in my yesterday: August 2014

Sunday, August 31, 2014

fight or flight

"Yeah, well the days of me forgetting are over, and the days of me remembering have just begun."

wynn on the beach
venice, california
35mm

wing in the clouds
35mm

mountain range
ventura county, california
35mm

apollo in the truck
venice, california
35mm

apollo's feet and axe
ojai, california
35mm

a hat and a fishing pole
malibu, california
35mm

the coastline
malibu, california
35mm

apollo and wynn on the beach
venice, california
35mm

above the clouds
35mm

standing on a rock

malibu, california

35mm

wynn in red shoes
venice, california
35mm

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

world photo day

Happy world photo day!

On August 19, 1839, the French government issued a patent for the first practical photographic process, the daguerrotype, and announced it as a gift to the free world.

In light of the recent events in Ferguson, here is one of the most famous daguerreotypes of Frederick Douglass. As one of the most prominent abolitionists of the nineteenth century, Douglass often commented on the portrayal of African Americans through illustrations in popular newspapers, and believed the photograph to be a medium that had the power to portray himself accurately, and begin to deconstruct stereotypical images.

Although the photograph has matured, forcing us to question and discuss it's use of privilege and perspective (please read: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/14/media-black-victims_n_5673291.html?utm_hp_ref=tw), it is important to remember that it's beginnings lie in truth and documentarism, something I believe should be celebrated.

To the people in Ferguson and to those documenting the events, keep pursuing the truth and relaying those truths to the world. In the wise words of Frederick Douglass:

"Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe."

Justice and peace for all.

Monday, August 18, 2014

long shot

new york city skyline
long island city, queens, new york
35mm

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

long gone

i don't wanna be a part of your shit.

jessie on brick
montreal, quebec
35mm

vine covered headstones
west harlem, new york, new york
35mm

eric and eli walking
brooklyn, new york
35mm

laundry in an alley
montreal, quebec
35mm

jessie and a wooden fence
montreal, quebec
35mm

a sprouting gutter
west harlem, new york, new york
35mm

jessie's hands
montreal, quebec
35mm

a box of dolls
new york, new york
35mm

crosses and blank headstones
west harlem, new york, new york
35mm

sam and duct tape
new york, new york
35mm

Monday, August 11, 2014

bingo bango bongo

sticks and stones
sweet mary-jane
a faint pulse and a tapping foot
heavy lids
i'm tired
but not as tired as the Chinese man to my right
i know he's Chinese because we just crossed the border
he had a Chinese passport
he's a student
rail through the Adirondacks
miles of Queen Anne's lace through the window
one of those things you wonder if people notice
like how leaning telephone poles look like sad scarecrows