Nothing Is Seamless

360˚ sur le Pont St Louis with the scratchy point-and-shoot

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Tomorrow morning at 5h00 I'll be on the RER to Charles de Gaulle for my flight to Nairobi via London. I took a long walk through the Sentier (less scraps of cloth now then when I lived there), across Rivoli (traffic), to the river, across the Ponts Louis Philippe and St Louis. I stopped here for awhile before crossing the gardens (sparrows, gold bows) behind Notre Dame (the bells). Even on a bike, even in the rain, I am always indoors in Paris.

360˚ at Cooper's Seafood and Bar near Scranton, PA in August

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Fête de la Musique, 2am

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Selly Irene

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this mushroom blooms in the dark

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Brooklyn!

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Thursday in Paris, 5è

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Today in Paris, Dive Da Costa, Speed Foot

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We brush against each other in the city/ missing each other/ remaining foreign.

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Pennsylvania

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Found Dream

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Manifestation

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Wilson Join at St Thomas Shop, Jacmel, Haiti

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Dolores and Joe Huxta: 64 years of dancing the Polka together

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Sylvaince Harry and the artisans of Précision Shop d'Art in Jacmel, Haiti

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The Mile Rocks

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Vinalhaven Ferry, Maine, 2003

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Champs Elysées, Winter 2009

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snapscape

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Last year around this time was Mardi Gras and the Box o' Wine parade.

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Photos here: xo

Andrea Maio, Maine, 2003

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Ivy

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Winter Garden, Dora

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Rome in April 2005

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Winter, view of the quarry

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Kiosque, 2004

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Belleville

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Snow in December, Paris

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Don't forget to be afraid

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Feeling safer by the minute.

Protect me. Protect me harder.

I'm more afraid of this:

And the implications of this:

and this:

Crémaillère chez Chloe et Didier, Mai 2009

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BK and Ethan on the Main Line, 2009

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PUBLIC SERVICE PLEDGE OF THE WEEK

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I promise that should the occasion for a public display of affection reveal itself, McBoy and I will dutifully refrain from making vacuum hose / slurping noises while plastered to the train seat.

Hotel de Gaulle

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Paris on Paris

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Winter in New York, 2010

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Michelle et Fred, Brooklyn Bridge, April 2008

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PUBLIC SERVICE PLEDGE OF THE WEEK

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I promise to never mutilate, dismember, nor apply fire to doll parts in the name of art.
In fact, I pledge never to use plastic doll parts in art, ever.

Salerno, Campania, 2005

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Beth, 2007

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Outtakes. 6e Manif contre la reforme des retraites / 6th demonstration against pension reform

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step, step, leap

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I stayed up too late again reading Freya Stark's biography, Passionate Nomad. She kept a base in Italy but spent months and years at a time traveling in the Middle East. Eventually writing and mapmaking for the Royal Geographical Society. The best thing about her was that at first her wanderings and inquiries were rather formless and vague (learning for learning's sake), not to say that she wasn't completely determined and a hard worker, she just didn't see the shape of what she was doing until her late 30s. This is inspiring and a consolation! I forget life is long in many ways and it's important to go at one's own pace. I have a tendency to become ~~obsessed with~~ overly interested in stories about very young artists and photographers who are making work and having much success very early. At the same time, I resist speed and snappy communication at every turn.
I'm learning to play the piano for the first time at age 33, I'm not in a hurry, and I cherish the silence and concentration that I find in between each note. Allowing myself to be a beginner, and move forward step by step. I'd like to find ways to bring the same patience and enjoyment of the process into my photography work, which feels like it's in a big hurry.

October

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October in paris the weather is scintillating, sun on every wall, a Dali painting, everything goes liquid.

evenings of perfect Fuji Velvia slide light,.

the air is crispening,

smudge of woodsmoke in the sky that wasn't there before, ankles chill when left exposed.

I wake up chewing the air.

there is a lot going on in my little heart as she sleeps. border crossings.

blue city, long window panes,

scarves and green even in winter parks

a place with high ceilings and roselight. early dark.

See the dream in front of you as you live it/autumn/heart over fire.

WHO who

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Fontainebleau, 2005

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In Campania, 2005

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This is where I'm calling from

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Owen at Chérie Café, Winter 2009

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Hôtel de Ville, January 2009

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Les Halles

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Paris Marseille Paris Perpignan Paris

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A bit of movement in the past few weeks. I went to Marseille to visit friends and wandered the city and the old port and went climbing in the Calanques (white cliffs with rock beaches) and swam in the sea and then came back to Paris for just 48 hours before another early morning train to Perpignan for Visa pour l'Image, the photojournalism festival. It was my first time at Visa and it was dizzying. Met many new people and ran into people I hadn't seen in years. Many inspiring panel discussions and projections of photographs. Then another early morning train on one hour of sleep back to Paris to assist Peter Turnley with a street photography workshop for one week. Now back to my portrait series and scribbling in notebooks and watching autumn creep through the city.

Simple Monsters

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Last Time All Together, 2008

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Mardi Gras Indians, 2010

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The 90-second portrait of Aurore Fossard, fellow instructor at Oxbridge Academic Programs

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The Territory is a portal. March 2009

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Versailles, I've seen enough of you to last a lifetime.

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Experiments with Expired Film

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This is only a test

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Scratchy messy experiments with 120 film from 1998

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Cliché Image Alert! Charleston, SC

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Dad and Grandpap, Lancaster, PA 2010

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Carolyn, Paris, After the Great Escape of January 2009

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David, Paris, 2008

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It's about that time again. 14 juillet 2009

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Puppy rescue, New Orleans, June 2009

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Paulus Kirk, Rotterdam, 2002

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accordion book #4

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rotterdam/conjoined twins, 2002

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artist's studio at The Territory, March 2009

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velombre

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<- ->

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The Territory is a portal. March 2009

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Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

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If you're thinking what I'm thinking, you're thinking:
1. Are we in Rotterdam?
2. Huxta needs to get her ass back there with a 4x5 camera.
3. Too bad there's such a clampdown on skaters in this area.

Friends, we're not in Rotterdam, we're in Paris, in the quartier of Beaugrenelle, near the Eiffel Tower and along the Seine River. I spent a lot of time wandering this spot with my camera in 2001 and 2002 while dogsitting for a friend who lived in one of the towers. It was a vacation from my life in a tiny room. Built in the 70s, this residential and commercial center is one of the few areas in Paris with skyscrapers, but the area slowly emptied out over the years. One of the towers was completely abandoned; birds circulated through the windows. This year the city demolished the tower and is in the process of renovating the whole area. The French architectural firm, Valode & Pistre, responsible for designing Bercy Village, won the renovation contract and plan to recreate a massive shopping and business center.

Uhuru Day, Lira

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Uhuru Day, Lira, Uganda, 9 October 2009

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John Francis Komakech watches the Independence Day celebrations at Akii Bua Stadium.

Gare Magenta

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Hôtel de Ville la semaine dernière

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Paris, Manif du 19 Mars 2009, post-streetfight

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Paris, Manif du 19 mars 2009, pre-streetfight

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Métro, 2009

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Paris 13è, 2008

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hippodrome de longchamp, 2006

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rue des Petits Carreaux, Paris 2e

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Hier soir en rentrant.

sandra, paris, 2005

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Auvers sur Oise, 2005

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LACMA

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Earlier this month I spent a few days in Los Angeles making pictures for the LA County Museum of Art. I photographed visitors in the galleries and the Family Sundays program for the museum's in-house publications. Good, hard work followed by two euphoric days catching up with old friends.

accordion book #2

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accordion book

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retour immédiat de l'être aimé(e)

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Mon ancienne chambre, extérieur, 2005

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Mon ancienne chambre, intérieur, 2005

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Grosse Cloche de Bordeau, etc, 2002

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Self Portrait with Brad and Kate, Paris 2009

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In Campania, 2005

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Paris, November 2000

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University of Amsterdam Medical College, etc, 2002

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Erika/Rotterdam, 2002

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LIRR, 2000

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Poortgebouw, Rotterdam, 2002

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