Could Season be Understood as Weather in a Photo Assignment?

There will be a student Photojournalism and I think some Fine Arts photos on display in the Corcoran College's White Walls Gallery from Monday Oct 27th to Friday Oct 31st. The opening reception will be Thursday Oct 30th, from 6pm--8pm.


[Another view of Kilbourne Pl NW, the heart of Mount Pleasant.]

National Zoological Park the only thing that's not captivated is the audience

Me and a friend, Ana went to the zoo. There are a lot of animals there, not like the San Diego Zoo, but way cooler than the Pittsburgh Zoo. (And I hear it's no comparison to the Oakland Zoo.) I tried to take some good shots of the little monkeys but they were either too far away for my wide-angle lens or too jittery to take a good picture of under the lighting conditions. Finally one of the wee primates went into a stare resulting in this picture. I imagine this is like the drive thru version of real wildlife photography!

(It's nicer to think of as a nursing home than as a prison. Either way the inhabitants go crazy.)

**Diamonds are a Man's Best Friend**

Went to go see my friend Solomon DJ in Adams-Morgan tonight. He is a house music DJ at the Blue Room. All the people who worked there treated me very cool. Me and his girlfriend Susan chatted it up and listened to the records. They spun 'round and 'round, kinda' like my head is spinning this very moment.

[Changed to grayscale for effect.]

Friends, Romans, whoever ...

True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.
--Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832)

}} Meridian Hill Park {{

This is Meridian Hill Park at midnight. Walked through it tonight to get home from a popular D.C. music venue, the Black Cat. A lot of creepy guys hang out there at night but nothing too exciting. I went through the dried up fountain and climbed the waterless falls to the top, til I saw a cop. Then I took the sidewalk. I was thinking on a previous walk by Meridian Hill Park, the greenery smells like musty bedclothes ... probably the people who live in there.

[Meridian Hill Park is closed May-Oct, midnight to 5am and Nov-April 9pm to 5am.]

Kilbourne Pl NW, Washington, D.C. (Mt. Pleasant)

Nice day today. A breeze going down the street. A couple trees on the block are turning colors. The temperature is almost chilly. The days are getting shorter and it's nice to see the change into autumn, goodbye summer. Hopefully I get some action shots or something more interesting tomorrow.

[[ My First Pupusas ]]

I went to class 45 minutes early. Drank coffee. That still didn't help me stay awake during that african art film. It is a very interesting subject. (A whole new way of looking at our own art is found when we understand how Western Eyes have brought new meaning to another cultures objects.) Did a lot of work inside today. I didn't take very many pictures but I got this one while eating papusas for the first time. Pollo Deli has nice chicken burritos so I think I'll stick with one of those next time.

A Stock Photomontage

Didn't get around too much today. Took a couple pictures. These are some of the server network boards at the Corcoran's Georgetown campus. Some flowers on 33rd St NW.


I did get some pictures of an old aquaintance ... Army Mike. He needs $42 for a bus ticket to Danville, Va. This is a photo of him advertising for me, or as they say in the advertising business, "Hold this a sec while I take your picture." Happy 46th Birthday Army Mike!

During the Day We Have Horse Cops(I thought they were only for the touristy neighborhoods?)

The 42 to Mt. Pleasant, Columbus Day,10:25pm.


Columbus Day ... days after the "Running Gun Battle," a squad car and a mobile police headquarters van are an ever-present fixture in front of the 7-11 on Mt. Pleasant St. There are also a few media vans but I think they just watch t.v. in the back.

BREAKFAST AT THE WAFFLE SHOP, COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, WASH. D.C.

This is Bernardino from Honduras. He is an electrician working on the renovation of the Tivoli Theater on 14th and Park NW. He was enjoying a light breakfast of coffee and a tamale. We all talked about the violence in the area lately with the help of my friend and translator M. E. Sprengelmeyer, a Scripps Howard News Service journalist. He translated for me. "Th' marijuana an coca," was Bernardinos guess for the recent outbreak in latino gang violence in the Mount Pleasant and Columbia Heights neighborhoods.






[You going to eat that carrot?]

### MOUTH PIECE ###

Took this photo in an alley connecting Kilbourne with Lamont in Mt. Pleasant. Was walking to eat some good Salvadorian breakfast in Columbia Heights at the Waffle Shop. Met my friend Sprengelmeyer there. Not what you would expect of a place called the Waffle Shop! This place is a real experience, worth rough alley walking. (Ha)


[probably dropped by the daughter of a soccer mom]