1000 words

Matt Dunn, originally from the Bronx, NY, lives in Shaw and has been a freelance photographer since June 2000. Matt’s work has been published in the New York Times, Spin Magazine, Mother Jones, Washington City Paper and other publications. He has work on photo projects internationally in Haiti, Cuba, India and Uganda. Matt previously featured a portrait series on PoP called “Tough”, archived entries can be found here.  Disposition is his current portrait series. He writes:

“A person’s disposition is one’s personal temperament, or according to Webster, one’s prevailing tendency, mood, or inclination. I am interested in how does each person I photograph copes with life in DC at the end of the decade, the year 2009. I hope to reveal each individual’s disposition in this series of portraits. This week features portraits from the Tea Party Protest on 9-12-2009.”

I saw this on New Hampshire Ave just south of Georgia. It looks like there was an eviction. But it was gigantic, I couldn’t get all the items in one photo. It nearly stretched the whole block. It’s so sad that things get to this level.

Incidentally there was an article in the San Francisco Chronicle that says:

“Next year, many option ARM payments will begin to readjust, slamming borrowers with dramatically higher monthly mortgage bills. Analysts say that could unleash the next big wave of foreclosures – and home-loan data show that the risky loans were heavily used in the Bay Area.”

Hopefully this doesn’t hit the DC area to hard. Whatever the reason, it is truly heartbreaking to see the scene in the photo above.

Ojo Latino is a series by Néstor Sánchez Cordero. This week features a runway show from the H Street, NE Festival that took place on Saturday. Nestor was unable to get the names of the designers so if anyone went and recalls who they were please leave their names in the comments. Néstor says, “Images are around, the secret is to catch them at the right moment and with the right light…”

Four more beautiful shots after the jump. (more…)

I needed a photo like this after a pretty gray few days. Have a great weekend!

Matt Dunn, originally from the Bronx, NY, lives in Shaw and has been a freelance photographer since June 2000. Matt’s work has been published in the New York Times, Spin Magazine, Mother Jones, Washington City Paper and other publications. He has work on photo projects internationally in Haiti, Cuba, India and Uganda. Matt previously featured a portrait series on PoP called “Tough”, archived entries can be found here.  Disposition is a new portrait series. He writes:

“I have started a new portrait series called “Disposition”. A person’s disposition is one’s personal temperament, or according to Webster, one’s prevailing tendency, mood, or inclination. I am interested in how does each person I photograph copes with life in DC at the end of the decade, the year 2009. I hope to reveal each individual’s disposition in this series of portraits.”

Matt Dunn, originally from the Bronx, NY, lives in Shaw and has been a freelance photographer since June 2000.