#joelzimmer

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on wanting what you cannot have

Gemma Troy, Heart Lines. / Chunking Express (1994) dir. Wong Kar-wai / Washing Machine Heart (2018) Mitski / silhouette, park slope, Brooklyn @joelzimmer / Sylvia Plath, Poppies in July / Lossapardo / Clarice Lispector, Àgua Viva

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The cocktails at this outdoor oasis MIGHT be named after Van Damme movies from Battery Harris (via thrillist) Follow us on Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/roadlessapp/

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2283 lie to me and tell me you love me (by JoelZimmer)| New York, US

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Sparkly Night (by JoelZimmer)| New York, US

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[deshaunicus]

A good night.

Well, I'm back from that meetup, and while I almost let my own awkwardness get the best of me, I think things turned out very well.

Well, turns out that wine and beer are the soap that breaks the surface tension between strangers. I didn't speak to a lot of people, but I always value quality over quantity, and the quality of people I interacted with was amazing.

It made me think about one of my goals when I decided I'd make my tumblr all about photography: social interaction. Real social interaction. At first, I thought this was some unobtainable goal that was only reserved for the viral upper echelon of the tumblrverse. For whatever reason, I kept at it, though. I sent asks to people, not because I wanted to be followed, but because I wanted to talk to the person, I wanted to interact. Every time someone has followed me that I've interacted with, it makes me happy, because it's not some blind reciprocation. It's a mutual appreciation.

I thought about today, and then I thought about the wonderful people I've met because of tumblr. It's actually quite amazing. Me, a random guy with a camera from Brooklyn has used tumblr to meet *deep breath* riverflowsthrougit, nythroughthelens, allleft, joelzimmer, bagnostian, leahdee, wbsloan, mandysloan, skinnysphotos, and now I can add topherchris, samaralex, theodoredow, operationfailure, skylovestoeat, mackenzie, and quite a few more (whose names I don't recall) to that list.

Honestly, meeting and interacting with all of you has been more rewarding than any number of notes I've received. The interaction doesn't stop there, though.

I've been able to interact online with so many of you beyond likes, and I feel as though you guys get to see into my aspirations and interests. Beyond that, I feel as though you support these things! It's the best feeling in the world.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, thanks tumblr, for the ongoing opportunity to share anything with anyone.

P.S. I think I may have had too much wine. I typed "tumblr" as "fumblr" and "rumblr" before getting it right.

[kari-shma]

...

the last few months, as i've mentioned before have been rough.. october and november being the worst. if there's one person who's stuck by me, spoken to me almost everyday during the worst has been joel. he's kept me sane. he's kept me distracted. he's made me laugh. he's been all ears when i've needed to vent and pretty much talked me through the tears too. 

people like him are rare. friends like him are rarer. 

so if there's one person i'd recommend you follow it's joel zimmer... not because he's been a good friend to me, but mainly because he's one of the most talented photographers i know. 

that's all. carry on.