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From the Essay "The Savage & The Saint" "Our friends will last with us a season or centennial, they will act as the carriers of kindred moments, and as the mirrors reflected on our acts of malevolence, that would otherwise be left to let decay the herald of our consciousness. Inevitably and as if in the reverse chronology of the order we met, we each begin to rise into the "definite-indefinite", at very most becoming fading embers, hardly visible beyond the harsh jet-black realities, and the countless streaks of neon afterglow of these many, many artificial New York City lights" Rachel Singer Photographed by Devin Elijah, Low E. Side, January, 2012

Alberto Cortes, Photographed in Williamsburg, BK, Dec, 2011 From the series "Friends, Lovers, Strangers & Confidants"

Monique Fontaine "Modern Day Barbie Doll" Digital Sketch Over Color Photograph. From the series' "Friends, Lovers, Strangers & Confidants" & "The Many Revelations of Monique Fontaine" Elmhurst, Queens, Nov, 2011

This is a photograph of my friend Walter, he's one of my New York City heroes...somedays anyhow...on the days he's kicking arse & taking names he's just my buddy, my mate, one more commiserating-confidant- The photographer Mr. Cessna, being his usual self. However it's on the days that I see him, waifish & weary, his flesh toned armor looking lived in as ever before, when he appears nearly all blood & guts, remnants of spirit & anger & a resonant conflict bound by nothing more then gravity...Those are the days that I glance over & I see a hero, someone who belongs to this city as much as this city belongs to him. Walter Cessna "Angel of Death" Spanish Harlem, December, 2011 Digital sketch on b&w photograph

#walter cessna #b&w #portrait #photograph #NYC #Spanish Harlem #New York

Monique Fontaine, Photographed in Elmhurst, Queens, 2011 "The Many Revelations of Monique Fontaine"

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Manchild black Photographed by Devin Elijah, Bedstuy, 2011

"Friends, Lovers, Strangers & Accomplices"

#All The Real Kids #Devin Elijah #Manchild black #NYC #New York City #Friends Lovers Strangers and Accomplices

Check out my interview with Brooklyn's legendary 3rd Ward. Discussing my Polaroid book project, dissecting the concept of dive bars as spiritual sanctuary, and using words like 'ego-dystonic' to rationalize the possibility of future sociopathy. "Filling in plenty of the hours which were devoid of inspiration, inheriting the dark and cozy comforts of various dive bars. Mid 90's jukeboxes and mid 30's go-go dancers, the ones that always seem to be, at a certain point still twirling even once the music fades, like a flesh colored kaleidoscope of peripheral ornamentation" http://www.3rdward.com/blog/2011/11/16/polaroid-series-former-3rd-ward-staffer-devin-elijah-publish.html

500 Words for sevenbyfive.net http://www.sevenbyfive.net/photos/polaroids-by-devin-

David Perkins #2 or Lessons in Psychotherapy Photographed on Unique 1200 Type Polaroid Jackson Heights, 2011

My recent interview with Oliver Maxwell Kupper for www.pasunautre.com, discussing my current Polaroid series "A Chronicle of Love & Loss in Sickness & in Health" & how it's subjects, symbolism & literalism have become direct byproducts of navigating the trellis we call New York. http://www.pasunautre.com/2011/09/15/interview-devin-elijah-a-chronicle-of-love-loss/#more-15713

Image: Diarmaid Sleeping, Hell's Kitchen 2010

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"Act Like You're Fine" a group show in Tokyo, Japan

"Act Like You're Fine" deals with the things that consume us with obsession to the point of losing our self control - the things that drive us to passionate madness, behavior we don't recognize, frantic devotion - the feeling that we are not the rider, but are being ridden.

Participating artists are:

Leigh Ledare

Slava Mogutin

Andrea Longacre-White

Michael Stipe

Matthu Placek

A.L. Steiner

Lola Dupre

Devin Elijah

Neal Franc

Sophie Morner

and Patrick Hoelck

From lovers to horses, and from internet trysts to the architecture of corners in rooms, all the work in the show is photography based, but includes sculpture, collage, and video pieces.