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humansofnewyork:

I am a street photographer in New York City. Several months ago, I was approached by a representative of DKNY who asked to purchase 300 of my photos to hang in their store windows “around the world.” They offered me $15,000. A friend in the industry told me that $50 per photo was not nearly enough to receive from a company with hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue. So I asked for more money. They said “no.”

Today, a fan sent me a photo from a DKNY store in Bangkok. The window is full of my photos. These photos were used without my knowledge, and without compensation.

I don’t want any money. But please REBLOG this post if you think that DKNY should donate $100,000 on my behalf to the YMCA in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. That donation would sure help a lot of deserving kids go to summer camp. I’ll let you guys know if it happens.

"I like books that aren’t just lovely but that have memories in themselves. Just like playing a song, picking up a book again that has memories can take you back to another place or another time."

Emma Watson, Time Magazine (November 2010)

Happy (almost) Christmas!! I’ve never had a blog/tumblr/website before, so i dont know what people usually write about, but this has been on my mind for a while now, so it’s as good a blog post as any other I could come up with, and its not like I expect anyone to read this, so here goes!

I go to university with quite a few of religious people, so this particular season brings up some interesting questions. A couple days ago, before finals stole all of our time, my friends and I were discussing the issue of holiday greetings. It’s always been a bit of a pet peeve of mine how very politically correct americans can get, so as usual, I chimed in with my usual politically incorrect, possibly offensive opinions. I’ve always seen holiday greetings like “happy christmas” as a completely innocuous saying of good will, but some people dont seem to agree with my sentiments.

The whole idea of “happy Christmas” or “happy Hanukkah” or “happy whatever other religion I celebrate” could possibly insult people- in my opinion- completely underminds the whole point of the greeting in the first place. I don’t think I know anyone who says “happy christmas” and secretly means “join my religion and if you dont want to go to hell” but then again, I suppose I don’t live in the south or Iran. My family is Christian, but I was not brought up in a particularly religious household, so seasons greetings have always been meant as a general well wishing and hope for a good year, regardless of the holiday they wish you happy with. If someone is particularly outraged by the concept of being wished a happy holiday with someone else’s religion, its perfect easy to simply state “im Jewish/Christian/Muslim/Atheist.”

In light of the recent shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary, and all the other sad things that happen every day, I think its fair to say that regardless of the means through which it is wished, the well wishing still has an inherent goodness to it, and when has the world ever not needed a bit more of that?

I went on a trip to Cambodia last spring and took this picture on a boat ride down the river at Kampot. It’s beautiful around there, and for the first time ever I actually ran out of space on my camera. I think it was that trip that made me want to take photos. There was just so much color in the most unexpected places. Despite the heat that made me feel like I was melting, I never wanted to leave, and now that I have, I want to go back as soon as possible. 

If anyone is considering a trip soon, go to Cambodia, and if you do, take me with you!!

kangalex:

1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.

2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3. Life is too short not to enjoy it.

4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will.

5. Don’t buy stuff you don’t need.

6. You don’t have to win every argument. Stay…

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