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It’s so funny to be in a body and collecting evidence of that fact. Stick your tongue out! Look wild and dishelved! Look frustrated and bored! Resist the urge to curate as much as possible.
Jun 22, 2024
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”omg did they get the right angle???? did i smile too hard or not enough???” no more of this!!!!!!!! more being goofy!!!!! there’s more fun in life when you don’t look perfect!!!!
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📸Before I get started... my friend Charlie's advice is better than mine, do what they say.
1. I think candid photography is fantastic. If you can train yourself to really pretend the camera isn't there, that's great.
2. Barring that, my goal is not to do some stiff rigid power pose (I do gravitate to some poses that tend to work, but I'm not as consistent about it as Charlie is), but to be comfortable and make people think I was born on camera, and that I'm equally natural and charming in person. Of course, I'm an awkward mess in person, so that leads me to...
3. Embracing goofiness. Taking photos of yourself is a little bit dumb, so let it be a little bit dumb. I write about fun poses here, in the context of menswear, but I think it's relevant to people who want to take photos. Eat on camera. Dance on camera. Interview a teddy bear on camera. Live your life well, and capture that, with every unusal beat it carries.
1. I think candid photography is fantastic. If you can train yourself to really pretend the camera isn't there, that's great.
2. Barring that, my goal is not to do some stiff rigid power pose (I do gravitate to some poses that tend to work, but I'm not as consistent about it as Charlie is), but to be comfortable and make people think I was born on camera, and that I'm equally natural and charming in person. Of course, I'm an awkward mess in person, so that leads me to...
3. Embracing goofiness. Taking photos of yourself is a little bit dumb, so let it be a little bit dumb. I write about fun poses here, in the context of menswear, but I think it's relevant to people who want to take photos. Eat on camera. Dance on camera. Interview a teddy bear on camera. Live your life well, and capture that, with every unusal beat it carries.
Feb 26, 2024
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⏰No screen Sundays. If I want to listen to music its CDs or radio. If I want to watch a movie, no I don’t. If I want to see a friend, I will make plans with them on Friday or Saturday to meet up. As a result, I read more, write more, and sit with questions like “did Citizen Kane‘s 50 year winning streak in the Sight and Sound critics choice survey end in 2012 or 2022? When did Stephen Merritt come out? Whats the etymology of Whitsun?“
This is something that I have practiced off and on for many years but I’ve been doing it every week since December and I love the way that it just allows me one day of true freedom and rest.
This is something that I have practiced off and on for many years but I’ve been doing it every week since December and I love the way that it just allows me one day of true freedom and rest.
Jan 22, 2025
Mar 3, 2025
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My calendar this year has 52 of these week at a glance pages but I don’t think that way. So, I've been inspired by Ross Gay’s Book of Delighs to start recording the little moments and sensations that bring me joy throughout the day. An analog pi.fyi, if you will.
heres some of what I have so far:
- Waking up to the sound of my upstairs neighbor‘s footstep. It sounded nostalgic. Felt like company.
- Strawberry jam
- feeling tender for strangers: their lips, nail colors, their small wrists. Thinking of all the lives we hold gently.
- A young girl bought an LP at the bookstore just before I left. She stroked its cover with love
- Green tiles —the mint shade always makes me think of Jancie
- Charlie’s little bop and punch dancing to some German language punk - lunch with Katherine, curry Brussels sprouts
- small talk at the photo studio. The photographer's brother was named after their dad, stole his identity, bought jet skis.
heres some of what I have so far:
- Waking up to the sound of my upstairs neighbor‘s footstep. It sounded nostalgic. Felt like company.
- Strawberry jam
- feeling tender for strangers: their lips, nail colors, their small wrists. Thinking of all the lives we hold gently.
- A young girl bought an LP at the bookstore just before I left. She stroked its cover with love
- Green tiles —the mint shade always makes me think of Jancie
- Charlie’s little bop and punch dancing to some German language punk - lunch with Katherine, curry Brussels sprouts
- small talk at the photo studio. The photographer's brother was named after their dad, stole his identity, bought jet skis.
Jan 13, 2025