hammering away

somewhere by the second station on the via dolorosa a Korean tour guide give=
s insight to his tour group. the print is somewhere between awkwardly and in=
spirationally reflecting an overhead light. maybe this is how morayama got s=
tarted.=20

I arrived at the darkroom at 8pm. it was a beautiful day out and didn't want=
to waste any of it. but work still has to get done every hour I can hammer a=
way at the mountain of work I have to take.

tonight it was only an hour. five more prints done.=20

first day of printing

all the mechanicals are done. now it is time to get to the real work. the pa=
rt where I have to decide what to print; think why ever did I shoot that ima=
ge for; is this even printable.=20

two hours and ten prints tonight.=20

this is probably the best of the evening, though not great.=20

actually i am not done going through all the negatives. I figure I will end u=
p printing about 3 images a roll. that makes about 700 pictures I need to pr=
int. =20

so 10 down. =20=

flashback: may 8, 2005

rob lok, clown, giving an interview.

me having fun with a wide angle lens.

this was at the asian american pacific islander heritage festival. i thought then i would be the next seminal photographer for chinatown, i haven’t kept up my side of the deal there.

the festival happens again, this coming weekend in dumbo. http://www.capaonline.org for details

day 32

had to find the Jordanian embassy in a suburb of tel aviv. that actually was=
n’t too bad. the problem was they didn’t like my passport photo on copy pape=
r. so I had to trek around looking for a little photo studio to take my pict=
ure.=

day 29

that is the light that was suppose to start he holy fire.

day 28

waiting for the good friday procession.

day 27

the greek patriarch at the washing of he feet ceremony.

day 30

resurrection mass with the greeks.

day 29 b

holy fire with the ethiopians. while I was here, I liked hanging around them=
. I still remember a bit of Amharic from a few years back and everyone is im=
pressed about that.=20

It was the long day and I had to say what little I knew of seven different l=
anguages. (English, Spanish, Russian, Hebrew, Arabic, Armenian, amharic, and=
greek). granted for almost all the languages I know maybe nine words.=20

day 24

pilgrimage tartoos. everyone and their grandmother is getting one.