Sports Illustrated : The Hero Who Vanished

This week's issue of Sports Illustrated features a story on Joe Gaetjens -- the Haitian soccer player who scored the winning goal for the U.S. in the 1950 World Cup final against England. Gaetjens was murdered by the Tonton Macoutes in 1964, but while Josh and I were in Port-au-Prince we tracked down his sister and cousin (and visited what remains of the prison where he once was held). Scans of the full story with Josh's reporting and my photos are posted here and the story (text-only) is up at SI.com here.

Haiti

Haiti, B&W

Port-au-Prince

Tavern On The Green

Spent a couple hours in Tavern On The Green just before all of the Baccarat chandeliers and Tiffanys lamps were auctioned off. Above, an array of tablecloths up for sale.



Empty walk-in freezer.



Overflow China for the auction -- place settings were being sold in sets of eight.



The employee break room.



One of the kitchens.

The Worst Thing About This Photo

...is not the fact that Michael Cera is appearing on Jersey Shore -- it's the fact that he's wearing a button-down shirt made out of my school plaid. I had to wear a skirt made out of that print for ten years, please spare me.



H/T Gawker: In Defense of Jersey Shore: Trashy for Trashy's Sake

Story Time With Mayor Giuliani

Puff Daddy / P. Diddy / Sean Combs / Etc.

The Future of Photography

A writer knows how to write and a composer knows theory of music so that they can extend their arts beyond purely technical elements. But in the future the technique of photography will be so simplified and so widely taught and understood that the illiterate per son will be the one who is not a photographer.

-- László Moholy-Nagy, The Future of Photography, 1944

Best. Craigslist. Post. Ever.

1500 live ladybugs, accidently bought while drunk, feels bad. (park slope)
Date: 2009-12-05, 3:34PM EST
Reply to: sale-av7vk-1496543734@craigslist.org

So, after consuming pot brownies and getting a little too drunk on thanksgiving a friend and i decided to buy 1500 live ladybugs from amazon, which was a great idea until they came in the mail. Now they're sitting on my windowsill and I have nothing to really do with them. If i set them free they'll die in this weather, if I leave them on my windowsill they'll die.

So, if you have a greenhouse or some kind of animals to feed them to it'd be awesome. I don't want to ruin 1500 lives.

Email me and tell me what your'e gonna do with them, and if you can come pick them up. And they're yours.

* Location: park slope
* it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests