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Subject: [Leica] Sefano -- The Sands of Miami
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Wed Jun 6 11:50:37 2007
References: <c95.11877073.33985722@aol.com>

KInda boring!
I liked his China material much better!

Slobodan Dimitrov




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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