New York | Catarina, Part I

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We’ve shot for a couple of hours, moving around the hotel room, trying out a few ideas, some good, some not so much.

But now, I am on the ginormous bed with you in my stinky socks, rubbing them up against your feet and we’re both laughing hard and finally, the practiced poses and masks fall away, and we are here together.

I click through the film as fast as I can.

Who cares if they are good photos?

I got you for a brief moment.

Catarina, Meatpacking District, New York; Leica MP 0.72, 35mm Summilux, Kodak Tri-X © Doug Kim

Catarina, Meatpacking District, New York; Leica MP 0.72, 35mm Summilux, Kodak Tri-X © Doug Kim

Catarina, Meatpacking District, New York; Leica MP 0.72, 35mm Summilux, Kodak Tri-X © Doug Kim

Catarina, Meatpacking District, New York; Leica MP 0.72, 35mm Summilux, Kodak Tri-X © Doug Kim

Catarina, Meatpacking District, New York; Leica MP 0.72, 35mm Summilux, Kodak Tri-X © Doug Kim

Catarina, Meatpacking District, New York; Leica MP 0.72, 35mm Summilux, Kodak Tri-X © Doug Kim

Catarina, Meatpacking District, New York; Leica MP 0.72, 35mm Summilux, Kodak Tri-X © Doug Kim

Catarina, Meatpacking District, New York; Leica MP 0.72, 35mm Summilux, Kodak Tri-X © Doug Kim

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