PASTA+PLAGUE turns 4 today and this piece pretty much sums up its conception as well as my expat (aka white immigrant) M.O. in a country some of y'all romanticize to the point of absurdity lol. Here’s to demystifying places and not treating them like movie sets.

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Remembering this shoot on the west coast from over 5 years ago, with the wonderful Michael Datoli. It was among my last “photoshoots,” done to accompany a piece on depression I wrote for American Slander.

I miss the west coast, I miss the people of the west coast, I miss being brazen with my body (but do not miss being punished for it), It will all return. Shot on black & white film.

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