I have been reading a lot lately, about the artist, Patti Smith. She is a musician, poet, photographer, painter and just so damn cool. In her book, "Just Kids", she talks about moving out of an apartment that she shared with photographer, Robert Mapplethorpe. She left some things behind and one of the things was her name written on the wall "Patti Smith 1946." I got to thinking about work, the jobs that we do, the things that we make and the impressions that we want to leave behind. I am not sure about what I would want my impression to be. I mean I am 34 years old. I can only imagine that a few of my impressions would be, a pretty smile, people would think that I was a photographer and some people would remember how impatient I could be at times. Above are some photos that I shot last month in New York City. My Nikon camera is in the shop for repairs (seems like it didn't really want to work properly, after I dropped it into the Mediterranean Sea while touring Italy in September). So I ventured to N.Y.C with Holga. Holga is a medium format 120 film toy camera. It often leaves room for blurring and light leaks. But, I didn't mind. That's what I was hoping for. The photos are of one of my most favorite places on Earth. The John Lennon Mosaic and Strawberry Fields. I could hang out there for hours. This was my third visit and by no means my last. While I was in N.Y.C I also saw Patti for the first time. She read us love letters from Photographer, Alfred Stieglitz and Painter, Georgia O' Keeffe. I was enamored by her. Also in her book she talks about people she adored such as William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg. Patti, I know that we have never met, but if you are out there and you want to sing, my name is Harmony and my phone number is (814) 282-1440.
No one will remember you as being impatient at times Harmony!
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Kelly
1/4/2012 03:07:09 pm
Nice pictures Harmony! I like the way they came out. I don't remember you dropping your camera in the sea though. :) I would remember you as a beautiful & creative girl who made pretty pictures, had nice handwriting & was one of the best people I had met.
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Harmony
1/4/2012 09:27:33 pm
Thank you Kelly! I would remember you as incredibly kind, extremely creative and as a girl who really enjoyed LAUGHING!
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richard Sayer
1/5/2012 02:34:42 am
Kelly--she is just using the Mediterranean story to cover up what really happened!
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Kelly
1/5/2012 01:25:59 pm
Rich - I figured as much ... She totally got sand or water or something in there... Yep! It's coming back to me now...
MOTHER MARY
1/4/2012 03:18:33 pm
I KNOW.
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Harmony
1/5/2012 08:06:01 pm
Ahhh.....The world may never know what happened to that little camera. The secret will die with me! Ha-ha-ha-ha! (insert the maniacal laughter here)