photography owns me....but I try to maintain a lil well-roundedness with: staring, getting lost, rice and beans, pushing through fears, dehydration, biting, the complex and simple, bad hair days, perfect cloud cover, body language, words and definitions, the ever-changing quality of light, carpal tunnel, food that scorches the digestive systems of most people, flamingos, avoiding the sun while enjoying being outside, typography, mangoes, mumbling, crafty ways to get people to make curious noises, reinventing boredom as something exciting, birds, inadvertently pulling silly faces that confuse people, color, insects, asymmetry, marshmallow peeps, bruising, photowalks, creative mishearings, armpits, long socks, snow, my asbestos factory, holding back, double entendre, synaesthesia, spammers with entertaining names. I hate sweating.
Music
roisin murphy. goldfrapp. bowie. junior boys. beirut. john vanderslice. bon iver. st. vincent. poni hoax. laurie anderson. yeasayer. panda bear. low. gang gang dance. tv on the radio. low. hot chip. final fantasy. sufjan stevens.
Movies
grey gardens. delicatessen. me you and everyone we know. lovers of the artic circle. the machinist. punch drunk love. children of men. amelie. helvetica. adaptation. rushmore. eternal sunshine. fur. la vie en rose.
Television
I'm missing a lot of popcultural in-jokes because I don't turn it on much. but I will watch six feet under, the wire, and 24, law & order CI/SVU, dexter, top chef, house, and big love.
Books
the corrections... its the story of my other life that didn't happen. the world without us.
About me: hungry. clumsy. quiet. observant. left-handed. unnaturally patient. odd and even. a squeezer of minutes, seconds and hours. a terrible correspondent. I don't care much for extremes.
I am a photographer and if you would like to discuss a commission, licensing, me taking your portrait, or prints of something you like of mine, we should talk.
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Who I'd like to meet:
People who bite off more than they can chew and manage to swallow it anyway, without choking. Anticipators. Diviners. Trilobytes. Troglodytes. The prehistoric and the future. People with no assembly required. Explorers. Gots to have vocab. Someone to catch me a tumbleweed. One who understands all the levels of why I pant when I drive through North Philly or random nowhere towns in Central PA and will help me catch my breath. Someone who doesn't need a translator. Someone to help me trim Maggie's butt fur. People with flexible limbs. Models in the loosest sense of the word, i.e. not necessarily pituitary freaks, but people who will sit still and let me stare at them until I figure them out with the camera. None of the above. All of the above. Something in between. An equal. Someone who is on the same page. People of words and action. A beginning a middle and an end. A secret bunker.
Ah, I was just thinking that you and I should collaborate again soon-ish. I still lack a computer. I'm hoping to finally get it back this week. And as for the shoots I've been doing - I'm so antsy to get my film back! As soon as I do I'll be posting!
I'm so glad you're coming! Is your plus one your boyfriend? It would be awesome to meet him :) Meanwhile, how are you doing? Everything work out ok surgery-wise?
Ok well I guess this was sorta your idea this crazy ass fixing procedure...I miss the parties too..This year they put it on the same weekend as Father's Day and its hard for me to get to Philly and hang out all night...Then truck my ass back to NJ for pops....Glad to hear you are ok...ENJOY the DRUGS!!! I would....
I love all the pictures from the party!! As always, yr an impressive photography lady whose pictures make my head happy! Come have dinner with me soon so we can girl talk while I'm not drunk and trying to juggle guests!
I had a good time seeing you on Saturday. Thanks for leaving me the picture, I checked out your flicker page and the pictures are really cool. Chris and I are going to have a party some time in July after our move is all over, you should totally come if you're free. Maybe you can bring your new gentleman friend :)
