“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” —Nora Ephron -I met this

“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” —Nora Ephron

-I met this woman standing outside of the ICP, waiting for something or someone I assume. I asked her if I could take a photo of her, she smiled, took a long puff of her cigarette and said, “No”. Not in any mean way of sorts. So I said, “how about just your bags and your cigarette hand and your legs?” She asked me “is this for personal work or professional work?” I said” it’s for personal work ma’am, and you look so mysterious, so much larger than life. She looked so very beautiful standing on those steps, back to the wall and the bags by her legs, smoking away, not a care in the world, totally badass she was! For days weeks I couldn’t think of a quote that would do her picture justice. Aside from the words we exhaled here, this very beautiful woman is an enigma to me. I don’t remember what she looked like. And I’m the type of photographer who remembers everything about everything! But I think it’s for the best that I can’t remember this beautiful, larger than life, absolutely stunning, and careless woman who’s been on my mind for a long time! So, ma’am if you see this, and this is you, please, get in touch I would love to meet you again!
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