Seated And Slipped

Bat Mitzvah

Moments

Canon S90   Randolph, New Jersey

The first image is of my uncle Julius Shapiro (the senior member of our clan), enjoying an evening of family nachas. The party is for Julia and Elizabeth, the twin daughters of my first cousin Carol and her husband Bob.

Julius is the second of five children of Sidney and Ida Shapiro, my maternal grandparents. My mother Eva can be seen in the bottom image lower right corner, she is the fourth of five children. My aunt Peshie can be found directly to the left of my mother, she is the third of five children. Solomon the oldest was born in Jerusalem and died in Minnesota, from smoking related cancer, as did his father, a lesson to learn. Carol is the daughter of Esther the youngest of the five siblings.

A tradition among Jews at weddings and B/Mitzvahs is to raise the honoree upon a chair and dance around them, singing and clapping, reach for the sky. 

Whoops, this evening one of the girls slipped and hit the floor, something I have never seen happen at such an affair.

I don't do work for hire, no weddings or B/Mitzvahs but I do enjoy a party and I like to get into the crowd with a camera to capture these moments when people let go and dance in the dark.

Shanah Tovah, have a happy, healthy and sweet 5772!!!!

In solidarity,

I protest,

Amahdinejad,

I detest.

He Went To Cape Cod

And All He could Post

Was This Lousy Picture?

Chatham 20110905    Lumix FZ-100

We had a great time, I created 1321 RAW files, shot some video and then drove home in a heavy rain storm, downloaded the files, starting looking, kept shooting on a daily basis and now of all things I am Painting as well. That is Painting with a capital P, after all these years, I finally retire and give up COBOL to return to Painting. Thirty years of COBOL, compiled and still running, every night as I sleep my invisible construct streams as I dream, should I consider it conceptual art or abstract poetry?