big buck hunters
Two customers of Colombo’s Cafe & Tavern in St. Louis hunt for big bucks last night…
August 8, 2010
professional project: redecorating
Once a year when the Dreisha and Drejanay are out of town on vacation, Valeria redecorates their rooms. Tediously, she puts glow-in-the-dark stars, Michael Jackson posters, butterflies and – most important of all – a lot of pictures of her daugher Angela in place. She says it’s important to keep the girls’ memory of their mother alive. Paul helped Valeria with the redecoratoin this year, and they asked me over to take pictures.
One of the foster children (name withheld) carries an old picture of Valeria’s children Chris and Angela upstairs.
A picture of Angela sits on the bed as Valeria sifts through memorabilia of her granddaughters’ childhood.
I like this one and the next one a lot. They are two moments from a series of about 15 pictures that I want to include in the project as a time lapse.
My favorite shot of the day. It may be blurred and noisy, but I love the moment between Valeria and Paul. After dinner, they were all excited to go upstairs to see the glow-in-the-dark stars lit. Valeria laid down on Drejanay’s bed and became quiet when all of a sudden Paul sat down next to her and hugged her.
August 6, 2010
professional project: another visit to the grave
Yesterday I joined Paul, Valeria and her cousin Mary on a visit to the cemetery where both Valeria and Mary have buried a child. Both Valeria’s daughter Angela’s birthday and the death anniversary of Mary’s son are in July. Below are some of my selects of that day:
Paul and Valeria hold hands on their way out to the cemetery.
Valeria unfolds an old drawing and a letter that her granddaughters Dreisha and Drejanay had put on their mother’s grave.
July 18, 2010
windy city
A few shots from our roadtrip to visit Calin in Chicago:
When you cross the border to Illinois at Louisiana, Mo., this is the first general store you will see. I really like their offer: “Eat here. Get worms.”
Driving into Chicago.
The John Hancock building is the second highest building in Chicago. It offers a great view over the city and some pretty expensive coffee and beer…
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