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Subject: [Leica] Sefano -- The Sands of Miami
From: phamard at numericable.fr (Philippe Amard)
Date: Wed Jun 6 11:54:50 2007
References: <c95.11877073.33985722@aol.com> <24FBCD47-2AD7-43FA-B3BA-A5786BC0AAD9@charter.net>

the whole lot makes me feel quite ill at ease - DK why - if someone 
shares the feeling, perhaps they could help me understand - the pixes 
are OK though - just the feeling.

Phil...x
 

Slobodan Dimitrov wrote:

> KInda boring!
> I liked his China material much better!
>
> Slobodan Dimitrov
>
>
>
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> On Jun 6, 2007, at 11:29 AM, Afterswift@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> Stefano is a NYC-based photographer who seeks the urban scene   
>> wherever he
>> goes.
>>
>> Best,
>> Bob
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 60 images /  slideshow
>>
>> http://pica
>> saweb.google.com/stefpix/BalHarborLittleHaitiSobeach/ 
>> photo#s5072830461780244514
>>
>>
>> lunch  at bal harbour
>> plastic surgery faces -
>> implants
>> not so tanned.
>> young  girls driving carrying gucci shopping bags and brand new SUVs.
>>
>> loud  chatter from the lunch tables
>> 25 dollar valet parking
>>
>> ---
>> miami  beach
>> 97 degrees F 33 degrees C or so
>> the sun felt strong on the venetian  way at 2.30 pm.
>>
>> after 2 miles it felt like i had been riding 10 miles at  25 mph on a
>> normal ny day.
>>
>> searched for a gas station and a water  faucet.
>>
>> looked for $erge the painter
>> I knew he hangs out at some car  wash.
>> i take pictures at the one on 54th and 2nd ave.
>> mostly cab drivers  there.
>>
>> the owner gives me his card.
>> to call him for  info about  haiti / little haiti.
>> he says $erge is usually at the carwash on 2nd ave and  60th.
>> ---
>>
>> a woman runs out of her store she tells me i can't  shoot.
>> "there is no why.. just no" she says with a francophone accent.
>> I  show her some 4x6 prints
>> and she says ok - no problem
>>
>> ---
>>
>> $erge  is not at the carwash with restaurant attached.I eat chicken  
>> stew
>> and  plantains and rice and beans -
>> 6 bucks - I can't finish - so much food  -
>> wish i could give the rice to someone hungry.
>>
>> i take pictures of a  haitian flag painted on the wall
>> drug dealer kids doing business on their  bikes ask me what i am doing
>> with a "video camera".
>> "it is not video -  just a still camera" i reply.
>>
>> a woman in red and blue lets me take her  picture,
>> people laugh " you are wasting your film" they say.
>>
>> she comes  from rockaway ny/
>> 20 years in miami.
>>
>> i ride back to the beach - not as  hot
>> 39 st bridge with car driving by at 70mph.
>> by the trees and the canal  i see a big green iguana the size of a  
>> rooster.
>>
>> i am tired -
>> just  bring some beers at the beach
>> go for a long swim at  dusk.
>>
>>
>>
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