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Harlem Jazz
Tap dancer Omar Edwards thrust the metal toe of his shoe forward and scraped an arc on the Minton’s Playhouse stage. An audience of three heard the sound of saws cutting through logs. African drums echoed from Edwards’s feet, then the creak of chains on a ship sailing west across the Atlantic. Wiping sweat away, Edwards said, “It’s not just black history, but the history of man.”
Harlem’s jazz clubs evoke the age before rock and hip-hop dominated rebellious musical expression. Spaces where crowds sit inches from the musicians once featured Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald. Edwards danced on the stage where Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie invented bebop after hours in the 1940′s.
The 1939 Art Deco Lenox Lounge glows red less than a block from a Starbucks. Customers scramble for the corner booth Billie Holiday used to sit in for dinner.
“When you walk in here, you’re taking a step back in time,” the Lounge’s owner Alvin Reid said. “This is where you can see the sweat falling off the musician. You have a one-on-one relationship.”
Jazz weaves threads of Harlem’s identity. On 125th St., near Hotel Theresa, where Louis Armstrong slept, a clothing store entices shoppers by adding “Jazz” to its name. Street vendors sell John Coltrane and Josephine Baker t-shirts to locals and foreign tourists. Murals of musicians and dancers emerge when shopkeepers pull down decorated security doors at closing time.
Max Lucas, 98, has played his saxophone in Harlem since 1925, when his first gig was a duet with a banjo player in a barber shop. He performed in the Savoy Ballroom as 2,000 dancers covered the floor. During Prohibition and the Great Depression, Lucas worked rent parties, where the hosts had three-piece bands in their homes, sold bootleg liquor and charged 25 cents admission to help pay their landlords. When he joins his son’s band at the Lenox Lounge on Wednesdays, the crowd reveres Lucas as its connection to Harlem’s cultural legacy.
Every Sunday for 15 years, Marjorie Eliot has hosted concerts in her apartment, but she’s not trying to earn her rent. She lives in the building Count Basie called home and wants to preserve Harlem’s jazz tradition with her free shows. She begins by dedicating the performance to a late musician and then invokes the memory of her son Philip, who died in 1992. Eliot said sharing music brings her son back a little bit.
Jazz endures as its popularity diminishes. Songs of freedom drift out of Harlem where intimate spots preserve notes of the past and its speakeasy nights.
Photographer’s note:
My grandfather lit my imagination when he spoke of working in bands during the 1920′s and 30′s. He’d play his sax, and tell of a ship bound for the Caribbean at night, joining a hotel orchestra in Havana for awhile or heading below the Equator for a gig in Rio de Janeiro. The music finished his stories. After he died, I wanted to sense the life he led before he married my grandmother and settled down.
I saw him in the people I photographed and heard him in their music. Familiarity in strangers’ eyes made me pause. Fragments of his life appeared.
Photographs: Andrew Sullivan
Website: www.andrew-sullivan.com
oops..sorry, you weren’t even talking to me..heh!
DAH,
thank goodness for explaining panos. though i did not doubt for one moment that he is real. too real. that’s probably the most shocking fact. well, with all the f’s and sh’s that he says on these threads, i might just need to buy a steel raincoat, that’s all. you know how all tragedies have comic relief? panos
is IT.
i have no doubt that he will in his words – rock the world – with his essay. but take care when you go through the proofs(?) he might not file his nails or his teeth.
ANDREW,
loved your essay. im too young to have lived that era but i swear im an old soul so i just breathed it all in. i was there.
the music was a great touch cuz i didnt have to think too hard cuz the music was already playing in my head with your title shot. just great.
KATHLEEN…
do you really think I would SANITIZE anything???
pleeeeeeeease!!
cheers, david
This is so good…I wish I could do something like this!
I felt like being in Harlem. Congratulations!
DAH
uh….um….the politically correct answer to that question would be no..the truthful answer is that i don’t know a thing about you and what i have seen here merely scratches the surface of the man you are..forgive me if i somehow insulted you but i am not like a lot of people here who have met you, e-mailed you, been mentored by you or been on the receiving end of a portfolio review..my comment about Panos was tongue-in-cheek because i know his work can only be domesticated just so far. The raw energy is embedded into every pixel like a bloody stain, but since you ask, well, how would i know if you would sanitize anything, photographic or otherwise? i mean, really?
And btw..i just love this essay and it’s text..this is just great stuff..thanks for featuring it and thanks to Andrew for producing it.
cheers backatcha
kat~
Ok..
I was driving .. Now I just pulled over on a
AM/PM gas station.. Right before the mountain
I have to climb.. 8500 ft elevation .. All the
way to the top of the mountain ..
Big Bear..
I will lose reception going up hill so I wanted to
catch up with the comments..
And then I read it…
I read what GRACIE, KATHLEEN and DAVID just said..
(pause.. Nothing to say.. Speechless.. Shaking a bit…)
Let me tell you about my day… ( so I can digest what “they” wrote..)
I was in the HOOD all day..
Southcentral LA..
Vernon, western and 52nd street..
I’m excited because once again I exposed myself …ONCE AGAIN
to some silly, unnessesary violence…
.. and no, it’s not what you may think..
No, I wasn’t trying to score..laughing..
I went for “safari”..
I met a family and I asked them if I could
photograph them..
And I did.. Crazy stuff happened today..
I ended up photographing the whole BLOCK
instead.. I’m happy, I do have the photos..
I will make a nice story and post it SOONEST..
…. and then I read the comments…
David , what can I say??
I already had numerous enemies here..
“friends” that they were openly begging you
and suggesting to you to force me QUIT..
Bloggers calling me names left and right…
They were even suggesting me to refrain from commenting, even sex…
And now..
Now it’s gonna get even worst..
Hate and jealousy .. Just because , just because
I was just doing my “job”..
My job which was nothing more than photographing
my own life.. My “backyard”.. Myself, my mirror..
They were calling me selfish because I never tried to
save the world, I never tried to turn a prostitute into a nun,
I never tried to save the homeless , I never tried to find the
Cure for HIV..
I’ve been accussed of hijacking “intellectual” conversations
about G.Winofrand, or Steve McCurry .. and instead posting XXX photos,
Photographing my own genitalia instead..
I’ve been accussed of being a NON PURIST because I proudly announced that
FILM IS DEAD ( so did the dinosaurs )…
And now YOU have the balls to openly support me?
Support the ANTICHRIST??,
(laughing…. Hysterically)
Thank you David…
for TELLing IT LIKE IT IS…
and thank you also for creating a new “army”
of haters towards me.. Starting tomorrow ..
( laughing )
Ok… Enough.. Still at the gas station..
I need to drive.. Go give Freida a kiss and do that link with
Photos from the Hood..that I shot today..
BIG HUG
Driving
Panos
Thank u
Thank u
Thank u
what the fuck, Panos?
Too bad there are no numbered slides here, would be much easier to comment on the photos. But I must say I love the ones with the overpowering colors. Some really nice shots here, and overall a good essay. Interesting people, nicely shot photos. I remember some of the shots from Roadtrips but it really looks like youve done a great job of expanding on the story, Andrew.
Threading from essays to styles to commenting on each other, BuRN readers, writers, and photographers are a funny group…and I’m glad to be part of such dynamic, intelligent, and thought-provoking characters… I can’t wait to meet some of you…
Anyway, the essay definitely left me wanting more…I felt like it was just the introduction of something more…but what? I liked the writing a lot…so well-written…I love the fact that Andrew Sullivan said, “I saw him in the people I photographed and heard him in their music. Familiarity in strangers’ eyes made me pause. Fragments of his life appeared.” Therein lies the connection, and it is evident in the imagery. I also loved the dialogue voice of Max Lucas playing as the slide show did…it brought the past into the present, revealing this history to remain important and relevant to us today…welldone
That’s all I’ve got the energy to write for now…my eloquence is escaping me as sleep fairies dance upon my sagging lids…’til tomorrow, fellow BuRNers… and remember…SPRING AHEAD! I am so ready for longer days filled with glorious sunshine!
Panos, you’re such a prick. Keep it up. Glad we finally met and don’t worry, if people ask me what you’re really like, I’ll lie. See.
Andrew! I just don’t write much here anymore ’cause I don’t know what to say and I hate to just throw out another I love it, this is great, great work, but it is, and I do. Been one of my favorites since you started it. Glad we had the chance to meet. Peace brother.
Ahh Young Tom…
There is a possibility … to see you again soon in seattle…
i fell in love with that city… i dont know why…
And you are a hell of a good company…
you are not a “pseudo”… u r real.
:)
Yo man, please give me a ring (give me a couple days notice) and I’ll pop on up to the city (love to ride the ferry). I’ll need a break, this carpentry stuff on the farm is killing me! :))
Young Tom… absofuckinlutely…
ok, i need to say say something … important , for me at least…
There are two SOULS that i love the most in this universe…
One is my SISTER , MARY Skoulida, that now lives in Arta Greece…
Mary ( Maria) is the person that supported my photography the most…
Forget photography… without her i would have been dead long long time ago…
Even creatively dead… She helped me with Leica, she even bought me the air tickets
to go visit Look 3 last year… She is “responsible” for me meeting David…
Ii can write a book about the emotional support all those years that i was looking
and following the wrong direction….
but there is somebody that i love even more ( if this is possible )… and thats her
daughter, my niece , the most beautiful and most intelligent young lady in this world…
Her name is VISSARIA….
VISSARIA, I LOVE YOU… AND I WILL SEE YOU SOON…
( these are the 2 souls that cared and always care THE MOST about me )
PANOS
Big Bear?
That’s it. I’m shooting your territory tomorrow. A bucket of Stella just for me.
It’s been too long since I’ve lived there to catch the grittiness you get, but I’m shooting it anyway.
ah panos! waited a while for your post. i knew you were up to something. but then the sun did not set yet when i spoke. i totally digged “venice”, i have to say. you were in their faces so are you in ours here in BURN.
know that when you are onstage (hopefully not doing something illegal), i am on DAH’s side BUT right behind him, NOT close to you – (maybe clapping). let’s make that clear.
and ANDREW! thank you again (and sorry for the side rant- i think i started it)
before i went to bed i had to turn on NINA SIMONE. and went to sleep and rested. thank you lots.
PANOS…
yes, sorry …you WILL have new enemies…..please try to not give them quite so much to chew on…
AND, please do not forget i openly support many photographers here, THAT is what i do (you just require a little more explanation than most!!)…my shout out right this minute, right now, is the talented Andrew Sullivan whose thread we only hijacked because Gracie asked a question about you….if i had my coffee already i could write a truly interesting piece about the difference between Andrew and Panos…you are 180 degrees different, but both with something to say…anyway i am going to the corner deli for coffee..back later
oh yea, one more thing:
always be humble……HUBRIS….don’t forget…
cheers, david
YOUNG TOM…
we lost you for the longest time…put down that hammer and get back here where you belong….actually, i have been in hammer and saw hell for the last month too…heading your way april 10 i think…can you handle it???
cheers, david
RAFAL….
slide shows with music in sync have no numbers….no, not all slide shows with music accompanying, but in sync music or soundtrack…
by the way, i will go with your final edit albeit we will never agree on a couple of those pictures…but, that is just the way editing always is…not a problem….the vertical is gone however (jarring visually in a slide show and too much related to the picture that follows)….just want to make sure you are standing by this final edit..yes????
cheers, david
Gracie
know that when you are onstage (hopefully not doing something illegal), i am on DAH’s side BUT right behind him, NOT close to you – (maybe clapping). let’s make that clear. you are f-ing politically correct. Does it resonate? Lets read further.
Is this is a new tendency here to be against or take side to be noticed? Do we need a new category on the right side of the page just for that purpose?
Gracie, Kathleem – could you open up your mind and calmly make an assumption for some theoretical analysis? What if Panos is Magnum someday soon? I truly believe he is on the way for a big one but for now lets make it as an assumption for brain exercise.
Would you bring your sanitizers and start hunting for those fleas? Would you meet the real Panos then?
there is a lot of fake commenters on BURN – desperately and shamefully fake. most of those are just sheep with agenda that know “words” and want to have an “intelligent discussion” .
Andrew Sullivan,
Don’t forget me when you and that panos guy do part two of “Loosenes Workshop on Moral Superiority”. I am on your side :). Let’s not involve DAH – let’s just get the prostitutes who live in grave yards that have hiv and save them.
nice jazzzzz.
Rafał, David, Panos,
Final edit? I see you work hard all the time. I am curious about EPF this year. You guys still on top. Work in progress. I’ll be waiting for results :)
MARCIN….
Rafal will have his essay published in the next couple of days…we have just been working behind the scenes on his edit…”work in progress” will be a backstage effort…i am now working on essays with David B., Lassal, Anton, Jonathan…i would love to work with you if you have a new project (or an old project) you want to develop…?????????????
EPF….my oh my so many submissions!!!! at the last minute of course..actually i think i am going to extend the deadline until april 1 just because i am overwhelmed with so many things at the moment…but, do not worry, no problems at all..lots of fun….but, yes i do work all the time one way or another….
cheers, david
There is only so much one person can do, given even enthusiasm and sense of mission. We usually only understand that in retrospect.
haik,
i have always liked what panos brings here. he’s too funny. he’s just “in my face” a lot with his comments, that’s all. AND i do not have anything to show so there is no secondary gain for me to mention DAH in my posts. there’s no point as to being pc – as you call it.
though enough about him. this is ANDREW’s essay. and must i say, listening to nina simone last night was warm and fuzzy.
it’s all good.
luvs, gracie
KATHLEEN…
oh my…i absolutely took your comment “tongue in cheek”, and was not the slightest insulted Kathleen..i was laughing….you know how it is with writing sometimes…you write like you talk in person, but in person you can see the the “twinkle in the eye”…i was just tongue in cheek back at you….i assume we will meet at some point…hope so…
JIM…
yes, i know what you mean….but, i do see at least one more step forward with BURN….technically we can have multiple pages behind any story….we could really get “layered” here if i had a small staff of two or three….i am building now a slide show (multi-media piece) on BURN for presentation at Look3…..i have often thought of a book to come out of the last three years of this forum…when i build this upcoming show, i will be able to see the totality of our efforts…this collaboration with an audience…in print we do not collaborate…we just give the audience what we think they want…this is a quite different medium….the beauty of it is only one thing…and it is the beauty of all things really creative…it is innocent…there is no “agenda”…supporters, but no advertisers….pull the plug on BURN tomorrow and it will stand there as its own thing flaws and all…the flaws are part of the innocence…if it all becomes just too much, i will know it…..i have never been afraid to walk away from something that was not working….for me personally, it would only become “too much” if i could not do my photographic work..so far, because of the nature of my current project, there is no problem….
cheers, david
Is that the Bill Luster who worked (works?) for the Louisville Courier? I remember you from an article in Camera Arts magazine. I really rated that magazine as it took photography seriously, unlike the majority of U.K. magazines who just repeated “How to photograph Spring, Autumn, Fireworks etc.” (they still do). Post us some photographs Bill.
Best wishes,
Mike.
David,
did Anton pass along my thinking process about some of those? If not, and if you are curious I can send it to you. But I think yeah, its bloody tough editing online….I think if we were doing it face to face it would be easier to verbalize the reasons for our choices:) But I think we bridged the gap enough, give or take 2 or 3 photos. Big thanks for your slashing my essay down to a shorter one, I had some trouble doing it but it feels good…like a fighter coming down to figting weight.
Reminds me, I gotta buy a mic and sign up for skype.
Could you ask Anton just send me the final screen shot so I know nothing got mixed up in the “translation”? Ill give it the green light asap tomorrow.
Oh yes, EPF….how do we submit? What do you suggest for length of essay? 30-40? Less?
Oh the vertical, thinking about it now I think verticals do mess up a flow so Im happy to axe it.
Hi DAVID,
You are person full of power :) How you do that?
I’ll be waiting for EPF winners.
maybe I will start new essay in april, but I am not sure like most of things in my life. I should have enough material to do some story I was thinking about.
If I will have first pictures I will put a link as usualy.
Have fun, be strong… :)
peace
RAFAL…
yes, we will send you a screen shot…but, i think we are right on it…and, as you know, i tip the final edit to the photographer…particularly in your case where the work is so totally personal…
all of the EPF parameters are right up in the corner clearly indicated (i thought)…has been there for at least 6 weeks…headlined on the Magnum site, written about on BURN by me several times….this worries me….if you did not know that (and you are a smart man), maybe others do not as well?????????…scratching my head on this one!!!!
cheers, david
heh sorry:) I actually did check it out before….Ill check again…
DAH,
phew..i thought so but wasn’t sure and didn’t want to make assumptions..glad we straightened THAT out and glad that ain’t a can of ajax in your pocket..heh…meet you..maybe someday ;)
Haik
holy cow, did you ever misunderstand me! wow..i love Panos’ work, writings, attitude! i don’t always agree with him, nut-uh..film ain’t dead for me, for example..but i wouldn’t change a thing about him. Except maybe some of those blown exposures in his photos, but even then, hell i would gladly trade a few blown pixels for subject matter that soulful, gritty, vital and streetwise. When i talked about fleas and sanitizing, i was making a plea to DAH NOT to quit that grit that is Panos..hope this clears that up!
Panos, i love ya but sometimes you can be muy “Pobre mi, i’m such a hated (read bad) Mother fu**er, ain’t life grand?” Well, maybe you’re losing your edge and should try harder because i for one think you’re one of those forces that really injects life into Burn. But maybe a little less chip and a bit more self-deprecation? dunno..just an idea..but again, like with your work, i’ll take a little chip in return for your grit. Balance is key, ain’t it?
best:
kat~
Andrew
Loved it when I saw it a few months back when I posted a link on The37thFrame. Love it still. Really a nice piece. Like Bill Luster said…. envious.
A lot exquisite (for lack of a better word) work on catching light, the light of jazz?, as it goes so well with the many nunaces of the music itself, and its usual nocturnal settings. As a single picture, #24 (old gentleman with handkerchief) is superb in both its understatement and story-telling.
Oh, and do I understand it’s 11.30 in NYC, not 10.30?
Kathleen ,
( i dont always agree with myself either )…
and of course film is NOT dead… its just that i never “go wrong” anytime i use this “pick up” line…
I love to see peoples faces turning “blue” thats all.. :))))))))))
life is short to be very serious and “intellectual”…
and i think that you can “read” me well behind the lines… You do have Sense of Humor…
Of course me and you we would like each other…U R Not uptight…u r smart and funny , this is who you are..
Do You think that qualities like yours are easy to find ??????????? One would think of , but no…
Most thinking “deep” …you think “light”… you have such a light spirit..Your spirit is not “clogged”..
Again you are an oasis here in Burn..
Gracie,
i do have similar beliefs about your spirit also…
Just woke up, im not sure if Haik wanted to offend you… i’ll read again, but
i do have ( i hope ) sense of humor similar to yours..
“Steel Raincoat”…. laughing… you do make me laugh and i value this more than anything else…
Self sarcasm i think is the ULTIMATE RESPECT towards others…
taking one self so seriously is the ULTIMATE INSULT…
and you are a respectful person…
thank you for calling me “real”…
You see this blog started “seriously” , being “serious”, all of us talking about photography,
photography this, art that, blah, blah, blah…
And fighting with eachother, trying to prove to each other, who is better, who is taller, who is
smarter, who has a longer “Unit” (laughing, if u know what i mean…).
And then we started meeting in person…And finally love and respect came…
All i can say is that ,I cant wait to meet you…
and yes, ANDREW sorry, GRACIE is right…. enough about me… but one last thing (about me)..
Im gonna work on the yesterdays photos from the HOOD… south central LA…
I cant wait to share with you the story…
Its fun… i also recorded some audio ( which i dont know what to do with it right now )…
but we will see… who cares…
ok…HUBRIS… lights back to ANDREWS AMAZING ESSAY…please
thank y’all ..
( Haik, i will call you as soon as i can find “reception” up in here… 8500 feet elevation, AT&T feels dizzy…)
ANDREW
your work is rich..
strong feelings..
mood..
lighting…
great individual shots..
want to see more…
**
Panos
“its just that i never “go wrong” anytime i use this “pick up” line…”
i’m sorry (or not) but this line made me laugh my ass off. i know it was a play on words really, but in the right circles this WOULD be a pick-up line in the real sense. i mean, hahahaha, i am still laughing…it sure would work on me! okok, back to the business at hand, which is photography..me and my Yashicamat are outta here.
oh, last thing: Can’t wait to see your pics from south central L.A. My daughter is in college somewhere deep in the Inland Empire which probably isn’t even close to where you were shooting. My son used to go to college at Loyola Marymount and he skated by himself all round Venice and Santa Monica and L.A. in general. He told me these amazing stories of meeting other Latino skaters who took him to their ‘hoods that were guarded by gang guys..my son looks gringo in spite of his Latino heritage and the other skaters would have to give the nod that Juan Carlo was Latino and then he had to say the right word or two in native ‘spanol to get in. His stories made me think of “Training Day” and frankly scared the crap outta me. But in other ways i was so envious of him and hence, of you too. Keep shooting those ‘hoods, Panos..
and thanks for the nod :)
kat~
Panos..let me ask you, are you living in the hills above Claremont? up in THOSE mountains? wow..if so i was there in November..it is soooooo beautiful..is that where you are? My daughter goes to Pomona College..
ok, really gone..
kat~
DAH wrote,
“.if i had my coffee already i could write a truly interesting piece about the difference between Andrew and Panos…you are 180 degrees different, but both with something to say…anyway i am going to the corner deli for coffee..back later”
OK David, you laid it out there, and I’m intrigued. Now Panos and I are waiting for your thoughts on how we differ. It could be an interesting piece to study. I will say, that Panos and I have more in common than most people might believe. I’m the quiet one! And DAH, if you’re looking for another work in progress photographer, I have a couple things going I could definitely use your perspective on.
Thanks to everyone for all the great feedback, and TOM HYDE, I’m with you, I often am at a loss for words when it comes to commenting here on Burn. Hmmm, there’s one difference between me and Panos.
David, just one more step? ;-))
Yeah, I’m busy into my project but I’m still here too. Just sitting at the table, drinking a beer, watching. Framing is nearly done, and I can hardly move. If I never have to shove full one-inch plus sheets of plywood up to the second story again, I’ll be a happy man. But I love building things, researching everything, figuring it out, doing stuff I’ve never done, doing it right, over-engineering everything, and sweating the details. I’ve got months left.
David you know if you finally come to the most left coast and you don’t call me I’m gonna be pissed. What do you mean, can I handle it? I’m almost offended ;-)) You are most, most welcome here anytime (although you know I’m in the middle of nowhere), and Seattle is just a skip across the water for me, or Bellingham. And Sydney, if you need a ride just shout out. And Katia, if you ever need ANYTHING please think of me. Seriously.
With apologies to Andrew Sullivan … young tom
DAVD ALAN HARVEY
Can I assume you mean myself? If so my direct email address is crackedbutter @ mac.com if you want to discuss my current project further?
Andrew,
GREAT texture in this piece, really dig the ambient tracks of audio and the vignetted images you weave in to the overall action. I wonder is the sequencing might benefit from a different set of lead images and/or a slight re-sequence in the audio–felt that the sounds of the street were very dissonant when viewing the squeeze box player in the bathroom there. Just a thought :) Overall, VERY nice start… also wondering if there are more possibilities for gathering content to focus on the neighborhood/community and what jazz has meant for this local culture.
MORE Multimedia Please!
Cheers
Seth
andrew–
i’ve seen your essay about 7 times now.
the word that keeps coming up for me is “satisfying”.
it’s a richly satisfying experience to see, hear and feel this.
i love how the images, music and max’s voice
(and gorgeous throaty chuckles)
all weave together beautifully.
they were meant to be together.
impressive work.
keeping an eye on you now. ;)
k.
warm smile and hug to you, young tom.
looking forward to seeing you again soon. :))
Kathleen,
ALL…
YES… up on those mountains….
i drive alone all the time… i know exactly the areas that your son used to skateboard..
I had my bike stolen once around those shady bikepaths across the LA river…
but,
new link
NEW LINK
NEW LINK…
I JUST wanna share my loneliness and the love for those mountains and that LAKE, that stands alone on the top of the mountains… at 8500 elevation…
( dont rush for feedback… just sharing my loneliness… story of my life…)
please click the link below.. “Lake & Loneliness”..
http://picasaweb.google.com/innerspacecowpanos/TheLAKEAt8500Feet?authkey=Gv1sRgCKySmcnfhM24hAE#slideshow
( the “hood” photos are still in the oven)….
… again, please increase the slideshow duration from 3 to 5 seconds… thank you…
http://picasaweb.google.com/innerspacecowpanos/TheLAKEAt8500Feet?authkey=Gv1sRgCKySmcnfhM24hAE#slideshow
…. and ANDREW yes, i agree…
we have lots in common… the reason i post links here,
is mainly because i feel welcomed, i feel warmth, you giving me refuge …
sometimes i feel very lonely in my “own” room…
All, Andrew is on of the sweetest men i have ever met…
period
damn andrew – this is nice. i remember seeing this after a workshop (i think) – this has grown into a lovely essay. the audio and music is perfectly matched to a very nice edit and sequence. i loved the “silent’ images amongst the music scene. well done my friend, well done.
Panos
ohhh..ok…i know those mountains then..my daughter rides her bike up there. It’s crazy how fast the environment changes from inland empire hot and dry to mountainous cold and snowy..you live in a wondrous place. I never saw the lake though. Hmm…next trip.
I get the lonely thing big time. i’m always alone too. Do you think a lot of photographers are like that?
Anyway, nice slideshow..thanks for being you, Panos.
best:
kat~
KATHLEEN,
you have been such an inspiration for me lately….
the following slideshow
“A DAY IN THE HOOD” is dedicated to you..
im proud…………. gimme a minute of your time…
A DAY IN THE HOOD
A DAY IN THE HOOD
A DAY IN THE HOOD…
fresh, brand new link y’all… from last night…
http://picasaweb.google.com/innerspacecowpanos/ADAYINTHEHOOD?authkey=Gv1sRgCO297p7MwMygnAE#slideshow