dedicating the October family self portrait to Frankenstorm Sandy

Boerum Hill, Brooklyn

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I had all these ideas in my head... and then came Sandy. Nobody invited her, and she left without settling the bill, so good bye and good riddance.

Also, I blame Sandy for the disappearance of  half of the month of October which slipped by without my noticing. I'm pretty sure her whaling goblins took it.  

and  yeah, three days ago we were in short sleeve and barefoot at night. Damn you Sandy for reminding fall it was time to move in.

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The family self portrait  project started in January 2011.

I take one portrait of the whole family, myself included, once a month.  Wherever we are, whatever we are doing.

Sometimes it's planned. Mostly, it's not.

I started doing this mainly because I realised that I was never in any of the family photos. 

It was meant to last  for the duration of 2011, but we are  enjoying it so much that it has carried on into 2012. Don't know when or where it will end. 

Every family should do this. Won't you give it a try and share with us?

To see previous months click on the links below:

2012
September - Coney Island

August - Park Slope

July 2012 - Matherland

June 2012 - hope

April 2012 - castaways

March 2012 - hell is the other

February 2012 - lazy mornings in bed

January 2012 - mimes

2011

December 2011- Occupy your life

November- BAM!

October

September

August - waiting for Irene, yeah, the hurricane

July

June

April

March

February

January 

on life's little detours....

with the flip of a coin you're invited into a dream. 

the heavy metal doors open to let us into a forbidden world.

we are surrounded by spirits that peek from insider the black binders.
or we peek at them. One of the two.

Time slips by hurried and disrespectful.
we are too busy to notice.

visions clash, and  like with waves foam splashes us all. 

in the shadows we  try to decipher the clues.

and then the climax.

...and it ends. 

so  we walk away, begrudgedly,

while the heavy metal doors slowly slide to close behind us.

and we awake back in our world, like alice in wonderland, wondering how much of the dream was real.

cowgirl, photo post

hot-pink cowgirl boots with glitter hearts.....    it was just a matter of time before this happened

rise and shine - photo post

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so in love with this photo right now

something borrowed, something new

Today I tried on  all sorts of news.

And the shoes did not fit, and my hair looked all funny.

Today I tried, but mostly failed.

But I tried. I tried something new. And that made me happy.

ridin' home late at night after a long first session at Magnum with  Chien-Chi Chang where I'll be spending the next five days

Celebrate the First-ever International day of the girl

......because every little girl's life should be filled with rainbows. 

celebrating international day of the girl

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ok, I know this is naive and silly and there are much more important things to wish for, like food and safety from abuse or slavery, and I wish that for them too, and I will try to add  my little two cents to achieve it or at least move things in that direction, but today I just wanted to celebrate girls everywhere fighting their corner,  for their strength and their unwavering  conviction. 

Today is the  first-ever United Nations International Day of the Girl. "It’s a day to celebrate the work being done worldwide by and for girls’ rights." (Pat Mitchell, President & CEO, The Paley Center for Media). “In reserving a day for advocacy and action by and for girls, the UN has signalled its commitment to end gender stereotypes, discrimination, violence and economic disparities that disproportionately affect girls... including gender violence, early marriage, child labor, and discrimination at work.” (the day of the girl website). 

So in that vain, won't you do one thing today to make one little girls life better? (any girl, any little thing counts).

on family - photo post

so much could be said about this photo.... hopefully there is no need

these are a few of my favourite things....
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