Andrea, Matt & Nat - April 9 - Monday Funday

 

Andrea (left), Matt (center), and Nat (right) were chilling out in the square, enjoying the beautiful afternoon. All of these guys are artistic, Matt, a painter, and Nat, a drawer and painter. I am crushing hard on Andrea, though, because her style is seriously, seriously awesome. Maybe it's her fly hair or her 80s aesthetic, but I dig it all.

I hope everyone had a lovely holiday weekend! I was working, per usual, and neglected the blog for a hot minute. I wholeheartedly promise to continue snapping square people as frequently as possible. Until tomorrow...

Mel - April 1 - Nincompoop

 

Psych! April Fools! Mel is certainly no nincompoop. In fact, she is one of the most intelligent women that I know and had the pleasure of meeting in college. This lovely lady is an alum of The Excelano Project, the flyest spoken word group at UPenn. She weaves beautiful imagery into personal reflections and her performances always beget a refreshingly visceral response. So, she is clearly talented but get this...she's kind and fun too. Thank goodness this gal will be in Philly over the next few weeks as her company has been sorely missed.  If you'd like to read some of her beautiful words, check out her blog here.

Bria & Brittany - March 28 - Create

 

 

 

 

 

 

When I saw Bria (left) and Brittany (right) walk into the square today, I knew I had to take their pictures. Not only are these ladies beautiful but their style is oh so fly. Bria's hair...oh gosh...so sick. Everything she's rocking is cool: her soda tab necklace, the beanie, the shirt and those shoes. I love that Brittany's style is different but equally great. Those kicks are ill, the bandana, the denim, and that Game Boy phone case....damn, these gals have it down.

Did I mention that they are both art students and yesterday decided to create those pins? Check out Brittany rocking one above. They used mini-stretch canvases as the foundation and glued glass onto graphic fabric. Check out their tumblrs to peak into these creative minds! Bria can be found at rebelscausinriots.tumblr.com and Brittany's at olliesodope.tumblr.com.

Creative people never cease to excite, amaze and inspire me.

Jess, Michelle, Tank & Dom - March 27 - Community

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today I met a chill group on my walk home from work through the square. Jess (left) had a fly style and I really liked how she added those fruit pins to her shoes. Check out the drawings by this friendly artist/chef on Facebook. Few can rock the bleached pixie cut but Michelle (middle) certainly did. This beauty was accompanied by her noble dog, Tank, and despite his intimidating name, this pooch was very sweet. Dom (right) was showing some impressive rolling skills when I snapped these pics. He is a graphic design student at Temple and you can check out his work at his soon-to-be-revamped site, www.aptusdesign.com.

PS. After giving these guys my card, they immediately recognized Michelle's boo...remember Josh? With the sick syringe tattoo under his ear from last October? Well he arrived when I was shooting so I got to snag an updated picture. Look at how that beard has grown!

 

The tight-knit Rittenhouse community always blows my mind and I love it so.

Alex, Dave & Earnest - March 22 - Connect

 

 

 

Last Thursday I had the pleasure of reconnecting with a college bud, Alex. We walked the square, chatted about our respective adventures of the past year, and enjoyed the blooming trees. It was a lovely afternoon!

 

 

 

 

Earnest was talking with another square photographer when I asked to snap some pics. I like so many things about this guy's style, from that camera strap to those snazzy shoes to that beautiful camera bag. Earnest is also one of my favorite names. Good work, sir, good work.

 

 

 

Dave's juggling of, not three, but four bowling pins blew me away! But that's not all he can do...Check him out at www.onemansideshow.com and hire him for you next party. Every good shindig should have a fire eater!!