Dog Days Of Summer

i love scorching hot sticky slow summer days

i don't want summer to end

A Moment In Brooklyn

These girls totally reminded me of my sister & I when we were around their age.  I have two sisters - one is much younger, and I'm only a year and a half apart from the other.  The two of us did everything together.  We teased (and were teased by) the same kids, had the same adventures, got in the same trouble, and our parents even dressed us in the same clothes up to a certain age.  Like any family, we've had tons of ups & downs, various growing pains, and the three of us are quite different from one another in many, many ways but we've been spending a lot of time together lately and I've been thinking about how lucky I am to have a family with sisters.
   

Happy

a pictorial list of things that make me so happy

xo

Close Up

Sometimes, I wish had more opportunity to explain to people what it was that made me want to photograph them.  The girl in this picture had such a great look.  You can't see it here but she had rows of tight braids on both sides of her head and really graphic tribal printed leggings.  She and her friends ran straight into the fountain at Washington Square and then plunked down on the pavement to dry off in the late afternoon sun.  Initially, her style caught my eye but I think it was also how naturally cool she seemed to be.  When I asked to take her picture, she was completely unselfconscious.