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My name is Xaya. (חַיָּה) Angular not Angelic. Color is musical to me. Light is love. Night is deep.

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‘Masquerade Mask’ (Title from my creative friend Michele Kaplan who noted that it kind of looks like one. love it. ;) )

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throwback

(going through lots of old photos lately for a project)

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The images we see in the mirror have bodies only of light, not of flesh

Evans Lansing Smith

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Happy New Year dear tumblr! :)

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1. self in storefront mirror

2. photo of a Vivian Maier self portrait at the Ricco/Maresca Gallery I went to an exhibit of photographic self portraits at the Ricco/Maresca Gallery in Chelsea a couple months ago where I finally saw a Vivian Maier self portrait in person. I feel a bond.

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Pattern on Taqiyah (cap) kensington brooklyn, nyc subway

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(even) younger self :-)

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Happy Holidays. Much love to you all. <3 https://youtu.be/yDYMfm0JQOE

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My younger self (photo by my grandmother)

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I’m having trouble getting back into the swing of things with street photography. I feel a deep restlessness and desire to express.. something. I’m just not sure what or how. I’ll be taking  a long break from the internet and I hope with a foray into quietude and other creative expressive media I can enter back into photography and the digital world with renewed inspiration. Have a truly wonderful autumn and rest of 2015 dear tumblr. 

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framed selfies - I can’t seem to resist a defined frame on the street ;)

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light, night, browns

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spanish harlem archive selection

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night, nyc

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