after buying and setting up my new camera, i announced that i was going to go into the world to see what i could capture.

it turned out to be an extremely interesting day.

a couple of train rides.

several bus rides.

a few encounters.

and lots and lots

to document...

 some interesting faces on the bus.  the #47 from Broadway to Central.

I got off at Dudley.

the bike was standing outside of this convenience store. it looked cool.

very shiny. so i took a photo. the owner walked out and said "i have all copyright rights to that photo."

and so i apolgized and asked him if it was okay.

he laughed.

he thought it was intetesting that someone was taking pictures just for the sake of taking picutres. and he asked me if i wanted to take a picture of him with the bike.

and so i did.

the bike is important to this gentleman.

i think the photo made him happy.

these are from the

Tropical Food store in Dudley Sq.

it has the most colorful mural on the outside. I had always wanted to go in.

 so I finally did.

as i was taking the photo of the hanging peanuts, a store manager approached me and proceded to ask why i was taking pictures. I told him simply and honestly that I just was, because it's what I do. he didn't believe me and kept asking me over and over again why I was there. I was in line, buying a drink, so I couldn't just leave. I finally told him I was taking a photo class. he still didn't believe me. 

he told me to leave.

at Andrew Sq. station, this 9th grader asked me if the U.S. had faught World War II against Japan or China. so we chatted about U.S. history for a minute.

he then asked me if I was a photographer.

I said I simply like to go around and take pictures. he let me take his. he then asked me if people find it weird that i "just go around taking pictures?"

I told him that yes, I'm sure they do.

I decided not to ask him if he thought that people

might find it weird that he asks strangers about the details of WW II.

i did a lot of walking and seeing and for some reason noticed all of the pay phones. and then started thinking about pay phones. and then i realized i could not remember the last time i had used a pay phone.

and it made me kind of sad...