𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝙾𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠 𝙿𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚝 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚠🗳️

#photoprintsforsale Shopify opening next week. Three fotos… I’ve been hankering for 18 months to photograph Linda, Lisa‘s mom, in water wearing white and the summer was dissipating quickly yet the water in Walden was still warm the day was overcast nobody was swimming we made a beeline to meet at 2:15 sharp BUT unfortunately and fortunately on my way there I got a call from emily and she said that Matt found my camera at kickstand Café where I had left it so Emily who comes through in the clutch as much as a five speed fiat rushed over with the camera and art directed with Lisa and held this big ass flash on a stand and Linda was AMAZING AMAZING and all I had to do is press the button a few hundred times AND 18 months of photographing every day and editing every night all paid off to prepare me for today. Sorry about the run-on sentence I’m just speaking into my phone and hoping that this makes sense. But you know how when you do something that you feel really good about and it almost doesn’t matter if other people like it this is one of those situations… If I die in my sleep I want this first photo to run on the cover of photographers anonymous quarterly magazine published by the crazy compulsive people that we are. Good night! @lisa_abitbol @andreijsphotos @kickstandcafe #waldenpond

New postcard triptych coming soon

Just a photo and video today. •Enoch Woody Woodhouse. Last of The Tuskegee Airmen. He was so kind so accomplished so engaging…he reminded me of Mr. Rogers. He’s very busy with events and has asked me to be his personal photographer. •I’ve been trying to get people to call me MarkO. Woody obliged! Great to collaborate with Alex Beam and @yalealumnimag ! @evanjaccodine did a lot more than assisting. He made this photo a success!

•On an incredibly windy day in an incredibly windy part of Atlantic City I saw Joyce on a street corner trying to not blow away. I jumped out of my car and held on to her for two blocks…till she got to the casino. Then raced back to my car which apparently I left running. •Tattoo artist Kate I met with Tattoo artist Jordan on the boardwalk. @katepierces @brutalnoodles_ •Eli, identical twin brother to Samuel, at his store in AC. They are the subjects of a documentary I’m making with @allie_humenuk . Working title: My Brother’s Keeper Losers Weeper. •Samuel at his identical store 100 feet away from Eli. •Smitty bringing on the handyman vibe. •Smitty friend…photographer Michael Rose. •Russian piano player at Docks Oyster house. I was teaching her to whistle. •Nobody seemed impressed with my whistling rendition of Hallelujah. I wish Leonard Cohen was still alive. @myatlanticcity

13 photos and a lot of words. Sorry. not sorry. ——————————————- It’s mind-boggling… When I talk to the homeless here in Atlantic City or anywhere, how many stories they have about how their things have been stolen and how they’ve been wronged many times. Like my cat was killed by my neighbor or I had lots of money, but my brother stole it after my mother died, or I used to have a YouTube channel, but I got locked out of it, or I was an actor in Hollywood until 911 happened, or someone has been following me for five years. It just goes on and on… True or not it’s real sad to hear about their journey (for lack of a better word). And of course there are many people I meet who are put together and very successful! Wide wide range of peoples today on a very windy boardwalk… •Leather is her name. Her mom and her cat recently died and she was once successful actor. •Harvey taking a break from the casino. •This beautiful couple is getting married soon. I don’t shoot weddings but if they pop the question (to me) I might say yes! •My good friend Amsnda. @amanda_auble talented artist. •German who’s on his way to Rome and is playing the long game with Amanda. @german_acosta_art •With his wife and child. They needed money for food. •Needed money to get home. •Incredible wannabe pool. •Lost all his money in the casino. •The grooms’s neck. •Oops this guy again. •A celebrity…Miss America Plus New York 🕺🕺 •Samuel at the Oceans Resort @oceanscasino @myatlanticcity

•Beautiful man Sean Ellis was wrongly imprisoned for 22 years He now helps other exonerees readjust after being released.. @iamseankellis •During the winter, I met this woman and her brother, who pushed her wheelchair through the snow at Walden. •It was raining so of course they put on those outfits. #photographersdream. •Tahir used to run a large rug store right near @digitalsilverimaging •Matilda in New Mexico •Seen in Cambridge •Amy who lives on her sailboat yearround

•I drive by this sign almost every week. Then suddenly it got better. Erving, Mass •I’ve seen this man multiple times in Atlantic City. With @amanda_auble and @german_acosta_art @myatlanticcity •Wait waitperson don’t tell me. From today with @allthefuries •Cindy gave Charlie (my son by law) a haircut and said a special hi to Ollie. @coanc @cindyhughes @fastphils @no_rush_nellie •I think this is from when Sarah modeled for @teenphotoworkshops •This is the former governor of Kentucky. Marissa and I were going cross country and stopped in Frankfurt (Ky). I remembered Frankfurt was the capital of Kentucky because my grandmother taught me that they ate frankfurters at the Kentucky Derby. So of course, we decided to call the governors office and arrange to shoot a portrait of him. Somehow that worked out. @marissafiorucci •Aveo lives not in Coney Island but literally ON Coney Island. He sleeps on the beach. •Springtime magic. With @bogardbetsy •Nellie and Charlie and Ollie at Mt Auburn.

All photos guaranteed taken shot over the past 164 hours… •Ryan or Brian in Porter Squate, Cambridge. I said to him “I’ve never seen you look so sad” and he said to me “don’t lie…you’ve never seen me happy.” •Tess with a flashlight shining through a jar of water. •Two people at a Dunkin Donuts. •Allie at @sofrabakery @sortunchef They have house made cherry granola thingy that’s lit.That is if “lit” means really delicious. •Bad Joe. Everyone should have an ironic name. •Free cone day at Ben & Jerry’s. Did I ever tell you about the time when I photod the real Ben and the real Jerry? @benandjerrys •Dirty lens situation. •Gallery opening. •Bus stops are the best loc for street photos. •NYC cafe that has Pain in the name.

•Kaylee in the studio the other night. Just like in life, my style is trial and error with a lot of error. Somehow the light in this shot made me think I really know how to use lighting, which I don’t. The best things in life often happen by way of serendipity. That’s how I met Kaylee🙃 Actually I met Kaylee @heartfeltheaven and Darth @dorothyadeak thru @birdonfilm !! •Man outside assisted living siting on the seat of his walker. When I returned 2hours later he was still there. •6:30am Stamford Ct Hampton Inn…Obama’s favorite hotel chain. •Fort Greene farmers market, One of the vendors, the one who sells ground turkey, said “hey it’s that photographer.” It was a great honor to be remembered at a farmers market in a city one does not live in. •Man crossing somewhere in the congestion pricing area. •Canal Street situation •Dog with man. • @nicole.mari.photography a dancer and a photographer! •Peek abooo with a grandchild. Nothing better. •Me photod the other day by Bad Joe. @cafe_zing

•Tess putting on or taking off her dress. •Climate protester…tho I think he actually supports climate. @globeopinion @allthefuries •Woman at the Kentucky Derby back when it was a real horse race. •Man near Ben and Jerry’s Stop me if you’ve heard this story… Well, I was photographing the actual Ben and the actual Jerry outside their Newbury Street loc. And a tour bus trolley thing drove by and the guide said “on your left is Ben and Jerry’s which seemed like the funnest useless thing to point out. And as if on cue..the two bearded guys stood up and waved to the tourists and it was clear that no one realized it was the actual B&J. Does that make sense? •Speaking of tourists, here are some. •That’s Alfredo, who’s friends with my son. •This is Gus (my son) and Marbs when they got married this past summer. @marb_dance •This is Smitty. He’s very handy. And he’s a man. •Author Kitty Beer! •I miss my uncle Stanley.

(Feel free to skip this stream o consciousness.) Every day, I feel intense sadness as the sun going down. OK not every day… And my sadness is not really that intense… And actually, it’s not even sadness that I feel. I’ll start again. Every day when the sun goes down, I scramble to get the last bits of daylight into my camera. It’s a race that brings me joy and a bit of sadness. Today was no exception. I was in Porter Sq in Cambridge hunting for some last-minute souls to shoot (sorry it sounds violent) and Jules came through for me as well as a couple that I found out actually wasn’t a couple, but they seemed like a couple, but as I was photographing them, they said that their heads have never been as close together as that moment. And It turns out they are neighbors to my close friend Evan @jaccodine.tv it’s a small world, but I wouldn’t want to wallpaper it. To quote @comedianstevenwright •Not from today, but this is my 6th favorite photo I’ve ever taken or made. @american_photography_winners •This is the “couple.” •Yay Jules! @familyjulezzz •The leaf doesn’t fall far from the tree. •Andre earlier •Woman outside Shrimpony Hall. With @allie_humenuk and @davidsedarisbooks haha •Wait wait how did @brandicarlile get in this post? @taragoldwastaken •Guy stocking the freezer. I was looking for Bell and Evans chicken patties that weren’t breaded. Why does everything have to be breaded? Tho if you like fried chicken go to @nansmarket ! •Darth being Darth @dorothyadeak •Guy in Harvard Sq after the sun was gone. •

I got a little back logged. Here are ten photos taken over the past week. •Improvising James Melloni @jamesmelloni @improvasylum •Chilling Revere Beach •Grooving? Dexter on Revere Beach. •Smokin’ Mike hanging out by my house. •Editing Allie working on our doc. @allie_humenuk •Cousins •Friendly Maybe a little too friendly. •Performing Alysia Abbott reading. @mizabbott @earfull_series •Annoyed •Selling Captions coming soon.