12.10.16 a tale from a friends birthday in NYC that happens to almost always coincide with santacon. so a buddy of mine for years and years has gone into the city for a day of food and drinks in calibration of himself with his friends for his birthday. i don’t always tag along but in 2016 i did. it happened to be santacon day. as non santacon’rs we found escape from the lunacy at some of our favorites and total awfulness at others. this photo was from a bar that maybe was where i had my first drink in the city ever. we had popped in and there were a couple santa’s not many. i had had my fill of drinks and was just kind of photographing the bars and sights by that time already. so as i got to the back room of this bar i saw a woman laying down across a bench just her legs visible from behind the table. above her a dart board. it was something i felt like i should try and capture. right as i had it squared up the santa in this photo cake barging in pushed my camera out of the way demanding i not photograph his fiancé or girlfriend. threatening to fight me and whatever as i tried to just explain that his demands weren’t justified and he could ask me to not take a photograph and i could choose to respect it or do whatever the fuck i wanted to do. it was the closest thing to a fight i had been in over photography ever. it was weird and dumb. brace yourself new york the santa’s are once again defending to ruin your day. i won’t be around this year to catch a few photos sadly. #nyny #santaconnyc #basicbros #nosmoking #isthismyartiststatement #yougivesantaabadname (at Coal Yard Bar) https://www.instagram.com/myphotographslie/p/BrAvmjplJoO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=w0glq626zbyw
