tagged

another chinese print shop goes out of business and is renovated. the dried sea cumberplace is closed. lately i've been thinking that gentrification is moving a such a rapid pace it will be no time before eldridge looks like mercer.

but this morning there was a bit of hope that it will slowed down, even for a day.

having a coffee and muffin at the local cafe, i peered outside and saw someone climbing up on a trash can housing across the street. then i noticed he had a spray paint can, he proceeded to tag the building -- i proceeded to photograph him from inside the cafe. he finished up and went to a commercial truck and went to tag that.

by this point i was already on the street. so i did what i could "excuse me, i'm doing a photo documentary on eldridge street, do you mind if i got a picture of you? no face, ok" my biggest fear was he would cover me in black paint. but responding with a stoned out look, he said, "sure."