#8

Summer '10

#7

The saddest lady at the park. She sat there for a long, long while.

#6

4th of July - my mom and her friend Mark Eliot on his balcony. The lights of the city and the fireworks were a nice background to eating cold watermelon and listening to a bunch of single middle aged people discuss relationship issues (yes, somehow that works out)

#5

A stranger started a conversation with me and it eventually progressed into me showing him some of my shots from that day. As soon as he saw this image, he noted that it somehow fits his perception of me perfectly; regardless of how little we've known each other.

"Trying to break free, eh? Like your tattoo, a bird... Don't ever change, kid. Keep dreaming. Don't lose that."

Not my favorite picture from that day by far, but definitely an encounter to remember.

(his name was Ocean)

#4

Timid little teether
Your eyes set on the ether
Your moon in a bella luna and
Howling hallelujah

#3

Taken at the MoMA, at Bruce Nauman's "DAYS" exhibit.

This photo's simplicity stood out to me. It was not planned or manipulated - I spotted my classmate Vlad shooting gorgeous Cadence and rushed to capture this moment. The lighting is absolutely perfect - this image is barely touched in Photoshop.

This was at a yet another exhibit - a dark room with a projector in the middle flashing seemingly random colors on a blank wall. Diana possesses great potential as both a photographer and a model - this photo is very fashion-oriented, reflecting elements of both erotica and insanity present in most, if not all, fashion photography nowadays.

#2

One of the more prominent notes in the essence of Union Square.