just from being chatty i got an image in this week's Gay City News:
http://www.gaycitynews.com/gcn-435/artagainstthewar.html

Two tall, thin African American men get on the train and sit across from me. Their skin is nearly pitch black and they share quiet, occasional conversation. The younger one, maybe early thirties, has a black T-shirt on with a black and white photo covering the front. It shows a young kid in an overgrown lot, brick apartment buildings rising ( Read more... )

I had to drop some stuff off at Bruce Davidson's house yesterday. Bruce is one of my photographic idols. I learned from tripping all over myself when I met Susan Meiselas at the Magnum office, and handled this encounter pretty well ( Read more... )

The past three weekends I have been the teacher's assistant for two different courses at the International Center of Photography. They were both classes about going out and shooting the city, so there wasn't much for the assistant to do. I was aloud to shoot along with the class. I was really surprised by how poorly I photographed. I had some ( Read more... )

Hello friends,

I'm looking for a place to live starting August 1st. Anyone know someone looking for a house mate in dear ol' nyc?

Justice O'Connor resigned.

I had a rough week last week. I guess some people's standard's of rough are different. But I felt like I got knocked down and then again before I could get up and then again before I could even think about getting up. I am so glad I escaped. I feel like that was the healthiest thing I could do and perhaps the first time I did something so ( Read more... )

life is good right now. thing are difficult, but manageable and worth it. i feel like i have shifted a lot over the past six months. i feel like my approach is totally different. i don't know if this shows on the outside. i do something and remember how three or six months ago, i would have done it differently, or at least thought and felt ( Read more... )

in the past 24 hours we have gotten three very nice pieces of furnature and the place feels liveable again. And the plants are growing. And i am actually able to say how i feel and what i need on something of a regular basis.

even better, i feel like i deserve some of the things that i can give myself.

progress!

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