over the last couple of years i’ve been collecting cool pictures of inwood. there’s so much life here and so much… idunno, man.. you just have to be here to feel what i’m talking about. it’s loud, it’s social, it’s dirty and it’s beautiful. kids play in the streets till the wee hours of the mornin while the adults play dominos or chill around the stoop or on lawn chairs or couches they drag into the street. instead of sitting in front of a tv all night like an idiot, the people in my hood hang out and actually communicate with each other. it’s hard for me to take pictures around here because people usually think i’m a cop or for some reason they don’t want their faces in front of a camera. but people are usually cool with me shooting their kids, so i start with the kids and sometimes they’ll warm up to me. many more to come…
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- walked up on a friendly wrestling match at the park. the guy on the bottom just wouldn’t give up.
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- i can’t even take it how cute these kids are
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- i love all these colors
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- she was kinda shy at first
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- this is another favorite
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- long day
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- chillin at the corner store
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- cute as a button
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- she was hilarious. she was laughing because i was throwing a balled up piece of tin foil up in the air and making it land near her feet.
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- this is friggin beautiful. two old ladies, matching old lady hair cuts, pocket books, pediatric shoes, polyester pants, canes, flower print blouses… and they hold hands and walk with itty bitty shuffle steps. totally adorable.
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- repuzent
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- these kids were fun to shoot
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- shaved ice, dominoes and fanta
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- nightcap at noon
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- some kid throwing a ball at the “foreing and domestic auto parts” store
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- bingo!
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- i was in the elevator with this girl and her mom and she saw my camera and started posing, so after we got out i started snapping shots.
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- this is probably one of my favorite shots. i love everything about it.
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#1 by Jake on June 15, 2009 - 11:42
Cool, man. I like ’em