People

A few of the people I met while wandering who were kind enough to share a story. Click on the picture for content.

This is our third. She’s only a few months old. My boyfriend wanted one since he was like eleven. One year for Christmas I gave him a little tiny ferret hoodie and was like, ‘Guess what this means?!’ And he was like, ‘Oh my
Alcohol got me into a little bit of trouble. Just a little bit. The first time I drank I killed like six beers right in a row. I didn’t even know what that meant. There was this girl sitting beside me. She said, ‘You’re an alco
I biked out here for a little vacation. It’s been a while since I’ve gotten on a bike. I got lots of back problems. Usually it hurts too much to bike anywhere. My back was feeling okay this morning though. I wanted to take advantage;
I’ve been yo-yoing for three or four years now. I used to yo-yo back in High School. We had a little club, but only a few of us were avidly into it. Then I lost a few yo-yos. I went through some personal hardships. Pretty soon yo-yoing jus
150 years ago today, a relatively unknown John Muir first arrived in California. He never meant to come, - he’d originally planned to float the Amazon alone in a canoe - but after recovering from typhoid fever in Cuba, he abandoned his previous
John Muir. Earth - Planet. Universe. #johnmuirsymposium #firstmuirjournal #johnmuir
I think that the monuments are being used as a pawn to cover up the real problems of the city. I have reasons why I say that, and why take the tax payer's dollars? Prioritize. The priority in the city of Richmond are the schools, the rotten, no-go
When my mother’s sister killed my mom, I had to change. That’s how I found God. I got baptized and left that gang-banging stuff behind. I just wanted to go forward because she was my backbone. And when she passed away, that was it man.
Alone on the threshold between darkness and light.
"I come here, ehhh (sigh). I learning English at VCU. You know VCU? Yes?! Okay. I from Turkey. Lots of family and friends already come here. One, she say 'come,' so I come. I been here, ehhh, five days? Yes, first time to America - ha, ye
"For twenty years I managed a car wash. There was a lot of pressure in that job. Not people pressure as far as outside, it was more managerial pressure on the inside. After years of that I started getting ill. The doctor told me my blood pres
"A friend hooked me up with a job on the South Side. I'm working security at the door tonight." . . . #security #storyportrait #portraitphotography #rva #watchman #streetphotography #804 #practicemakesperfect
"Do you mind if I take your portrait?" . "Well. Okay. But I'm not liable if your camera breaks." . "Ha, I think my warranty will cover it. Do you work around here?" . "Yeah, I park cars." . "How is it?&q
"I'm from the country, I'm not from Richmond. I used to live about eight miles from Deltaville. You know where that is? Yeah. I'm forty-nine now. So it's been a long time since I've been out there. But when I was little I remember I always
“Law school exams are so goddamn hard. I would get really worked up that I just wouldn’t pass the bar. It’s like more scientific than you would think, you know what I mean? You get no extra points for being eloquent with your wor
“For eleven years I did graphic design for a company called Art Guide, it’s actually here in Richmond. And once I got laid off from that job – no deadlines, no clients, no nothing – it was just stress free. That was how I go
(2/2) "When was the first time you hung out outside of work?" . "I guess this is the first time." . "Yeah." . "Are you just hanging out or are you on a date?" . "Uhhh. We're on a date. We actually just got
(1/2) "We work together at Asado. You should come by sometime. We've got really good wings and tacos." . . . #rva #804 #virginiaisforlovers #richmondva #monroepark #storyportrait #parkday
"I work for VCU as an Information Security Analyst. Mostly Data Security. But I like programming in my spare time. I'm actually working on a program that aggregates temperature data right now." . "Is it true that Macs are more secure t
"Yeah, today turned out pretty good. Hey, I forgot to ask: do you know Obama? I need you to tell him not to lift the bag up too high. Because the other one's buried under the sand. So if he drops one, he's gonna hit that other bomb and everythin