09/02/02

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08.23.02 - my reluctant trip to hell


summer vacation is over. time for an update. ironically, after the last tirade here about corporate veggie burgers, i get assigned to shoot the food of satan and it appears here for my next update.

this assignment was kindof fun. probably because i made it out to be a covert mission going undercover into enemy territory -- take some recon shots of the drive thru and suroundings, stealthily enter the premises and procure the evidence. pull out my RX-352 spy camera (okay, K-1000) and snap off half a roll. dispose of the evidence and escape. the table full of kids playing with their barbie happy meals next to us spoiled the delusion for only a second.
i reluctantly take pictures for the weekly paper. reluctant because not much inspires me too shoot of late. bands are usually a regurgitation of something that rocked my world 10 years ago -- will screamo be the new grunge?!? there are only so many angles on doing a restaurant pic or even a portrait for that matter. there aren't (m)any wars on this side of the world and even the protests and riots are few and far between. heck for the G-8 demo here i left my camera at home and went as a participant rather than an observer. at first i had the same feeling i get at a concert without my camera -- naked, without purpose, out of place -- but the malaise morphed into liberation and quasi-excitement, being part of the action as opposed an outsider. maybe i will do this more often.

at the last half dozen concerts i brought my camera to i didn't even bother taking it out of my courier bag. maybe it's just a phase. maybe it has something to do with not having a darkroom and finding scanning negatives a little too sterile.

seeing the Hot Snakes in Toronto gave me some hope. (check next update for documentary evidence)

i'll keep the below link the same.

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tell Yves what you think about his burgers being used to soften McDicks environmental blow

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