‘Life’ Category
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Photo: 3652 Days: #196: There’s Literature In The Sink: DF, MX.
0July 16, 2010 by Citizen192
July 15 2010 Conejoblanco was empty. I had the entire store to photograph without anyone interrupting me. The hardwood cracked, my shutter echoed, but no one came up. I went from room to room until I got to the bathroom. There were books everywhere. In the sink. In the tub. On the toilet. I reached over for Peter Kuper’s “Diarios De Oaxaca.” The sketches were riddled with images of Mixtecos and soldiers. Finally I heard a voice. A customer walked in asking for a collection of someone for someone. I put the book down. My private time was over.
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Photo: 3652 Days: #195: Mezcal @ La Botica: DF, MX.
0July 15, 2010 by Citizen192
July 14 2010 I recognized the street corner. I had stopped there with my friends last April when it was a cafe. The place – scrapped from my memory – maintained a beautiful espresso machine and served a perfect cortadito. Now the corner was home to La Nacional and it’s mezcal joint, La Botica. I looked into the restaurant and didn’t see anyone I knew. An open door adjacent to La Nacional looked more like a storage area for the restaurant, but then I saw the caballitos. We looked in and Alexis was there. The bottles of mezcal were plenty,
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keep readingCategory 3652 Days, Life, Mexico City, Photography, Travels | Tags: 3652 Days, DF, July 14 2010, La Botica, Mexico City, Mezcal
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Photo: 3652 Days: #180: StoryCorps 2009/2010: NY, NY.
6June 30, 2010 by Citizen192
June 29 2010 I gave Matt my camera so he could take a few shots of us. I’m hardly ever ready to relinquish the role as memory-capturer, but today was a special occasion. This marks my last day with the StoryCorps’ team. We only gathered three times during my tenure at StoryCorps. We met for training, we met for a mid-year retreat, and now we meet again for our departure. Five of us our leaving, a sixth leaves in late August. I’ve never worked with a more mature, dedicated, smart, humorous, passionate and loving group of people. They’ve set the
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keep readingCategory 3652 Days, Life, Photography, StoryCorps, The New York Beat, Travels | Tags: 2010, 3652 Days, Coworkers, Friends, June 29 2010, Work
