A little back up story. I am from Louisville, Kentucky but moved to Chicago when I was 19 to go to Columbia College Chicago. I earned a BA in Photography in 2000. In 2003, my then boyfriend and I decide to part ways. I left Chicago and moved back to my hometown to figure out where to go to next. I searched for jobs all over the country; heck even outside the country and a colleague of mine emailed me one day that she had a job for me in NYC. (digital archivist at an architecture firm; was the job) Completely stoked and scared at the same time, and to make a long story short I managed to get myself there in Jan 2004. I knew all of 2 maybe 3 people in NYC so I spent a lot of time alone walking around the city. (a better part of my time in Central Park) I couldn't help but notice people/ couples and there everyday behavior in the city. NYC is perfect because you have so many people to watch. You have the couples that are clearly from there, and then the tourist...
About 2 weeks into my new move to the city I met a group of people in a bar one night and ended up going to the girls party later that week. I met 3 Brit girls there that night that little did I know would be come 3 of my closest friends today. Becky (wix), Lucy (tits), and Emily (Em)....
I had my new posse! I lived in NYC for about 15 months and during my time there, the girls and all my new friends that I would soon meet started to help me with my project. Over the last four years it has become something fun for my friends and I to do when we are out. "Hey, can you take a picture of me and Mr. Right? Thanks!" Friends and strangers gladly do it! Course the strangers don't know what they are even doing!
Here are some of the earlier ones....
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