Spring 2008 this photograph VILLAGE CIGARS, sold at the PERSAD Celebrate Life, Celebrate Art auction held at the Carnegie Museum of Art. The first to be auctioned, the bid was fairly low but it still felt good to donate it and the winner was really pleased to get it. It felt exciting to be recognized as Best New Artist that year. You might have seen this image on my website. It marks the spot where we turn right to get to my sister’s place down the block. It’s been there forever. Held together with some duct tape, a little worse for wear,it looks even more ragged these days but my sister helped me get a good angle for this shot suggesting I go across Seventh Avenue. Shot with a Canon 20D, before I upgraded! This is not the original file but a pdf, hence the words at the bottom and the gray frame. Pulling from the archives but not the external hard drives tonight. Friday completes the first full week with students.
Congratulations on the 700th post …… and the first full week with students!! Keep up the good work!!
Now that is a landmark. I look forward to your post every day, so please keep on going.
Congratulations. I look forward to your posts and I find myself looking at “the usual things in life” so much differently. I frequently say to myself, “ow would Ruth photograph this?”.
Happy 700th post Day
Keep them coming! I too look forward to your photos every morning, especially all the fun ones of your beautiful family.
Cheers!! Here’s to many many more!
700 posts!!! That’s wonderful! Congrats and I look forward to viewing your next 700.
CONGRATULATIONS RUTHIE You truly make a difference in so many lives. I love you
This is such a great shot. Congrats on 700!
Ruth, your pics are wonderful but it is the way you navigate this city and your travels that is so interesting and raises my awareness to what is “out there.” Particularly great when I am not able to get up and go. You take me there anyway! You are a public and private service! Love ad gratitude—keep it coming. Lois
“You are a public and private service”- I love that!
Congratulations on 700 posts! This is a great photo! I hope to learn a lot from you.
Congratulations.
I second all the above comments!
Is your Sister readying for “Irene?” Gov. B has declared an “Emergency” !!!
YOu are getting through the last morning of week one RIGHT NOW! 🙂
Ohhh I like this I like this! It makes me open up and dream about living there, and other places 🙂 Love it!!
I think your honor of “Best New Artist of the Year” was more than apt – congratulations on your work being recognized so publicly!
Congrat on 700th! Neat photo.
Looking forward to the next 700!
Wow – 700 posts – congratulations! Quite an acccmplishment!
I showed Zeph this photo & he said;
“Wow, that’s a good picture!”
I agree. 🙂