Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http:// > www.aol.com. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information