paris

survived walking around photo paris; though i didnt get to talk to as many galleries as i wanted. so i still have a huge stack of photobooks, i'm not sure if i want to even bring back to the states, as i have yet another edit in my head already.

now i'm trying to photograph immigrant food around gare du nord. something i plucked off of lptt.

so while most of the hostelmates are out and about in the louvre or up the eiffel tower, i havent seen a touristy thing yet today. to make matters worse, i have yet to eat a french meal. all part of sneaking shots in for this body of work which though tasty, frankly isn't turning out the way i want it to yet.

my first book

i just finished the first run of my first book. 64 pages, 57 images. it's only about 4" x 5" in an edition of 22. what makes it not an instant classic selling for 600USD each is that entirely copy paper.

the idea is an old idea, i originally got it from t-bikedreams who did the same thing -- only he made a few hundred. i got one of the final ones it still sits on my book shelf. i just gave him one of the draft dummies.

i'm bringing it with me to paris as a promo item if i run up enough courage to talk with a publisher or gallery owner. i spent the entire month editing for a reasonable flow; printed a dozen images onto fiber based 8x10" paper.

then again paris may only be for wine and pastries.

t-bikedreams, though still hanging about icp, is said to be a very up and coming photographer of bicycle culture.

flashback: november 10, 2006

this is a bad image of j, i have better images i think. i met him three years ago sitting on his stoop. he would be out there in the summertimes listening to the ball games. he reminicses about his travel, living in denmark, traveling to ethiopia. he laughs at his own jokes.

there good odds that will be me in a good thirty or forty year. sitting on steps of the sro that i am in, laughing at my own jokes.