Abram Shalom Himelstein went all over New Orleans asking people what they think all day but don't say out loud. They wrote their answers on t-shirts and he took pictures of them wearing the shirts.
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"The result is a wonderful photographic poem...Excellent." -- Doug MacCash, Times-Picayune
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Abram Shalom Himelstein is the author of Tales of a Punk Rock nothing and co-founder of New Mouth from the Dirty South. He lives in New Orleans.
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Secret Mental Environment of New Orleans Revealed!,
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This review is from: What the Hell Am I Doing Here?: The 100 T-Shirt Project (Paperback)
This book blew me away. The personal and contemplative writing sets a beautiful tone for the photos. While working as a fifth grade teacher, Abram discovers that his girlfriend is cheating on him. All day long in class, he's teaching grammer, but thinking of his crumbling love life. Soon, he realizes that everyone else is probably just as distracted about something while they are going about their lives all around him as he is about his girlfriend's infidelity. He wishes that everyone's t-shirt said what they were thinking on it so we could all know what's really going on with each other. So, he sets out across New Orleans asking everyone he meets to write their deepest, most secret thoughts on a t-shirt, and then he takes a picture of them wearing the shirt. The pictures give us a glimpse of the touching, scary, hilarious, sometimes idecipherable, and often deeply sad things on peoples' minds as they walk the streets, work their restaurant jobs, sit in class in high school, drink in bars, or play in front of their houses. Every city should be blessed with a portrait this complex and caring. If only every writer could get 100 "people on the street" to open their heads and hearts the way Himelstein has done here. Superb.
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This review is from: What the Hell Am I Doing Here?: The 100 T-Shirt Project (Paperback)
If you like photographs or people, read this book.
If you are curious about what people really think, read this book. It's funny. For Real.
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The punks rented a warehouse in Midcity and named it after a 19th century Polish anarchist pamphlet, so there was an immediate bond with the neighborhood. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ninth Ward, High School, Decatur Street Bars, The New Orleans Fairgrounds, Italian Pie, Liuzza's By the Track, Nowe Miasto, Family Reunion, Mazant Street, Royal Street, Jefferson Avenue New!
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The punks rented a warehouse in Midcity and named it after a 19th century Polish anarchist pamphlet, so there was an immediate bond with the neighborhood. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ninth Ward, High School, Decatur Street Bars, The New Orleans Fairgrounds, Italian Pie, Liuzza's By the Track, Nowe Miasto, Family Reunion, Mazant Street, Royal Street, Jefferson Avenue New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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