Since this is an anonymous photo, I will just say that I have a friend with an alter ego that he calls “Kingface“. Many months ago, this friend volunteered to pose in the buff for me for one of my ongoing projects, but then he moved to Texas and I thought I’d probably see him once every two years or  something, so I was very surprised to run into him a couple of weeks ago and especially to hear him say, “We still need to take that photo.” Well, it was a no-brainer that we had to do it right then and there…and what the F…he had his Kingface get-up with him!

When I say “get-up”, I mean his crown. It’s a very distinctive look. It grows on me a little more each time I see it. Here’s a photo of me from over two years ago shooting Kingface.

Anyway, I LOVE this photo and I love Kingface for posing. And for his fans, he did mention to me that his penis gets a lot bigger.

I have TWO shows coming up this year and I need more nude models. In Sept. Chase Lisbon and I are having a collaborative show and in November I have a solo show at Metro Gallery. Let me know if you want to get nekkid.

In the past few months I have become internet friends with a great guy living in South Korea. His name is Travis Lee Street and he also shoots a lot of Polaroid and has an awesome mustache. Not only that, he’s a super nice guy and I guess I complained to him in too many emails that the Spectra I’ve been using has been crapping out on me in various ways. So the next thing I know is that I’m getting a “new” Polaroid Spectra in the mail courtesy of Mr. Street. What a guy!

I didn’t have the best model in the world to work with…or any in fact, so I used myself. In the shot above, I also used a separate light to fill in some of the back. I obviously need to work on the dynamic qualities of my self-portraits!

The one below with Jarvis looks a little yellow for some reason…maybe the film was sitting out in the heat too long. I’m also trying to give the camera a sultry look…the one that Josh Sisk gives cameras when he eye fucks them…but I can’t do it right. Oh, I should mention that Josh also gave me an old Spectra last year..and that one shit the bed already, but it was great while it lasted.

Jarvis looks so cute in this photo…a rare shot of us together. We noticed tonight that one of his little bottom teeth is about to fall out it’s the one right in the center, a little higher than all the rest.

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It might be said that I’m composing too many of my photos with the subject’s head in the top left corner too often. I don’t even realize that I’m doing it until I see a stack of photos that all have a similar composition. Who gives a shit, so long as the subjects are as great as these ones are.

PONYBOY. I saw this guy during Gay Pride and one of my friends asked why I wasn’t running over to take his photo. I said that he was too obvious and he didn’t strike me as a very interesting subject at all. But when I saw him start acting like a cute little pony I changed my mind. I just wish I had a bag of baby carrots to give him.

MOLLY. I feel like I never saw Molly before in my life until this past fall, now I’m seeing her all the time. I don’t really know much about her, so she’ll have to comment on this entry and enlighten us. I do know that she blogs for Metromix and is curating a show at the Wind-Up Space next month. She will be talking about the show on Maryland Morning (88.1 FM) at 9:40 a.m. on Monday the 7th.

BEAUTIFUL. I met Beautiful on the street during Gay Pride and I don’t know if it was my imagination or we really did have a nice, intimate connection. Or maybe she is just very forthcoming and open with everyone she meets. She came right out and told me she was a working girl and I wanted to be her friend, but she hasn’t called me yet. She’s the only person I’ve ever met named Beautiful.

ED SCHRADER. I ran into Ed at the Ponytail CD release party a couple of weeks ago . He’s one of those people that only knows me as “Defekto”…which is okay. I’d rather he know me as that than Drano or Charo.

I forget who this guy is with Ed, but Ed pointed out that they look the same…like brothers or a twin even. I don’t know Ed well enough to know if he’s bullshitting…it probably is his brother. On his last show he said that he and Emily Rabbit looked similar…so maybe this is a running joke. Who could possibly know.

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This man was so proud to be strutting around Mount Vernon with his impossibly short shorts.

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Baltimore Pride

Chet won the High Heel race again this year. He wore sensible chunky heels. That is key.

Driving in the parade.

I forget what this woman’s name is, but she is some kind of dyke royalty. She sat in the middle of the street, with people circling around her like she was a queen. One of the people around her sounded shocked that I didn’t know her. Maybe if I was a lesbian I would.

There was a sad shortage of drag queens in the parade. What’s up with that Baltimore???

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I met Grace at a 4th of July party six years ago. We had only been in Baltimore for a few weeks and I didn’t know anyone. I was thrilled to meet her because I feel incomplete if I don’t have a trannie friend and there she was, just waiting for me to befriend her. Unfortunately she hated me! When she walked onto the patio that day carrying a big bowl of fruit salad and dressed to the nines in a patriotic red, white and blue pantsuit covered in stars and stripes, I said something that rubbed her the wrong way.

Grace w/ Luke at the Drinkery.

It was something on the lines of “Hello Miss Liberty’s here!” All I got in return was a glare from hell. I tried my hardest to be friendly, but everything came out wrong and she just wanted to strangle me. This went on for years…an entire year would go by before I’d see her again and all she had for me was an “Oh no!”, like I had escaped from a leper colony. But NOW…suddenly we’re friends!

Grace is a Highlandtown Hon, a classic Baltimore personality and mother figure.

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Jason Dove: Man of mystery and wig lover.

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I had a blast shooting Polaroids all night at the Ottobar’s 4th Annual “Pretty In Pink” 80s Prom. City Paper sponsored the event and when they asked me if I wanted to do this again, my only requirement was that I be paid in film. Warning, Jew jokes ahead! CP Superstar, Linda Bernstein (I guess that would be a Star of David) organized this event and managed to come up with a decent amount of film, but since she’s a Jew I had to pay her back for the cost of the film in Polaroid photo sales. We didn’t do it that way the last time I did this party. Anyway, all is good because I love Linda and if I was a Jew I’d probably be cheap too.

The couple of the night: Nila & Craig

I was told that Wilma Martinez was nominated for Prom Queen! I didn’t see the ballot or even get to vote, but I would surely have voted for her since she is the most beautiful woman in all of Baltimore. But the next day after the prom, I went through my bag and found a gift certificate to the Soundgarden for $25, but it was issued to the Prom Queen. I love a little bit of mystery and I won’t think about it beyond this posting.

Matty Metro & Simon

I barely know this woman, but I’m determined to make her my friend. Her name is Jen.

Addicted To Love!
Marishka (right) came in dressed like a Robert Palmer chick and then we saw another one!

Debbie and Matt Walter look so cute in their 80s gear. I don’t know why Matt is so crippled by UK fashion…he should always wear Members Only.

Here’s that Jew whore, Linda.

I want to see him in a cage fight with the lead singer of A Flock of Seagulls.

Get Happy!

Polka dots rock.

Kara with utility plug.

Jen Marsh: The Queen of City Paper

IMPORTANT INSANE UPDATE!!! I just found out that Wilma Martinez actually WON and is the official Pretty in Pink Prom Queen!!! Apparently, this is what happened… 200 or something like that ballots were stolen (just like in Carrie!) and there was no real way to determine the winner. So Craig Boarman announced the nominees and the winner was determined by audience response..and Wilma won! I don’t know if the crowd knew how amazingly glamorous she is or they just went with their gut.

Here’s a classic Polaroid of Wilma.

WILMA MARTINEZ:
THE QUEEN OF THE “PRETTY IN PINK” 80S PROM!!

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Ponytail celebrated the release of their new CD Ice Cream Spiritual last week. I don’t like writing about music because I never know how to explain it and music reviews always sound cliché or pretentious. Let’ just say I know what I like when I hear it and Ponytail is rad. And I never use the word “rad”.

The closeness and affection they have for each other is apparent in these photos and I imagine their music benefits from that. And suddenly “Cuddle Parties” don’t seem all that perverted to me.

PONYTAIL

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Three Polaroid encounters this week…

RENEE. I made her promise not to open bottles with her teeth after I took this photo.

KIM & LIZ. I asked them to sit so straight. Does it work?

JOE

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