YVE FONTILEA

This is where I currently am.

No, that was not a metaphor - I really am seeing miles of green in front of me. This is one of the perks of my job - being outdoors, breathing in fresh air.

This is usually a crazy time of year for me when it comes to my work. Lately I’ve just been playing hardcore catch up - and I’m afraid I’ll be forever behind. Stupid deadlines.

Yesterday was San Francisco’s Brides of March. When I was making my way over to the meeting spot (Tunnel Top), I cut through Union Square, only to find a Free Syria Rally taking place. I immediately thought, “Uh oh, this is part of the Brides of March route…” I continued onwards to the Brides of March’s starting point.

As the Brides made their way towards Union Square, a part of me was hoping that the Free Syria rally would have ended by the time the Brides have arrived. Nope - the rally was still in full swing as this large group of Brides descended upon Union Square. 

I was nervous - I mean really, anything could happen. This could potentially be bad. But something quite beautiful happened: the rallyers mingled with the Brides, and the Brides mingled with the rallyers. And as the Brides posed for a group portrait in the middle of the Square, the Free Syria rallyers cheered them on.

San Francisco, man.

The majority of photographs I took yesterday were on black and white film. But until I develop them, here’s an iPhone/Instagram image for you to enjoy in the meantime.

Today is the first day of December, and it’s during this month that I reflect more on the year as it reaches a close.

Above is my left hand, hooked up to an IV and monitors and stuff. I took this image before I was whisked away to surgery to remove some precancerous cells within me. What followed was a sometimes hellish recovery, but recovered I did, with the sheer knowledge that these cells were removed just before it reached a dangerous and spreadable stage.  Needless to say, I dodged a big bullet.

May 2011 | iPhone | Instagram

A variation of the photo I posted on Little Brown Book. Originally taken with the iPhone’s Hipstamatic app, this version has the Instagram app’s “Gotham” filter applied.

A variation of the photo I posted on http://littlebrownbook.tumblr.com/. Taken with the Hipstamatic app.

iPhone | Hipstamatic | June 2011 | Yve Fontilea