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Monthly Archive September, 2008

SO MUCH FOR FEST X / CRACK STORIES

Well, I managed to pump out a few FEST X posts.
The only problem was that the week of the festival was also one stoopid-crazy week
for me, work-wise. All my time and energy went into creating fotos, not consuming
them. So no more gossip/reviews/etc. from the festival. Photographing crack addicts
on the corner is obsessing me, [...]

FEST X- the openings I made it to…..

Last nite was the big opening nite for almost 20 foto shows.
I saw tons of folks studying the brochure, making a mental list and planning
their itinerary. Myself, I had a long list but only managed to make it to 3.
WATERSHED, at SPAO, was first because it opened at 5. A semi-subdued affair
highlighted by [...]

GETTING PUNCHED AT THE FEST X OPENER

Well, the big FEST X opening party was last nite. At St Brigid’s…….

…..which, as you can see, is quite beautiful.
The hilite of the nite for me was getting punched by Genviéve Thauvette…..

…..punched, hard, right on my shoulder. I can still feel the ache this morning as
I write this. She had threatened to “rough [...]

AM I CRAZY? + FESTIVAL X (part 2, the preamble)

AM I CRAZY?
I was once again shooting down at the corner of Cumberland and Murray.
Last Wednesday. Crack addicts.
Everything was haywire. The demands of the people I know and photograph
on that corner were overwhelming. Tears (not my own) were shed. Desire
and disappointment crossed many faces. Pandemonium ensued.
When I come home after shooting [...]