Once again I post about pictures. About feelings and emotions. About life. Real “social” life, not the one you (and I) are used to with facebook, myspace and so on. We’re talking about true stuff. Addiction. Drugs or Love. Something that hit you hard in the face or in the heart. But that’s how life goes… enjoy it, recognize yourself in it, fear it, live it.
Jessica Dimmok – The Ninth Floor
In 2004, anywhere from 20 to 30 young addicts lived on the ninth floor of an elegant narrow building overlooking Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The squatters had turned the sprawling apartment into a dark, desperate and chaotic place.
People hustled, scored, shot and smoked wherever they could. Friends conned each other for their next hit. They slept on piles of clothes on the floor. The power was shut off; the bathroom unusable; the kitchen filled with garbage. Anything of value was sold off.
For nearly three years, Jessica Dimmock followed this crew documenting what happened to them after eviction, how they fought to get clean, sank deeper into addiction, went to jail, started families and struggled to survive.
The story of Dionn and Rachel was so… romantically deranged… and beautiful. You’ve gotta see it through the end of the movie.
Matt and Melissa Eich – Love in first person
One year ago Matt Eich, 20, and Melissa Turk, 19, were typical college students. Then, everything started changing. Matt won the prestigious College Photographer of the Year contest, Melissa found out she was pregnant, they got married and moved from Ohio to Portland, OR, for Matt’s summer internship.
In Love in the First Person, Matt and Melissa, with help from their friends, document their life together as they share their thoughts and fears on the sudden changes in their future. They come to realize that, as Matt says, “Nothing good comes without some sort of struggle,” and that beginning a life together is as much about faith as it is about commitment.
“Nothing good comes without some sort of struggle.” and remember that “true love only comes along once in your life”.
Via mediastorm, one of those URLs you keep in your bookmarks.
