A big assed moth! (was a big assed silk worm) (Taken with instagram)
I LOVE YOU FOREVER
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V-J Day in Times Square re-imagined. Brooklyn, New York City.
We live in times where other eras are referenced and re-appropriated rapidly and with wild abandon. One could potentially craft dozens upon dozens of essays critiquing our post-post-modern times (and many great critiques already exist).
I came across this rapidly decaying piece of street art last year in Brooklyn. It barely stood out since it was on a store gate that was almost entirely enveloped in shadows. This image is of the famous V-J Day in Times Square photo taken initially by Alfred Eisenstadt on on August 14, 1945. V-J Day was a day in 1945 when the surrender of Japan occurred resulting (loosely) in the end of World War II. It was one of the first times that Japan’s Emperor Hirohito broadcast anything publicly to the Japanese people over the radio and it was to announce the surrender. I am currently taking a class called Asian American Memoirs where we have been covering this time period in a rather intense fashion from the point of view of Japanese Americans. It’s a sobering experience and it makes my heart swell with sadness.
This enduring image has come to represent elation, victory, romance, abandon and joy. However the context is important because when you peel back the layers you realize that history isn’t so tidy and that there are many sides to the story that unfolds with this kiss and subsequent image. One could argue that over time this eternal image of a kiss between a sailor and a nurse has come to develop its own meaning detached from what the subjects were celebrating.
It seems fitting that this image was re-appropriated as a paste-up decaying rapidly yet captured by the same snap of a camera much like the original image was captured.
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Occupy Times Square. Part of the Global day of protest worldwide related to Occupy Wall Street called Occupy Everywhere. Times Square, New York City.
Hobbled over to Times Square earlier to attend the Occupy Times Square protest. It’s still early but estimates seem to indicate there were anywhere from between 15,000 to 20,000 protesters that filled Times Square today. It was part of a global day of protest worldwide known as Occupy Everywhere related to the Occupy Wall Street movement that has spread. The protests today took place in 1500 cities worldwide.
The event coincided with Zombiecon, an annual gathering of zombies and so zombies showed up to protest along with the growing crowds of protesters. :)
If you would like to see all the photos I have (which are around 50 or so), feel free to go through the album on my Flickr:
Occupy Times Square Flickr Set
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Occupy Times Square on Google Plus
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YOÜ AND I
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NEW YORK CITY in 37 DAYS.
BLINK-182 at Jones Beach in 38 DAYS!
JACK’S MANNEQUIN in Central Park in 39 DAYS!
8 months ago
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