looks like a burned out rock band doesn’t it? i was playing with my toy Instax instant film camera today and did set up this shot of Anton Kusters, Mike Courvoisier (he does not seem to have moved from his position in the last picture), Chris Bickford and the ubiquitous John Gladdy…all hanging around waiting for you…..you who can make it to tomorrow’s Burn meeting in my loft….i think folks will start drifting in about 11am, but just come when you can….shuffling around some ideas is what we have in mind…
the net seems to come and go in the loft, but we will skype some of you, if for no other reason than just to say hello…….and let’s please see if we can lower the testosterone quotient of this meeting by at least a little…i think you know where live, but if not please come to 475 Kent Ave , Williamsburg between Division and South 11th..buzz 607…please join the band….i look forward to seeing you….
Ross all our information is limited when we are young and the older generation perceives them as less knowledgeable……. but they were street smart that is knowledge within itself. The x generation has grown up and isn’t as ignorant as the baby boomers wanted them to be…………
The way we perceive the world is the world in which we’re able to see!
Imants; Yes; but what surprised me the most is how much the generation y kids seem to want to distance themselves from the gen x! :-)
I suspect Steve Jobs may be out front on this as well, but not with the tablet or Iphone. The Apple TV probably comes closer to “it” for still photographers. Having an ubiquitous device that gets the photo from the computer to the big screen in the living room may provide some opportunity.
Waaaaay more street smart than my generation ever dreamed of being. We were so sophisticated that going to grans house on Friday nights to watch “Starsky and Hutch” on colour tv was practically exciting enough to wet yourself over! :-)
and generation x distanced themselves from the baby boomers?
Ross..
I heard an interesting observation about this recently, in which it was thought that because generation “y” is so often told that gen “y” is like this and not that, is a big part of the reason why they feel apart and different from gen x. I guess what I’m thinking is that we’re so often crafted by what we are told about how we should be. Just a thought?
Ross
A friends’ grandaughter told her that her generation is the “why bother” generation. Global warming, economic meltdown fewer job opportunities, real estate prices that make home ownership an impossible dream. It’s a tough time to be a young person. I have four kids in their twenties and I worry for them.
Is that the kind of thing you hear from the young people you are working with?
I think its such a complex subject and its easy to confuse delivery with content..
Some things never change I suppose…. :-)
It’s hard to explain what I mean; it’d be easier over a few beers! My generation definately distanced itself from the previous generation, but by rebelling if possible. Like every generation that went before.
However the kids I talk to seem to think they want to be more resposible etc from the gen x, not rebelling… Well, that’s what I seem to sense anyway.
It’s a good essay, Charlie, on the Maldives, which have been in the News lately, for the president having a cabinet meeting underwater. You packed up a lot of infos in just over 5 minutes. I am not sure the format does the best service to your photography. It is easy for us to pay attention, but a less attentive (yet curious of the subject) general public might just see them as mere illustrations of what you say about the situation there. But that’s the usual conundrum about MM format done by photographers. Is it promoting one’s work or is one’s work supposedly retreating behind the subject treated?
I agree with Jim, the voice is a bit subdued, and underwhelming. It does lend an air of helplessness about what is in store for these Islands, and I do not think that is what was meant.
So thats what twitter’s all about…… sort of like texting.. I’m so slow!
I guess that’s you DAVID?.. Merry xmas either way..
David Alan Harvey:
re: NY visit
I saw from an earlier post that you are toughing out the holidays ;) in Colorado with your Mom and i wish you the very best time EVER..now this post will probably get major lost in the major shuffle in the days to come and so i will probably have to post it periodically till i get your attention. I am going to be in NJ from Dec. 27th till Jan 8th and would love to visit the loft even if only for a little while. I mentioned this some time ago you may recall. Will you be around and should i write an e-mail? Call? Send carrier pigeon?
Will keep popping in here to see if you give me the nod to stop by. In the meantime, happy, happy holidays and wear your mittens, you need to keep that shutter finger warm and working on that M9!
best:
Kathleen
The Maldives essay is slick, but for me is not hitting the mark. If I really wanted to get a good perspective on the situation in the Maldives I would prefer to spend 30 min to an hour watching a good documentary. If I want to soak up a visual perspective and get an intuitive feeling of the Maldives I would like this essay minus the commentary.
I use 100% green energy in my home, replaced all my incandescent bulbs, don’t have a car, take public transit, and am concerned about the health of our planet and the human impact on it but I recently discovered that all the planets in the solar system are warming up, and that the Sun is approaching an historic peak period of flare activity. Given the recent scandal of suppression of data data that did not fit climate change models it leaves me wondering what is really going on. Hugo Chavez stated in Copenhagen ““If the climate was a bank [the west] would have already saved it.” and “The destructive model of Capitalism is eradicating life” It seems odd that a previous investment banker is schooling us on climate change. Making up for past sins?
Civi Claus
darlingest friend..
thinking of you often..working my fingers to the bone…know you understand..also major changes in my life happening..all for the good but changes are always painful, no?
How are the azaelas? Loved your self-description to DQ..yep, that’s my Civi, i said to myself..burping and farting and making bad wine and good olive oil..and burning, always burning..
still love the crap outta ya..ne’er forget it!
hugZ
Katie
8.30 am
happy birthday
bappy hirthday
chinchin
cheers
down the hatch with a creamy caucasian chinked for BURN and HAIK alike..
health for the year ahead.
CHARLIE.
well done on such a thorough piece and great to see such a timely and pertinent appearance on burn, with the recent global environmental summit – and the maldives excellent show of their truth there
“MALDIVES ENVIRONMENT MINISTER MOHAMED ASLAM
In Copenhagen the best we can expect is a political declaration. We’re very disappointed.
We didn’t come here all this way to not agree anything. ”
full news here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2009/copenhagen/default.stm
and one more sup to the CIVILIAN-MASS OVERDRIVE.. the only one consistently here with no finger in the photo pie..
CHEERS
O
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BURN AND HAIK………. all the best and best for the forthcoming year.
Completely covered in snow here.
Seasons greetings all.
Ian
civilian at work…coffee break…!!!
BURNIANS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io0uqrp9dco&feature=related
Ella Fitzgerald – Louis Armstrong “Dream a Little Dream of BURN , BURN, BURN
cause of you ourPatricia …we can dream BIG…and oime…
KATIE FONSECA…I squeeze you and I hug you and I kiss you and I tell to the whole word…
I LOVE YOUUUUUUUUU
DAVIDB…fifth gear and going …like TORCAPA…vzooommm….vzoomm:)))
BURN ,BURN,BURN…oups …back to work
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BURN and HAIK…and BURNIANS and keep the flames BURNing…
I LOVE you…it’s our BIRTHDAY and we LOVE it…it’s our BIRTHDAY…oups
Happy b-day BURN!
Waiting for the surprise will be announced!
:)
Spread the word… we have a pARTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
It’s aour birthday and we LOVE it…it’s our bi
***** Happy Birthday BURN, HAIK AND my MOM ******
a beautiful day to all!
cacasian number 2 jus fo you.
snowsnowsnow..
3 foot drifts at tor capas nursery up our mountain.. love it.. the balcony is an igloo..
england STOPS for the flurry of white stuff, norways keeps going strong..
and on.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to audreys mum – burn model..
and FRANK ZAPPA
and jane fonda
and keifer sutherland
and samuel l jackson
and
JOSEPH STALIN_:__
OK, I’m not sleeping until suprise annouced.
Been awake for a while..
Welocome back CIVI
Happy Birthday BURN!
All the best to you and have another great year of photos, essays, discussions, dialogues.
Thanks to David Alan Harvey and Anton Kusters for creating it, Haik and Lassal for .. you know what ..
the burnians for keeping it burning and making it a place to return and a civilian-mass audience for the soul and the warmth no other community could have.
Keep up burning!
What not to love…!
Happy birthday BURN!
Keep on inspiring me in 2010.
Someday this christmas I’m going to go through every essay posted here and make a top10-list, gonna be fun.
post to your blog bjarte.. look forward to that
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR BURN!!!
Too excited to sleep. It’s still dark here in Detroit but BURN provides all the light we need. Special love and birthday greetings to David, Anton, Haik and Audrey’s mum, Brigitte. And special thanks to Lassal and Haik for their inspired bringing together of ALL Burnians for the celebration. What not to love!
Looking forward to our TERRIBLE TWOS…
hugs
Patricia
VIVA UNIVERSE !!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BURN
Hartelijk gefeliciteerd BURN
Gratulerer med dagen BURN
GeluGratulerer med dagen kkige verjaardag BURN
誕生日おめでとう BURN
Tillykke med fødselsdagen BURN
Daudz laimes dzimšanas dienā BURN
Gëzuar Ditëlindjen BURN
Su gimimo diena BURN
Xewqat sbieħ f’Għeluq Sninek BURN
Wszystkiego najlepszego z okazji urodzin BURN
تولدت مبارکBURN
Aniversário Feliz BURN
С днем рождения BURN
VšecLa mulţi anihno nejlepší k narozeninám BURN
Срећан рођендан BURN
Všetko najlepšie k narodeninám BURN
Vse najboljše BURN
Cumpleaños Feliz BURN
Siku ya kuzaliwa yenye furaha BURN
Grattis på födelsedagen BURN
สุขสันต์วันเกิด BURN
Doğum Günün Kutlu Olsun BURN
З Днем Народження BURN
Chúc mừng Sinh nhật BURN
גליקליכן געבורטסטאָגBURN
Sretan rođendan BURN
عيد ميلاد سعيدBURN
Glücklicher Geburtstag BURN
З Днём Нараджэння BURN
生日快乐 BURN
Palju õnne sünnipäevaks BURN
Hyvää syntymäpäivää BURN
Bon anniversaire BURN
יום הולדת שמחBURN
Χρόνια πολλά BURN
जन्मदिन मुबारक हो BURN
Boldog születésnapot BURN
Til hamingju með afmælið BURN
Selamat Ulang Tahun BURN
Go maire tú do lá breithe BURN
Честит рожден ден BURN
LOVE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BURN
KATHLEEN FONSECA…
your words are never lost…i do get behind, but eventually i do read everything…unfortunately, our timing is off on your visit to New York…i leave for Rio de Janeiro on Dec. 30, but leaving from the Carolina house….yes, New Years Eve on Copacabana Beach…yes, warm and fun and the first day of Carnival and summer…but, i will be working..i will have to catch up fast on the activities and almost literally go from plane to heavy shooting..fortunately, i have a good advance team in place who have at least gotten some permissions and suggested locations for me…
now, my loft, actually now the Burn gallery and office will be empty, so you could stay there if you want…i can make arrangements for you to get the keys….Lance Rosenfield may be coming in to stay at some point during that time…i just cannot remember his dates..in any case, the loft has two separate sleeping spots, so that could work if your times coincide …Lance is a good boy…
so so sorry we will not meet and i will not be able to host you properly…i am hoping to hear from you by private email concerning your latest work…..
my best holiday wishes to you Kathy and i do hope we can meet at some point in 2010….
cheers, david
David, I don’t know who suggested that you needed to do Twitter, but they clearly aren’t your friend. ;)
Tweets are trivial and boring. Go burn some pixels.
Hey Everyone – Happy Birthday!!!
———Burn is One————
Burn, your a beautiful baby,
may all your dreams come true
the stars are in alignment, it’s an auspicious time…
today is the longest day of the year down here, the summer solstice…
tomorrow is the winter solstice up north…
Shiva moon is in the night sky
time to celebrate :)))
THANKS TO YOU ALL for making burn such a special place
looking forward…
tic tic tic tic…
WHAT NOT TO LOVE
“Burn on…big river, Burn on” –Randy Newman
Happy Burnaversary David
Thank you all….
Paul
Civi here are a few more:
Gelukkige verjaardag Burn.
Bon anniversaire Burn.
Suos sdey chhnam thmey Burn.
С днем рождения Burn!
and more, from dreamlands
生日快樂 Burn!
Chúc mừng Sinh nhật Burn
Siku ya kuzaliwa yenye furaha Burn!
जन्मदिन मुबारक हो Burn!
running running Road Trip
happy birthday Burn, david, anton, haik&lassal (i hope i get to see it before we leave for our trip, otherwise i’ll be incommunicado for a couple of weeks), all the behind the scenes playas, all the photographers and writers and commentators and lovers and haters and eyes and noses and readers and, WHATeva….
all the best
running, eyes wide open…
hugs
b
Happy Burnday!
One time around the sun………
and many more to come…..
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BuRN!!!!!!!
***
Happy Solstice……
Happy Birthday Haik!!!
***
Happy Birthday Haik…
Happy Birthday Burnians…
…to the things to come…
Happy Birthday Haik!
You do a great job for BURN and for all of us.
Thank you!
Cheers,
Thomas
I´m like Patricia, could barely sleep, woke up often and early thinking, BURN´S BIRTHDAY, BURN´S BIRTHDAY!!! finally rose from bed, all gray and gloomy but thankfully raining outside (we need it)..ran to the compu´ like a kid racing downstairs to the Christmas tree, just to see…just to see all the Burnians here whooping it up on this festive day of celebration, so hear hear, here i am…joining in among you to wish BURN, Edgar Allan Poe…no wait, that´s Alan with one L..no? um, oh yeah, right, DAVID ALAN HARVEY (hi DAH´s Mom, i got it right!) and Anton and ALLLLLLLLLLLLLL Burnians from Belarus to Belle Glade, from Wichita to Whichwaydoigo, from Old Amsterdam to New Amsterdam (NYC), from Killamazoo to Tyler too, from Malibu to Instambul, too Burnians everywhere, far and wide,
HAPPY FREAKING BIRTHDAY!!!
And to Haik, Audrey´s Mom and MY DAD! Happy birthday Dad, i couldn´t have done it without you (in more ways than one!)
All my love to all
Kathleen
Sending joyful birthday wishes and a sincere sense of celebration at how burn has grown over its first year.
So let’s toast o all who work, play and share on behalf of this endeavor!
CHEERS!
And for David..I couldn’t decide which traditional toast was best, so here are both. You can raise your glass more than once, eh?
Four blessings upon you…
Older whiskey
Younger women
Faster horses (ISOs on digital cameras)
More money
***************************
May your neighbors respect you,
Trouble neglect you,
The angels protect you,
And heaven accept you
Happy Freakin Birthday Haik!!
With all your multilingual greetings, I can’t believe you guys left out Korean:
버언아, 축하합니다!
Oh that’s just embarrassing! Sorry Kathleen F. for sort of stealing your birthday greeting. Did not see it, I swear!
Oh well… great minds, right? ;^}
BTW… has anything, *ahem* yet launched?
Happy Birthday Burnians! Haik, you get a Happy Birthday x2 :-)
DAH, Anton, and Haik: thank you for all that your do – it IS appreciated.
Everyone have a Super Soulful Solstice, too! Longer days are just around the corner for the N. Hemisphere.
David AH (as in David ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!)
I am super duper sorry to miss you as i had held my breath for months thinking about my loft pilgrimage but i am also thrilled (and jealous) that you will be shooting in Rio, (yes, one hand on that strap at all times..crime is nothing if not worse in Latin America–a crack addict doesn´t know an M9 from a Diana)because that sounds like a street shooter´s dream come true. I know you will be amazing there and i, for one, cannot wait to see the photos you bring back.
I am moved (incredibly) at your offer to let me stay at the loft. I am staying with family in NJ but will also be in the City often and it is terribly expensive to travel from that far in the hinterlands to the mecca that is Manhattan so i might take you up on your offer part of the time. I will write to your addie at Burn magazine since that´s the only one that i have.
And yes, I am extremely focused on my work these days..although i am in pause as i make Christmas cards (using 45 different photos, mind you! i will leave one for you in the Loft) i am hell-bent on moving forward and your assistance is more than appreciated. In fact i even now have my domain name (kathleenfonseca.com) and a full-fledged website will soon follow.
I will not take any more of your time here, just want to say thank you for seeing my post and responding so kindly.
Best on this wonderful Burn Birthday..cheers to you (AND YOUR MOM!)..you´re da man!
Kathleen
Michael
hahahaha, no offense taken! Why have freakin´once when you can have it twice i always say..*wink*
best
kathleen
RE: A Troubled Paradise
I wish Charlie had let us comment underneath his essay. I thought the piece was ambitious and wide ranging. As someone who pursues South Asia-related stories, I found myself drawn to a number of the photos and wanted to see more.
I do think this essay feel like an intro to a series of stories about the various topics. Now I am ready for Charlie’s narrated photo essay Maldivian politics, youth and drug culture, the environment, etc. So the essay here seems like the overture to a symphony.
So I am ready for more.