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dialecticalmadness

kamara

The whole culture is telling you to hurry, while the art tells you to take your time. Always listen to the art.

Junot Díaz (via guayasamins)

inscribed into my heart tbh

(via lil-reina)

massconflict

A woman kneels on the street amid tear gas during a demonstration over the fatal shooting of black teenager Michael Brown by a police officer in Missouri.

Aug. 18, 2014

onepointeight

sharethesuccess

Each time a picture from Humans of New York pops up on my facebook timeline, my day brightens up a little bit. Spearheaded by enthusiastic photographer Brandon Stanton, HONY travels around New York snapping photographs of New Yorkers and sharing bits of their life story with millions of fans on...

heidireadsya

When you leave you must remember to come back for the others. A circle, understand? You will always be Esperanza. You will always be Mango Street. You can’t erase what you know. You can’t forget who you are.

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (via heidireadsya)

#sandra cisneros #the house on mango street

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Debbie Millman is back

bobbycaputo

Complete Strangers Pose Together for Portraits by Photographer Richard Renaldi

In a world where the act of touch is reserved to those that people are comfortable with, Renaldi breaks through the stereotype and creates images that suggest that these complete strangers are close – like friends or family. In his words:

I am a New York city based photographer who began a life long relationship with photography back in high school in 1984. I few years ago I became interested in the dynamics of group portraiture and this led me to the project you see here. The premise of this work is simple: I meet two or more people on the street who are strangers to each other, and to me. I ask them if they will pose for a photograph together with the stipulation that they must touch each other in some manner. Frequently, I instruct or coach the subjects how to touch. Just as often, I let their tentative physical exploration play out before my camera with no interference. Though these situations involve orchestrated collaborations between subject and photographer, the emotions captured are both genuine and honest. Touching Strangers encourages viewers to think about how we relate physically to one another, and to entertain the possibility that there is unlimited potential for new relationships with almost everybody passing by.