Danielle George Where you come from: Connecticut. Where you live now: Single wide trailer, upstate New York. What age you were at the time of the photograph: I was 28. How old you expect to live to be: When the burdens of life outweigh the joy. The scales seem to start tipping wildly between 60-90. What is something that you do that gives you real joy in life? I love to win. What about yourself do you really like? I’m pretty […]
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Robin Pickering Where you come from: Rural Maine Where you live now: Brooklyn, NY What age you were at the time of the photograph: 30 How old you expect to live to be: no idea. anything’s possible. What is something that you do that gives you real joy in life? mostly simple things. a sink of clean dishes. being out in the wild. being held by someone i love when i’m sleepy. playing live shows. swimming. practicing yoga and feeling focussed. […]
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Mary Abrams Where you come from: Mason City, Iowa, USA Where you live now: New York, NY, USA What age you were at the time of the photograph: Just turned 40! How old you expect to live to be: 105 What is something that you do that gives you real joy in life? I MOVE and FEEL and do everything I can to generate more joy and good feeling in myself and others as possible. I LISTEN and BREATHE and laugh and […]
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MARK GANTT Where you come from: STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA Where you live now: LOS ANGELES What age you were at the time of the photograph: 34 How old you expect to live to be: 99 (JUST TO MATCH MOST PEOPLE’S MYSPACE AGE) What do you love most to do in life? I LOVE CREATING; PAINTING, WRITING, PHOTOGRAPHY, ACTING… What about yourself do you really like? THE WILLINGNESS TO LOOK AT MYSELF AND STRIVE TO BE A BETTER PERSON. Have you ever […]
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J. E. Navas Where you come from: Born in Cartagena, a New Yorker by experience. Where you live now: Afghanistan (previously Iraq) What age you were at the time of the photograph: 30? How old you expect to live to be: not too old. Have you ever known anyone who died of AIDS? no Have you ever known anyone who died at a young age? yes What is something that you do that gives you real joy in life? most […]
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Jennifer Wolf Where you come from: Ventura, CA. Where you live now: Venice, CA. What age you were at the time of the photograph: 29 How old you expect to live to be: 99 Have you ever known anyone who died of AIDS? no Have you ever known anyone who died at a young age? What do you consider to be a young age? What is something that you do that gives you real joy in life? My Yoga practice […]
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Dara Freed Where you come from: Manhattan Where you live now: Berkeley, CA (after Brooklyn) Age at the time of the photograph: 32 How old you expect to live to be: somewhere between 60 and 1000 Q: What is something that gives you real joy in life? A: my children…my husband…my dog…my beautiful, wonderful family Q: What about yourself do you really like? A: I like that I feel comfortable enough to live my life the way I want to […]
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Khalil Michael Ghannam Where you come from: Mount of Olives near Jerusalem, what was then the Palestinian side. Moved to the DC area when I was 8. Where you live now: DC by way of Seattle, LA to DC again. What age you were at the time of the photograph: If your thirties were a swimming pool, I was at the deep end. How old you expect to live to be: I remember we started asking ourselves that question when we were kids, […]
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MARK Where you come from: NEARBY JERSEY, SCHOOL IN NEW ORLEANS, BEEN IN NYC LONG ENOUGH TO MISS THE DINKINS YEARS AND THE CLUB ‘AREA’ TOO. Have you ever known anyone who died of AIDS? TOO MANY – MAYOR KOCH YOU HAVE BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS What is something that you do that gives you real joy in life? SOUL MUSIC
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Damaris Webb Where you come from: I was born in Tanzania, but mostly grew up in Portland, Oregon Where you live now: Portland, Oregon, and Brooklyn, NY What age you were at the time of the photograph: 34 (b’day in October) How old you expect to live to be: I’ve actually never thought about this before, but Goldie Hawn does say the at 50 is the new 30, so 100yrs old. What do you love most to do in life? […]
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