4) Arthur- French Anarchist
SCV: How would you introduce yourself ?
Arthur: I am an anarchist, I am a trans-humanist, I am a crazy guy, I am French.
SCV: What is a trans-humanist ?
Arthur: Trans-humanists believe that technological progress is good and would eventually change the nature of mankind, in the future, by merging technology and the human body and mind.
SCV: What are you going to do about that next year ?
Arthur: Well… next year is a little bit too soon. It will need a few more years. Next year I need some money.
5) A man asking for money on 125th Street.
I don’t celebrate holidays, because they are Pagan, they worship the Devil.
Clarissa: What do I want to leave behind…For me it’s hard to leave my past behind…Some times I treat it is as my present, or I even treat it as my future which is really problematic. Selective memory for the negative things, this has to go….
I loved this article!! Whenever I walk around NYC, I’m always curious about what the strangers next to me are thinking or what their stories are. Of course I never have the balls to ask them (especially because I don’t want to be punched in the face because I’m being creepy), but this photo essay totally fed my curiousity! It’s amazing to read about all these people — who would have thought a pedi-cab driver was trying to get a degree in international business in order to get the hell out of here? I demand more photo essays!!