Hometown Media New York
Outside the Big Apple Shoe Repair in Mamaroneck, New York, the ripe red symbol of NYC hangs proud. Inside, busy at his workbench, is a living symbol of what lies behind the city's (and, many would say, the country's) greatness: immigrant, craftsman, small business owner, Isidro Frias.
Bending leather to his will involves smelly chemicals, sharp knives, a fair bit of manhandling and hammering. Mr. Frias does his shoe-repair behind a screen, shielding customers from the grind and push and stink of shoe work. Or maybe he's guarding his secrets, as any good magician does.
AND YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW!
What does it mean to be a woman? It seems we've been whittled down to just one dimension, if you believe the "wim-ages" that bombard us from prime time to Times Square. Thanks to Avenue Arts Studio Gallery owner Kelly Mattox and four VCU alumnae for expanding the narrative.
In these fresh takes by Barbara Ames, Anne Savedge, Marsha Polier and Willie Anne Wright, we meet women who haunt and holler, nourish and inspire, dazzle and dare. Here's to the wondrous women in the photographs--and to the equally wondrous women who made their pictures.
Rock on, ladies.
Where & When? Ester Knows.
In these fresh takes by Barbara Ames, Anne Savedge, Marsha Polier and Willie Anne Wright, we meet women who haunt and holler, nourish and inspire, dazzle and dare. Here's to the wondrous women in the photographs--and to the equally wondrous women who made their pictures.
Rock on, ladies.
Where & When? Ester Knows.