i found you on the corner of santa monica and la cienega.

holy canoli.....i haven't been able to get this taio cruz 'dynamite' situation outta my brain since it hit me on a cali cruise last week. +yes it's terrible on the first listen but too catchy to stop from repeating.....and singing along to..and sharing with other people..and searching the radio constantly for...and generally being embarrassingly jazzed on a top 5 summer anthem....

p.s. check out last weeks new york magazine interview with the pop genius, dr. luke, who's the orchestrator behind this jam, california gurls, and party in the u.s.a.

i've been looking for a decade+2 years

for this freaking amazeballs t-shirt!!! it's from the 70's or early '80's (made for the magazine dynamite that my pops used to work for) worn by almost each of the 5 members of the sturges fam...making it the perfect worn in+soft top i could ever dream for..you'll be seeing it a LOT in the future.

omffg.
so jazzed i can't really contain myself.

+after 6 hours of cleaning out my mom's basement full to the brim of college junk from me+my siblings, this is what made it all completely worth the backpain.

i can't even communicate it, but this kinda does...

the submissions are rollin in, the mega post is coming soon. thank you to all y'all who documented+sent me stuff..this one is by adf..

jazzed is the word to describe my delight...

not one but TWO nominations (for the NYPhoto festival awards) !! "the future of contemporary photography"..woop de woop!
well, my name is misspelled (louis ingalls sturges) in the fine art series category+for some reason my book entry went in under the student category. but details aside, it's a huge honor to have been chosen amongst all these talented photofolk. my fingers are crossed, as one of the awards is a small book run by powerhouse, which would be a dream come true. +i have to say, if i don't win, it'll be aiyght..this alone is a really great step in the very right direction.
what a great week.
xL

a japanese gato is better than a dick in the box.

thanks to claire of gossip topic

¡claro, a que me gusta! puedo más claramente ahora ver

i've been working on the besosyfotos book all day today...it's getting muy bueno. but it may still take a few more edits to get it perfect+affordable for selling..i'm hoping to get a draft finished by the end of the week+send it to print by this weekend..fingers crosssed
anyhoo, in doing all sorts of trekking through my ifoto, i turned up a TON of fotos from madrid, which i never got around to blogging (perhaps you remember, i had to get myself out to new mexico fantastico for weddings immediately upon my return)..so i thought i'd share some with you.

+ yes, this is more wishful thinking about summer. sometimes it's good to look through sunshine filled, short shorts pictures when the sky is grey and dripping...st this point, i am so looking forward to packing my new chanel flats for their maiden voyage to españa......because we just found out that mi senor's hermano will be getting hitched this summer in mallorca (majorca)!! i'm so fucking jazzed-i've always wanted to go to a spanish island:).....

**perhaps, you could come meet us--you know who you are--i'll be there in the middle/end of june..my dream is to spend some time in the basque region, go back to barcelona for a few, see the island, AND get to know madrid better..(a long to do list, as usual)..