Pictures I Bought

I'm not putting my pictures on the internet right now. I'm toying with the idea. I'm also toying with the idea of not, and letting them be my private domain. There's something cool about that too.

I was walking along the street downtown and a guy was sitting on the street corner with a bunch of photos spread out, most in big photo binders under plastic. I started to pass unaware of what was going on, then I stopped and asked him if he was selling these. He said he was and told me how much they were and what one guy in one of the pictures was named.

I went on and went to a bookstore. Then I decided I should buy that guy's picture, if the photo guy was still there. I couldn't see him. I was kicking myself (prematurely), because he turned out to be there still.

I said, "Have you still got that Jeremy one in sunglasses?" He said he did. So I got that one for $5 and I bought another one for $5 too. The Jeremy one shows a B&W close-up of a black guy in white glasses, smoking a cigarette. He's looking up away from the camera. He looks very artsy. The glasses turned out not to be sunglasses. It's a cool photo. So I got it.

This Jeremy is a guy on the internet, with a My Space page and a blog. The photographer told me about him, so I looked him up, and indeed he has songs, albums, the whole bit. I downloaded one of them for free, but I haven't heard anything except the first track. Good stuff, the first track, hip-hopish with sound loops of people talking. I love the photo. It's around 5" x 8".

The other one is also a black guy, looking alone on a craggy street. This one is color. It's about 7" x 10". He's got his arms up, showing the underside of them. He's looking down, away from the camera. He's off to the right side, so you see the road on the left side. His arms, what he's showing, has tattoos, the photographer said of the names of his grandfathers. There's also some numbers, but I'm in a darker room right now so I can't make out what they are. The guy's name is Julio.

I don't know what I'm going to do with them. Probably nothing. Maybe frame them. They're very good, artsy photos, and the subjects are compelling looking.