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Post number 13408

mathowie — Fri, 28 Dec 2001 13:55:34 -0800

Jorge Colombo has been creating daily portraits of New Yorkers for almost three years straight. While in the past they've tended towards the whimsical, after September 11th, they took on a different tone. [via media nugget]

By: rschram

rschram — Fri, 28 Dec 2001 14:11:22 -0800

Very interesting how he expresses a whole (albeit perhaps stereotypical) personality in such a simple drawing.

By: perplexed

perplexed — Fri, 28 Dec 2001 14:27:21 -0800

I love this. What a great project. I've visited New York a few times, and I've seen more people carrying guitars on their backs than in any other city. Why is that? New York is weird.

By: liam

liam — Fri, 28 Dec 2001 14:35:14 -0800

We have a large number of aspiring rockers in NYC, and we don't have cars to carry our guitars around in. And I don't look weird in that picture, just a little insouciant. You think the shoes are too much?

By: mathowie

mathowie — Fri, 28 Dec 2001 14:36:06 -0800

Jorge explains the process a bit over at OpenLetters.

By: th3ph17

th3ph17 — Fri, 28 Dec 2001 14:56:21 -0800

i have always wondered if Jorge gets stalkers...people hanging around street corners in the east village trying to look interesting. I know when i was in NYC i tried. The world is definately an interesting place if you can ignore the teeming masses and look at people seperately.

By: Mo Nickels

Mo Nickels — Sat, 29 Dec 2001 06:38:51 -0800

Jorge is a pretty cool guy; he was at the apartment for my roommate's Thanksgiving dinner. I gather he's observant and cynical enough not to be persuaded by an individual's overt attempts to be photographed or illustrated. However, there are features in the Times and one of the tabloids that show photographs of people who represent current trends in clothes and style; individuals have been known to campaign and parade in an attempt to be included in those photograph galleries.

By: mstillwell

mstillwell — Sun, 30 Dec 2001 06:05:58 -0800

Fabulous site! Does he really sport this mustache?