Portraits
A little test. man i'm aging
when i was about high school age i used to think my nose wasn't black enough.
speaking of, can i quickly talk about race?. i hope all you kids realize how big this election is for me and so many other black males in the usa. i looked at a photo today and was touched like i've never been before (link - they were looking at obama) ok, that is it.
update: the Callie Shell Photos: www.digitaljournalist.org
Happy birthday to the single most awesomest big sister ever: Ebony M. King
marcia
Chelsa Skees
From the same folks that brought us the 'people white people like' party a few months back had another little house party all about the monkeys (i have no idea why). I'm gonig to miss stacey when she heads off to the west coast. she and kelly are the best hostesses.
The girl up there is cool Chelsa Skees
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Mari Sheibley
Stacey Lee
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Mom is 50 something and Snip is 60.I want to say something clever and nice and loving and fun but i've not been in a hallmark card place in a long while. I'll just say happy birthday kids and have fun on your cruise next month!
(oh, loren drank a bottle of Moet champagne for the both of you last night)
Ouxu, Cye (both visiting from Holland) and Boom have never been around for a proper bk photobooth session. Today, all three visited me at the studio where I had everything set and ready to go. No way was i going to miss this opportunity.
Just a few photos from a couple bars and Jennifer's temparary apartment in Manhattan.
People in this set: Mari Sheibly, Sonya Fridman, Justin Goode, Marcia Howard, Jennifer Jenkins, Shavaughn (I met her tonight and found out she went school with my freshman year roommate, Mahlon Harmon, in Oakland. Christian Grand-Fields, Ouxu Cheng Me.
Our big sister made her way up from Maryland to bklyn for the Labor day weekend. I was quite happy that she was cool with just chillin on the stoop for hours on end.
Caitlin Barrett
Aaron Blazey
Brandon King
I figured we deserve a slightly different tone in our photos:
I visited long time friend Silvia this weekend in Chicago. She and I met while in design school at Ohio State.
She was wrapping a gift when I arrived. I thought It was a flash light till further inspection.
That is a long time. Q. Why do we call Snipper Snipper?
I don't know. That is just what we've always called him.
Answer via Ma:
I don't know why he has the nick-name Snipper but that is what his father called him. I thought Snipper was a good affectionate name for you kids to call him since you and Ebony already called someone daddy.
Angel is the owner of the corner store right below my apartmnet
He's been growing out his beard for a few months now. I asked him about it last night and he mentioned he was cutting it off today. I ran upstairs grabbed my camera and took a few shots.
Taken about a year before
Ologie said goodbye to Antonio also known as the only black guy i've ever worked with at a design agency. I'm pretty sure it is because the contracts say you are only allowed one at a time.
He and his girl are off to new adventures in Chicago.
The new boss man politely asking for another round
Ms. Lindsay Cox talking with our lunch lady Deb (she makes amazing fresh lunch for us everyday at the columbus office)
My homie Tony (whiteletter.com) from OSU threw a party the other day and asked me to come help out with the photobooth. Man, this group of folks were completely in love with it. I don't know how many times i heard "this is the greatest thing ever!" follow by a drunk "whooo". Also I just found out my hilarious friend Laura, whom I met just before me and blazey's first house party together back in Columbus, just moved to town. She was told about the party through a mutual friend and popped up. I can't say how happy i was to see her especially since most (all) of my usual nyc playmates stayed at home exhausted from a day at the beach.
Here are a couple photos. I didn't really know anyone there so i'm declining to show much of the 1300 photos that were rapidly taken over the course of 3 hours. I'm sure twoitaliansandanindian.com will have a large gallery of them all soon.
Laura and Tony
The other week blazey tried to put me on the spot for not heading down to see the family in Springfield. So just incase he tries to front on me again I want to show some photos from the other day - Dinner with mom and my step-pops, Snipper aka Loren F. Browder Jr. I racked my brain trying to find a place for dinner. Mom doesn't eat red meat, pork or sea food and snip doesn't eat Chicken or seafood – yes, chicken! Once i met up with them at the Book Loft they told me the local Max & Ermas was just fine.
Snip: (I'm not sure how he got the name) Loren is going to look just like him in 35 years.
The place mom insist i bring "teeny book girl". The one on the right is Max and Erma's original location in German Village
Big Snip's tat from way back.
They were getting ideas for their back yard from the B&B I stay at (German Village Guesthouse)
Mom's hair is fly
I urge everyone to take a saturday this summer and come chill with me on the stoop. If you want one on one chit chat go holler at Mari's balcony seesions (which I heard are great btw) If you want to do nothing but sit, drink and watch the folks in the 'hood and little Isangle bully everybody on the block come over the 344 Greene. Jennifer & Marcia preping something for us to drink.
Isabelle watering her plot in the garden across the street. (yes she is pregnant!)
Isangel doing something she isn't supposed to (which is the norm)
Nikia walks around all day with headphones on. No matter if we are playing music or not.
Columbus makes it so much easier to head to Target and get this 6 month old instant camera developed. Mari, Tyler, Megan and I headed up to Hunter mountain in Jan or Feb for my only snowboard trip of the season.
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My boy tony from my college years is throwing a party next month. Come out and play. (i'm thinking there will be another installment of the bk photobooth...)
