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Happy bday Dasha!

Happy Birthday Dasha!! As I was having lunch today with Bryan and Michelle and Lyla this bird landed where I last saw you here. Then quickly flew. I just made one shot with my iPhone. So I figured that bird was you. Right? Fly free my friend. Enjoy your special day. Friday the 13th. Very …

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Lapa

Rio de Janeiro. A small bar in Lapa at around 3am. The Lapa district of Rio is the largest most popular night scene and one of my favorite places to shoot. From my unbound interactive book (Based on a True Story), published by BurnBooks. #rio #brazil #basedonatruestory #lapa #leica

Really

Rio de Janeiro 2015. I mean really. Not sure I’ve been to another beach quite like Rio. As fall will now turn to winter up here above the equator, it’s spring turning to summer here on Copacabana. This picture recently appeared in Leica’s M Magazine and will be in my upcoming BeachGames book. Listen to …

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#3

  This is photo #3 in the sequence from 475 Kent ave. and the games people play. Yes, part of it perhaps a larger fiction story which is brewing away in my head. After I published ( based on a true story), set in Rio, BurnBooks 2012, I became more interested in fiction/drama. Theater. Perhaps …

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#2

This is #2 of one of my every now and then three picture stories/essays. Previous post is #1 . #3 upcoming will be the end of the movie. Some of you may remember my Comic Book series. You gotta scroll way way back. I’m thinking of new ways to tell stories here on Instagram. Will …

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Frank

  My good neighbor Frank chugs a Fosters as O.B. looks for new adventures and the surf fishermen haul in puppy drum on a warm outer banks fall afternoon. These fall days are sweet. The water is summer warm and yet not a tourist in sight. We know winter is around the corner , yet …

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Dasha on the porch

Dasha who has been my subject the last few days here on Instagram and I first met 5 years ago in the outer banks . From Ukraine, she was on a work&travel program and sold tickets at a Nags Head miniature golf course for her summer job . Galaxy Golf. So American classic tacky it …

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October

October is feeling like a bit of summer here in the outer banks. Warm sunny days and cool starry nights. Fire going and the doors wide open. The best. Everybody is on the beach on bikes on the jogging path and on the big dune. New York last weekend with my book publishing class was …

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Mexico

From my book Divided Soul (Phaidon). Oaxaca, Mexico. Leica M6, Velvia film #oaxaca #mexico #velvia

Outer Banks Fishing Pier

Outer Banks Fishing Pier. Some twosomes dance some go fishing and some just hang out. This is Friday night in my beach town and this is my hottest social scene! Do I wish I was in New York at a trendy club? No. I love New York and I’ll spend a good part of the …

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