILIAN MASS AUDIENCE !!! I REPEAT MASS, MASS,MAAAAAASSSSSSSSSS
P.S You are a role model !!
A new portofolio ??? Kerry, check his veins…yiouw hooooo
Self-portraits of your dancing moves. !!
WHO knows…you MIGHT be EMERGING after ALL…
ARE you a FINALIST??
OK, David, I have seen your moves on YouTube and am here to say, YOU DO IT, MAN!!! I think you’re a hell of a dancer & I’m counting on our dancin’ together at least once down in Charlottesville! I’ll be waiting…
Patricia
Civilian
¨MOSTLY i just want to THANK YOU right here and now…¨
your sincerity, heart, joy, interest, intelligence, empathy, wit, humility, mystery, appreciation, joie de vivre, observations, ability to find great quotes and alllll your other good qualities are such a welcome part of Burn. You add such a unique aspect to the Burn experience! Bless you, Civi´!!
I think you should be the one negotiating peace over there in the Middle East. You´d have them all eating out of your hand faster than you can say the word ´olive branch´.
later..
hugZZ
kat
KATIE, Mr. Harvey seems to get into you…
FOCUS…FOCUS…FIGHTER FONSECA…check what you wrote:
“your sincerity, heart, joy, interest, intelligence, empathy, wit, humility, mystery, appreciation, joie de vivre, observations, ability to find great quotes and alllll your other good qualities…”
NOW close your eyes…and breath…WHAT do you see…
You have sincerity,heart,joy, interest, intelligence,empathy,wit,humility……”
Hmmm…you might have to work on the quoting…:))
YOU GOT MY POINT …
I am not kidding…I AM YOU AND YOU,AND YOU…right Mr.Mike Kritcher
NOW ,regarding the peace negotiations in Middle East…I better change my role because as a CIVILIAN I will have the fate of the AMUR LEOPARD:(((((((((((((
OF COURSE I LOVE YOU…I am THE fan
PANOS – congrats on the show. i really hope to see you at LOOK!!!!
DAH – i saw you dancing and you were tearing it up….
Civies in Skivvies
i am you and you are he and we are all together…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1diTosC8G-4
(hahaha at the humility part…falling off my chair laughing)
besosbabe
kat-
GINA,
thank you for stopping by…I have a question, if you don’t mind.
WHEN you were witnessing Mr.Harvey’s, THE LEGEND*, dancing did you get the same feeling that
MRS ANNIE HENNING was trying to convey once…
“i don’t-give-a-damn-i’m-having-fun kind of rhythm”
What’s your approach to the subject??…VISUAL expression is preferred…if any…
THANK YOU In Advance for your help…:)
P.S * LEGEND, I have received many e-mails (Threats,blackmail, etc,etc…)
” … David Alan Harvey is a legend among photojournalists…” My apologies…I should have done my homework
FOCUS…CIVILIAN…FOCUS …damnit… AM I A FINALIST?
KATIE,
What a VISUAL treat…YOU …falling off YOUR chair laughing…
You are so right, where is your sister, My Gracie… I felt a weird energy coming from her lately
MUSE OF BURN , we love you and look what your sister wrote for you:
“your sincerity, heart, joy, interest, intelligence, empathy, wit, humility, mystery, appreciation, joie de vivre, observations…”
WE MISS YOU …
please I need Civilians to come and help…UNIVERSE AM I A FINALIST
WHAT not to laugh !!!!!!!!
KAT,
I am crying…I see ,RESPECT…THE song… has TEXT…how thoughtful…
Let’s laugh like the Legend :))))))))))
Can I say I am in Hot water, or no?
CIVILIAN…. stopping by???? David has more rhythm than you might think….
Civilian
Thanks for THIS inspiration:
WE ARE ALL FINALISTS, WE ARE ALL WINNERS, googoogachu..WE CAN All QUIT OUR JOBS AND START WORKING ON OUR PROJECTS.. cuz, yes, we are ALL winners..we ALL have a new day and a new night and a brain and a camera and it´s up to use what we do with all that wealth!
Gracie, amorcita, your little zipideedoo darlings too..all winners! Little blond baby poets in the works..YOU are a winner..every day, in every way..
gonzo spaghetti-o!
DAH … CIVI
if u guys lov dancin u hav to chk this out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7fxIWIQ0ww&feature=PlayList&p=6C2B3A60F833A3F3&index=5
KAT
you make me smile
CIVI
you keep rolling…
on
and
on…
love it….
and
I’m waiting for a dance….
XOX
DANCE…? there is no dance…:(
after so many hours in front of the screen ( My paid job), my DANCE moves
are limited and I look like BOMBA….
LA BOMBA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEVyDmcF7u0&feature=related
please, go out, enjoy the nature, walk, listen to your body, drink and eat with moderation
You don’t want to end up looking like ME:)
Gina drinking coffee with Erica and Kerry…blah,blah…
Wendy , congratulations for your award CUBA…so proud of you !!!
Vivek …did you submit ?
NOW , let’s see who is laughing…cause I am a BOMBA :))))))))))
Civilian,
I guess I can skip any future dancing lessons. This video shows it all. No need for further instructions!
So far I was only able to handle waltzing in moderate quantaties, but now…
And yes – fresh air! Of course! Had more than enough of it today, plus lots of walking and I even got soaked wet in some nice drizzly warm spring rain! In Germany we say that rain in May makes you beautiful so I stayed outside in the rain a little longer ;-) Not sure if it helps…
Everybody – move outside and enjoy the day!
Reimar
REIMAR my boy,
where the Heik have you been?…when Is our Mill ready?…
I know I sound like DAH…”when is your essay ready …you got to submit…Skype me”:)))
I didn’t FORGET…BobB has already made reservations but many Burnians and Civilians are in the waiting list…
Be sure you keep a room…Cause I don’t FORGIVE…(To be perceived as a joke)
Goodnight from rainy Germany and goodnight from sunny Greece…yeap…zzzzzzzz
Before I zzzz
warm spring rain in Germany !!! I am jealous …Reiott…!!!
HOW can I zzzz…???
Beautiful link has been posted By BURNIAN John Vink…good job mate !!!
Please proceed in the aisle
david plummer – maison de la chance
Marc Garanger…yeap…NOW I ZZZZZZZZ
I WILL BE BACK
Civilian..
heh, you saw John Vink’s link yes? John Garanger..wowza..i knew about those Algerian photos but never spent much time looking at them till tonight. I looked and looked and looked. So powerful, yes? Those women..it’s hard to say how i felt seeing their eyes, their expressions..so glad you checked it out..yes thank you, John Vink!
WENDY
:))))
besos, grrlee!
kat~
I have just been notified that MR. JOHN VINK is another LEGEND…
Dyslexic me…after all I am just a civilian, a non-photographer…
MR. HARVEY I should have known better…I will follow your advise…
“think before you write and write exactly as you think…”
THANK YOU !
TO ALL,
Moonlight Sonata- LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQVeaIHWWck
ONE DOWN – NINE TO GO…
VIVA !!!
TO ALL,
MOZART – Requiem – Lacrimosa – 8 – ASMF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqPz5B-TA1w&feature=related
TWO DOWN – EIGHT TO GO
VIVA !!!
ALL….
we are now preparing letters to all who applied to the EPF so that you can know one way or the other if you are in the running….
the delay in doing this was caused in part by one finalist voluntarily dropping out because this photographer chose to no longer work on the project for which application was being made…a VERY honest photographer…thanks, you know who you are…..the other reason is of course the sometimes slow task of double checking the credibility and veracity of each applicant and their story, permissions etc etc…….and with one dropping out, we had to go back through quite a few second choices and quite a bit more research…
this whole process has been daunting to say the least…Anton and i literally have had to go through and do all of this by ourselves with not even an intern to help…..no complaints, just a bit of an explanation of why we are a week behind….when the dust settles i hope all of you will be proud of the selection….
i would also like to point out that the judgments of work here has nothing to do with perhaps previous judgments of the same work….i had no clue, nor did Anton, of any previous recognition of work submitted…with so many photographers to view, we did not research each and every one to see what had happened to the essay in previous awards…however, really strong essays often are awarded several grants , so this is not an unlikely scenario at all….as a matter of fact, i cannot remember any strong essay not winning multiple awards….
photographers who are not finalists are still high on our list for future publication and possible commissions…i mean, there was a lot of truly fine work submitted……a lot….mind boggling actually…a real surprise to me….
while obviously i am proud of the EPF and thankful to the donors who made it possible, the EPF is just a small part of what we want to do with BURN….it came up as an interesting possibility on Road Trips and just segued over here….however, at this very moment , i would say i will never do it again…a whole lot of work and a constant defense of doing this whole lot of work and at a personal financial loss to both Anton and i to boot….but, time may change my opinion…as i always say, a good nights sleep and a hot shower remedy many things….i do at least have hot water….
thank you for your patience…..letters should go out within 24 hours…should i call Anton and wake him up????
cheers, david
hello dah
did you sent the emails through photosholter or normal email address?
TO ALL,
Pavarotti – Nessun Dorma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VATmgtmR5o4&feature=related
THREE DOWN-SEVEN TO GO
VIVA !!!
so does that mean that all the finalists have already been informed?
Dear David,
I’ve received an email confirming that I’m not a finalist, which is of course disappointing, but I’d like to use this opportunity to learn and grow as a photographer, so, if possible, please will you revisit my work and give me a critique of my essay? The essay was called ‘The Disappearing Elephant’. To be honest, I’m having a really hard time with it, so your advice would be invaluable at the moment.
I appreciate that you’re incredibly busy but I hope to hear from you soon.
If possible, please send a response to thaddeuspope@hotmail.com.
Best Wishes,
Thaddeus.
TO ALL,
TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsGRglp6tvs&feature=related
FOUR DOWN -SIX TO GO…
VIVA !!!
david alan harvey
May 28, 2009 at 12:09 am
exactly at what point should a photographer become a finalist or given a grant???
hmmm, let me think of the criteria you seem to suggest…somebody who is good , but not quite as good as someone else , but better than most , but well not too good but not too bad, well sort of in the middle, but better than middle but not really so good as to make everyone else feel not so good and discouraged???
please gentlemen , get a grip…
none of these finalists has a book…none have an exhibition set…none are collected…few have agents..they are just among the best of their generation of the ones submitted…..period…i see it that way and apparently so do others….
i just looked at the pictures…i had no idea of their past awards….nobody submitted a bio in advance, and it would not have mattered anyway….if a photographer in a particular generation is making much better work than the others, then they deserve what they deserve….photographers who blame their lack of success on schmoozing and lack of contacts etc etc for sure will never never rise…..
you might not see some of these photographers as emerging , but i sure as hell do…they are certainly not established as per stated above…you might be more emerging than are they..in which case this should give you something to shoot for …any other attitude will take YOU down..not the finalists ..not me….but you…think about it….
i wish i had the funding to give at least 10 more grants…i am working on exactly this and you know it….if you do not know this , then please go back and read at least 20 posts where i have described exactly my goals for you with regard to funding….can i promise it?? no …am i trying like hell, yes….so a bit of support from you gentlemen for whom i am trying to find support would be appreciated…thanks..
and continuing to call it straight…many many thanks for the one comment per essay idea..so simple, obvious, and i just missed it..it works…you have given us the most constructive idea yet….i had struggled for months trying to figure the comment conundrum out ….a very big high five to you for this…
cheers, david
TO ALL
SYMPHONY
The Lord of the Rings: Symphony – The BLACK RIDERS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzsHrBVHqiY&feature=related
FIVE DOWN-FIVE TO GO…
VIVA !!!
@ Anton
Hi!
Haven’t been able to see any of the finalists in IE, Chrome, or Firefox since M.C. Brown.
Any tips?
Regards and thanks in advance – Richard
David,
You made everything clear! And I like your approach very much.
I am happy to be able to discuss openly about photography, and I appreciate to deal with people that say what they truly believe.
I am in Sicily now, working on my new story, and I’ll be back to London on June 3rd, so I guess I should be able to make it to the Magnum party.
I’d like to take this occasion to thank you very much for your honest and kind reply.
Thanks very much
Mimi
MIMI…
i am pleased you will be in London for our little party….please stay in touch with me at david@burnmagazine.org and i will give you the details for the Magnum party…due to a down economy , i imagine our party to be a bit austere this year, but a cold beer is a cold beer….
enjoy Sicily…one of my favorite places and cultures….
cheers, david
TO ALL,
SHOSTAKOVICH, Symphony No. 5,Bernstein
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogJFXqYEYd8&feature=related
SIX DOWN – FOUR TO GO…
VIVA !!!
TO ALL
G. ROSSINI – William Tell Overture (Finale) – Karajan 1983
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkymTHSbWe0&feature=related
SEVEN DOWN- THREE TO GO…
VIVA !!!
TO ALL
Paco de Lucía Concierto de Aranjuez Part2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8LL1×6J2rU&feature=related
EIGHT DOWN -TWO TO GO
VIVA !!!
First of all thanks to DAH for his generosity of making burn and EPF.
All that follows is just my opinion but I have to say that or I haven’t the slightest idea of photography, or somebody has chosen the finalists using a scale that says the more unpleasant the better. For me this last essay (American Dreams) is the straw that broke the camels back. In the world there is more than misery, squalor and sordidness. In news photography we already have the problem of considering that “only bad news are news”.
This grant was for every stile of photography and by now I see it was only for “conceptual” (whatever this word means: strange? incomprehensible? ugly?). What happens with documentary photography? I’m sure that between the over 1200 essays submitted to EPF there is people that have make wonderful efforts trying to show something unknown about a place or about people.
Between the eight finalists I have already seen there are only two that I like: “Aftermath” and “Sakhalin”. Many of the rest are still acceptable, but not good enough to be finalists between 1200 essays! Is really this all the best we have?
And I see many people here trying to look smart by attributing overwhelming depth to something that is just superficial.
I said before that may be is that I haven’t the slightest idea of photography, in that case I would be grateful if somebody tried to explain it to me.
Thanks.
TO ALL
pianist Guiomar Novaes: O Polichinelo by Heitor Villa Lobos
Braziliero
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie7RgywllaE&feature=related
NINE DOWN -ONE TO GO…
VIVA !!!
Welcome Bruno
I HAVE to MOVE You to the BUZZ …
My apologies in advance …please proceed to the BUZZ…
TO ALL,
Bach’s Partita #2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB76jxBq_gQ&feature=related
ZERO DOWN – ZERO UP …
VIVA !!!
Where has the time gone?
I just turned 40 and so have been rather busy.
I must set aside some time to go through all these entries slowly and deliberately.
Good luck all you entrants.
TO ALL,
Beethoven – Love Story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgI0k6dHjTA&feature=related
11 DOWN – 10,000 TO GO …
VIVA !!!