Archive for March, 2009
Out and About… Miami, FL
Photo by Ryan
While speed-walking through the Miami airport on my way to Panama, I spotted this guy already sitting in the perfect pose for a tattoo-related photo. He didn’t speak English and, since I’m an American, I only speak English, so we communicated with a succession of grunts and hand gestures combined with much pointing, and after a fairly lengthy game of charades, he realized that I wanted to take his picture. Since he had moved from his already perfect pose in order to play charades with me, I had him reassemble himself and quickly took this shot. And just to clarify, speed-walking, my chosen mode of propelling myself at the time, is something people tend to do in settings like airports, bus stations, or the mall if they’re a senior citizen and it’s ridiculously early in the morning, or the tampon aisle at the grocery store if they’re male and their wife/girlfriend sent them on “an errand”.
Out and About… Panama Viejo, Panama
Photo by Ryan
Panama Viejo, the historic colonial section of Panama City, Panama, was abandoned in 1671 after being sacked by Captain Morgan. Interestingly, although Captain Morgan violated a peace treaty by attacking the city and was arrested and brought to England, he somehow proved that he “didn’t know there was a treaty”, and was instead knighted and became Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. I was in Panama City for my friend Brett’s wedding which was held in the abandoned convent in the background. You may have to look closely, but there is indeed a tattoo in this photo.