1. 24 Jan


    454 I had just arrived for the Tweetup organized the day after I got to to Trinidad.  Marc (#236) was the first to arrive, and he immediately recognized a friend of his - Randhir - in the place where we were all meeting.  He called Randhir over and convinced him to lend his face to the project.  I think Randhir works at one of the restaurants in the shopping center where we met - a Brazilian steakhouse, one of those places that delivers tons o’ meat on skewers to your table.  Given what I heard about the food in the place we actually met, perhaps we should have taken Randhir up on his offer to visit his restaurant.

    454

    I had just arrived for the Tweetup organized the day after I got to to Trinidad.  Marc (#236) was the first to arrive, and he immediately recognized a friend of his - Randhir - in the place where we were all meeting.  He called Randhir over and convinced him to lend his face to the project.  I think Randhir works at one of the restaurants in the shopping center where we met - a Brazilian steakhouse, one of those places that delivers tons o’ meat on skewers to your table.  Given what I heard about the food in the place we actually met, perhaps we should have taken Randhir up on his offer to visit his restaurant.

     

  2. 23 Jan


    453 Candace and I follow each other on Twitter.  Since I began my PhD program, she has taken it upon herself to send me words of encouragement and support, unprompted.  She’ll just send a tweet telling me to keep pushing, that I can in fact do it.  I found myself looking forward to those little messages, and really appreciating when I got one.  She made me feel like there was this little corner of the world rooting for me - even though up to the taking of this photograph, we had never met.  She brought a gift for me that day that I gushed over - and have already begun to drink.

    453

    Candace and I follow each other on Twitter.  Since I began my PhD program, she has taken it upon herself to send me words of encouragement and support, unprompted.  She’ll just send a tweet telling me to keep pushing, that I can in fact do it.  I found myself looking forward to those little messages, and really appreciating when I got one.  She made me feel like there was this little corner of the world rooting for me - even though up to the taking of this photograph, we had never met.  She brought a gift for me that day that I gushed over - and have already begun to drink.

     

  3. 23 Dec


    452 This is my wife’s sister.  She is 8 years younger than Rachel.  She lives in London now, with her husband, who she met while traipsing around Thailand a few years ago.  She went to college at the University of Michigan, and stayed in the midwest for some years after graduation, waiting tables and helping to manage a bar in Chicago.  Then she chucked it all to go traipsing around Asia, where she met the man she would marry.  We give her crap for the snippets of the British accent that invariably creep into her speech, but I think they’re cute.  She’s been told in the past that she looks like Patricia Heaton (the mom from Everybody Loves Raymond) and Sara Gilbert (Darlene from Roseanne), but both Rachel and I think she’s a spitting image of Emily Blunt.

    452

    This is my wife’s sister.  She is 8 years younger than Rachel.  She lives in London now, with her husband, who she met while traipsing around Thailand a few years ago.  She went to college at the University of Michigan, and stayed in the midwest for some years after graduation, waiting tables and helping to manage a bar in Chicago.  Then she chucked it all to go traipsing around Asia, where she met the man she would marry.  We give her crap for the snippets of the British accent that invariably creep into her speech, but I think they’re cute.  She’s been told in the past that she looks like Patricia Heaton (the mom from Everybody Loves Raymond) and Sara Gilbert (Darlene from Roseanne), but both Rachel and I think she’s a spitting image of Emily Blunt.

     

  4. 23 Dec


    451 Tom is (one of) my father-in-law’s (#5) oldest friend; they met the year I was born, 1970.  They went to college together at the University of Wisconsin, in Madison (go Bucky Badger!), along with Kathy (#384), Matt (#135) , Tom (#385).  That band have been “together” ever since.  Tom now lives in Minneapolis, where he brokers the purchase and sale of exotic rugs from the Middle East.  Apparently, he’s really good at it.  He always has a twinkle in his eye - literally - usually accompanied by a mischievous smile.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen him in anything other that a black T-shirt.

    451

    Tom is (one of) my father-in-law’s (#5) oldest friend; they met the year I was born, 1970.  They went to college together at the University of Wisconsin, in Madison (go Bucky Badger!), along with Kathy (#384), Matt (#135) , Tom (#385).  That band have been “together” ever since.  Tom now lives in Minneapolis, where he brokers the purchase and sale of exotic rugs from the Middle East.  Apparently, he’s really good at it.  He always has a twinkle in his eye - literally - usually accompanied by a mischievous smile.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen him in anything other that a black T-shirt.

     

  5. 23 Oct



    Things I Have Learned After 450 Faces (550 To Go!)

    • A doctoral program puts a serious damper on one’s ability to spend time on photography.
    • Shoot portraits from a slightly elevated angle.  Trust me on this.
    • It’s, like, really effin’ hot in Houston in August.
    • Freckles make a face really interesting.
    • I really like it when someone is willing to be photographed doing something other than smile at the camera.
    • I still love black and white images.  A lot.

     

  6. 23 Oct


    450 Phil contacted me because he follows Anna’a blog, saw her picture in the project, and wanted to be involved.  He is originally from Baltimore, but lived in San Francisco.  His girlfriend got a position at a hospital in Boston, and he thought it was a good opportunity to come back east - and now he co-runs a programming company out of his house.  I met him in Davids Square one warm afternoon.  We were 10 feet from each other for 10 minutes before either of us realized who the other was.  I forgot to ask if he preferred Phil, or Philip - or even if the former was short for the latter, or for something else, or for nothing at all.  So Phil it is.

    450

    Phil contacted me because he follows Anna’a blog, saw her picture in the project, and wanted to be involved.  He is originally from Baltimore, but lived in San Francisco.  His girlfriend got a position at a hospital in Boston, and he thought it was a good opportunity to come back east - and now he co-runs a programming company out of his house.  I met him in Davids Square one warm afternoon.  We were 10 feet from each other for 10 minutes before either of us realized who the other was.  I forgot to ask if he preferred Phil, or Philip - or even if the former was short for the latter, or for something else, or for nothing at all.  So Phil it is.

     

  7. 23 Oct


    449 Frantz is “the accounts payable guy” at Kettle Cuisine.  He walked past when I was shooting Kristine and Arianna, and Kristine convinced him to stand still and smile for the camera.  He’s from Haiti…I think.   

    449

    Frantz is “the accounts payable guy” at Kettle Cuisine.  He walked past when I was shooting Kristine and Arianna, and Kristine convinced him to stand still and smile for the camera.  He’s from Haiti…I think.   

     

  8. 23 Oct


    448 Kristine was an MIT summer intern at Kettle Cuisine, where Kally works.  She was also cajoled into having her picture taken that day - and then she recruited another (see: #449).

    448

    Kristine was an MIT summer intern at Kettle Cuisine, where Kally works.  She was also cajoled into having her picture taken that day - and then she recruited another (see: #449).

     

  9. 23 Oct


    447 I don’t think Arianna knew what to make of this stranger asking to take her photograph - but I’m glad she consented.  Or was cajoled.  Either one.  Her summer internship work colleagues, who all know me well, encouraged her to let me take her picture.  I’m not sure if she thought I and this project were legit - and the fact that I’m only getting around to posting this two and half months after shooting it probably didn’t help any - but here she is.  She’s a fellow Bentley student.

    447

    I don’t think Arianna knew what to make of this stranger asking to take her photograph - but I’m glad she consented.  Or was cajoled.  Either one.  Her summer internship work colleagues, who all know me well, encouraged her to let me take her picture.  I’m not sure if she thought I and this project were legit - and the fact that I’m only getting around to posting this two and half months after shooting it probably didn’t help any - but here she is.  She’s a fellow Bentley student.

     

  10. 23 Oct


    446 I met Katie the same day I met Jef (#445).  She works for the Environmental Defense Fund, which sponsored Jef’s internship.  She works with companies to create environmental improvements that make business sense.  We talked about how much time she spent on the road (she’s based in DC), working with various companies and with MBA students placed in those companies.  When I mentioned my proposed area of research at Bentley, she told me to keep in touch - we seem to have similar interests.  

    446

    I met Katie the same day I met Jef (#445).  She works for the Environmental Defense Fund, which sponsored Jef’s internship.  She works with companies to create environmental improvements that make business sense.  We talked about how much time she spent on the road (she’s based in DC), working with various companies and with MBA students placed in those companies.  When I mentioned my proposed area of research at Bentley, she told me to keep in touch - we seem to have similar interests.