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The last of these photos

2011-03-28T21:30:00.005-04:00

I started blogging as a "youngster" on livejournal when blogging first started. I remember looking up html codes for posting hyperlinks, photos, hiding parts of your entires etc etc. These days its all there for you, I like that, I change with the times.

I must note that the thought of not writing personal things on my blog is difficult for me.

What can I say...my blogs are a collection of bits and pieces of my life, mainly my own photographs if not entirely my own photographs. They are personal...they are a documentation of things and people that come in and out of my life. If we know each other in real life, I have most likely asked to photograph you or video you. I have most likely touched your face or your hair, I have most likely been extremely shy with you at first and then barraged you with a camera at some point. I find it difficult to photograph people without touching them in some way..even if it is slight on the hand. I am aware there is a creep factor here but I am going to be bold and say...I pretty much creep out no one.

The instantaneous regurgitation of information isn't me, I do it but I tend to gravitate towards making my own images/information.

As Cara said to me in an email today...photography is the writing of light.

I am no photographer but this is my story.

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2011-03-16T20:46:00.003-04:00

I want summer back, I totally forgot about this photo.

July 4th 2010

I need to take more photos, can I photograph you please?

Machines That Make Us Go

2011-03-08T22:41:00.002-05:00

The last part of the video was from my brief stint in the hospital yesterday. Now I am all patched up(ish) and ready to get back to work!

From my computer anyway.

The iphone videos keep coming...and will continue to do so. Keep on keepin on!

-Wray

Daily Candy

2011-03-08T16:54:00.003-05:00

Ambit featured on Daily Candy

Spring is finally here and so is our new webstore

ambit.bigcartel.com

Happy Valentines Day

2011-02-14T16:45:00.002-05:00

With some Becca!

I am surrounded by Babes always...and apparently couch stains too!

Snow

2011-02-01T18:05:00.001-05:00

Photo by Landon Metz

Skin

2011-01-31T00:58:00.000-05:00

New York/Winter Times

2011-01-29T14:33:00.002-05:00

Times I have been having lately.

I have been making a lot of movies with my iphone these days.

In Keeping with the Theme of Fishtail Braids

2011-01-27T21:51:00.006-05:00

2008 the year I moved here

2011-01-12T23:39:00.005-05:00

I am often reminded of when I first moved to New York City.

These are some of the images from the first few weeks I spent here and of course I long for that pretty studio on Bergen. Times I spent reading on the firescape with my bandaid toes. Rowing with Amber and Kate in Central park and cooking for people in the heat, all smiles. I look forward to the lovely days ahead and hopefully more photography evidence. It appears that 2010 has offered left me with little documentation.

MerryChristmasHappyNewYear

2011-01-06T00:02:00.002-05:00

I think I have spring fever in the winter!

Birthday

2010-12-24T18:00:00.002-05:00

I have finally turned my favorite age, 27.

I am in my favorite place.

New York----->San Francisco

oh yeah, I made a video

Connecticut

2010-12-16T13:20:00.003-05:00

I still really love this video that Hannah made of us when we went to CT last easter. This was where I had my fishtail braids done (pictured above)

highlights of this video include

*me creepily swinging with sunglasses

*wild turkeys roaming around

*my mothers weird skull salt and pepper shakers, which I hope to someday inherit

enjoy...and thanks Hannah for documenting lyfee

Top 8 Celebrities I have been fascinated with at some point

2010-12-08T23:18:00.006-05:00

and have researched extensively... here it goes

1. Edna St Vincent Millay.....One of my favorite celebrities of all time. I started researching her heavily because St Vincent recommended Savage Beauty, her biography...not the best written book of all time but the most moving connecting story I have ever read. I am pretty positive she is the best poet ever. I am still trying to find audio clips of her reading poetry on the radio.

2. Dolly Parton....I am Dolly crazy. I have watched countless interviews with her, listening to her cute adorable laugh. Not to mention, listening to countless songs. This woman doesn't seem to have a mean bone in her body. My favorite part about her is that she started writing her own music with instruments she made herself and she doesn't actually know any guitar chords but makes them up herself. Her laugh her laugh her laugh soooo adorable

3. Frida Kahlo, what can I say. Her paintings I mean ya. Like Edna St Vincent Millay, her proclivity towards both men and women at the time period fascinates me. I am pretty sure that both Edna St Vincent Millay and Frida had more lovers than I will ever have in my life..both men and women oh and I aspire (aspired) As far as a sexual revolution of sorts these two celebrities actually influenced my young 20's mind very very much.

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4. Edie Sedgwick...I started researching her after netflix accidently sent me "Cio Manhattan" most likely the worst/confusing movie ever..I loved it. Also Factory Girl so good. I am pretty sure I have seen every picture of her known to man as well as watched every single clip of her.

5. Marianne Faithfull... Oh man, Marianne Faithfull one of the most babely people ever ever. There is no story behind why I am into her other than the fact that I have a huge affinity for folk music..who doesnt? If you ever want to fall in love via the internet watch "as tears go by" sung by Marianne Faithfull on youtube..better yet here..

I would just about die to be able to find the sexy tapes of her and Mick Jaggar, still looking...

6. Charles Manson..this was during my cult researching phase I went through in San Francisco. Specifically I am fascinated by the Children of God. Anyway mass murders and suicides?? cult culture woah. He is one scary dood.

7. June Carter/Johnny Cash...I normally am not into celeb couples but I cant decide who is more interesting/talented/amazing June Carter or Johnny Cash. Cash's crash and burn lifestyle like most celebrities is of course interesting but even more so its the way he wrote his songs/ sung them. Man do I have a soft spot for country/folk

8. Kim Weston...Most likely one of the most underrated Soul Singers in history...her voice is so flippppingly good and amazing. She was found the way I find all Soul artists I am obsessed with...research...soulnights dancing dancing dancing...I wish I could have Irma Thomas, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Sam Cooke, the Marvellettes alll of them sing to me every night.

I wish Maggie Chascarillo counted but alas she is a comic book character.

There are others oh there are but I thought I would share these for now.....

nowww to get back to reserching objectum sexuals...you know that lady that married the Eiffell Tower?

it took me a while to do this post because I started researching them all again!

-Wray

Its right about now

2010-12-04T14:38:00.002-05:00

That I miss the warm weather.

This is what is on my mind as of late.

feeling strong, depth, connection, wet, lots of energy! touching things that are no longer there, skin, eyes, lips, right now, dia beacon, records, exploring, clean, relief, sleep, paul simon, obejectum sexuals, burning tea pots, exorcising, reaching out, retracting, opening up, smile, simplicity

for now..

You can be a part of Ambit too! Through Kickstarter

2010-12-03T13:25:00.002-05:00

Dearest friends,

Instead of giving me a gift for my birthday this year it would be awesome if you donated to our kickstarter!!

It would mean the world to me.

Love you all!!

-Wray

-Wray

Found Letter

2010-11-28T20:41:00.002-05:00

Found at the Knockout in San Francisco my favorite bar of all time.

Sometimes a bar is a perfect place to get those thoughts down on paper...I mean hey, we are all trying to work stuff out huh?

If I were her I would just hand this to him and walk away.

Sam Cooke

2010-11-23T00:45:00.003-05:00

cut your vacation short...

http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/DY/I_Need_You_Now_-_Sam_Cooke___the_Soul_Stirrers.mp3

I <3 Sam Cooke and this song. There are rare times when this song becomes all of me.

I am sort of missing my bangs

2010-11-20T19:23:00.002-05:00

almost every day of forehead exposure I find my hand creeping around for the scissors, its only the thought of growing them out again that keeps me from the inevitable.

1 year strong...more creative ways to keep my forehead covered are needed.

neurotic? me? noo.....

Lyfffe

2010-10-20T13:57:00.002-04:00

I just finished the last season of Skins. I need a breath of fresh air for sure. I find myself listening to dance remixes...oh man Skins, you have turned me british.

I havn't taken any recent photos of what I look like these days. Somehow its gotten into my head that I look older. Maybe I am growing into a non child looking person now! hoora!

To all my friends that are going through hard times cancer, deaths, violence, general sadness I love you, people can really be amazing, no matter where I am or what I am doing I am never ever alone. I am ready for smiles and happiness now.

Also! I am excited for fall for once. Usually, I cringe at trying to dress myself in many layers of mismatched confusion. Somewhere out of the blue I am grabbing at things that match and look ok together. I want to wear these mustard colored pants everyday and am obsessed with the idea of adorning myself in chunky knits. I am well aware at 5'2 I may get lost inside large knits but maybe thats ok with me. See you all when the leaves turn!

SHOOT no 2

2010-10-19T18:04:00.003-04:00

check out our blog

http://sharingambit.blogspot.com/

We did it!!!!

2010-09-26T13:05:00.003-04:00

For those of you that don't know me personally, My name is Wray, a lot of you know me from livejournal. I live in Brooklyn New York, I moved here from San Francisco, CA about 2 and some years ago. I have been busting my ass for sometime now bouncing back and forth from one job to the next in the busy New York City world. After working for stressed out "Fashion Women" My partner and I decided to create our own Company called Ambit which we run purely on good vibes and hard work. I am my own boss and I like it. Long gone are the days of professionally fixing other peoples problems now I have got my own and they are fun problems.

Thank you to all of those who have helped us along the way, we couldn't have done it without you! Also thank you for putting up with me being an absent friend, girlfriend, coworker, daughter, grandaughter. This is going to be an amazing journey from here on out

-Wray

http://sharingambit.blogspot.com/

http://www.ambitnyc.net/

2010-09-25T18:08:00.001-04:00

EL GUINCHO | Bombay from MGdM | Marc Gómez del Moral on Vimeo.

Gretchen

2010-09-02T13:23:00.003-04:00

As usual lots of pictures exist in my apartment Babeisland where Kate and I reside. I tend to not leave it sometimes. We recently had a meeting of the livejournal friends. Gretchen came to New York City and she was more than I had ever imagined. For those of you who don't know I am a livejournal nerd, I started off blogging when that was the only blog to exist on the internet. Yearsss later I actually hang out with these people in person which is kinda nutty but great.

Gretchen is http://zoetica.livejournal.com/ and Kate is http://en-anatomie.livejournal.com/profile

En-Anatomie is how I first came to know kate, one of her many livejournal profiles as she is known for also have one of many flickers as well. You might say that I have now met all of the people I have wanted to meet, staring at their pictures, head cocked and desiring a meeting at 19 years old.

this is what happened when we met....

Do I hang out with babes 24/7 or what?

I guess thats why they call this place babeisland.

Needless to say, I have a trip to Ohio in my future!

-Wray

Kodak 1922 Kodachrome Film Test

2010-08-27T11:43:00.000-04:00

Love this!

Pure Heaven

2010-05-25T18:16:00.003-04:00

If Northern Soul was embodied into a man or a woman I would have passionate loveytimes with them.

	Shirley Ellis - The Nitty Gritty .mp3

	Found at bee mp3 search engine

Or maybe I could just go back in time and marry Shirley Ellis. Please god let me win this 45 on ebay.

-Wray

Friends: Ethan Cook

2010-05-21T13:28:00.006-04:00

I was thinking the other day about how many friends I have who are very talented. As someone who is trying to start magic (aka LLC) in a troubled economy, I recognize and appreciate all the people around me who are doing similar things. Maybe 15 years ago we would all live in the East Village and we would be making thousands of dollars but we live in Brooklyn and life in Brooklyn is more than lovely at times despite consistent brokeness, well for me at least.

Ethan Cook a recent friend, is an amazing painter who lives out of Williamsburg Brooklyn. I had the opportunity to travel over to his studio again and shoot his paintings. Once inside his building I found myself walking down a corridor with low light and a black letter board on the wall that people had spelled curious things on.

Inside his studio is pleasant and very eclectic in a strangely organized way. Looking around I noticed a bed in the corner and many lightbulbs hanging from the ceiling. Not to mention, various works in progress and completed works hanging from the ceiling as well. Some of the methods Ethan employs to produce his paintings are dripping paint and various media from the ceiling onto canvas. To do this he has come up with several rigged devices in order to control paint flow/dripping. Its all very out of my realm and interesting. As someone who appreciates minimalism and patterns I am definitely a fan. I even got a cool tie die bag out of the whole thing (that I carry around everywhere). <3 Ethan!

check him out http://EthanFieldingCook.com/
ah I almost forgot and we made one of the most delicious videos together whilst trying to upload the photos onto my compy.

-Wray

Ambit

2010-05-06T17:32:00.004-04:00

Those of you who know me may or may not know I am Part of Ambit along with my Partner Amber Jimenez. We are a new clothing company and make things to tickle your eyeballs (in a good way ; ) . Our following is small but growing.

Check us out and tell you and yours! We ad all that follow.

more pics at http://sharingambit.blogspot.com/

spread the love!

-Wray

Spring Flings Flights Fancy

2010-05-05T18:43:00.005-04:00

Life is good in and out of the city

The Launch of Ambit

2010-03-13T16:18:00.008-05:00

The launch of Ambit is here!

Hello from Boston!

-Wray

pretty horses

2010-02-09T00:12:00.001-05:00

This photo made my night...Horses in spandex, I never knew they could be so pretty.

photo by Michelle Kathleen Anderson

HAIR

2010-01-19T01:43:00.002-05:00

Over the years I have had many a friend with pretty hair. I am a bit obsessed with hair and like to look at it and touch it. If you have long hair and I know you chances are I have studied your hair.

Here are my dear friends my photos, myself and general hair...the wilder the better.

-Wray

pretty hats and the cold

2009-12-26T18:54:00.005-05:00

This winter is time for hats and pretty things and being locked inside

like hats, these are some of ours

you can buy them here ;)

from Vintage Lingerie to Modern Lingerie

2009-11-23T19:20:00.012-05:00

Those of you that know me know that I am obsessed with pretty Lingerie, from the time I was a little girl sneaking it to my moms room and playing with her clothing to studying in France where there are lingerie shops on every corner, just about as frequent as there are coffee shops here in New York City.

I, like a few of my friends, have a collection of pretty vintage slips as well as chiffon one pieces from the 1930's.

Recently I was in Colorado vintage shopping and got a chance to pick up a few pretty Lingerie pieces as well as old silk and nylon stockings. mmm Heaven. Since living in New York I had the lovely opportunity to apprentice with Miss Jean Yu, an amazing Lingerie Designer who's Lingerie is going in the direction of the future.

here are some of the things I picked up in CO

I love the way things used to be made, especially hand worked threaded seams.

This is a chiffon jumper, I love the detail at the top

My Favorite new website to buy Lingerie is

journelle

They have the prettiest things, from designers that I like, such as Elle Mac Pherson, Stelle McCartney etc.

My Favorite bra right now is this is

underwear being

and of Course Jean Yu and her Made to Measure lingerie, slips, and dresses.

Jean Yu

In a closing statement, what New York really needs is good Lingerie store, one that carries all the best lingerie from France, Italy, etc.

The closest I could come in finding one was when I lived in San Francisco and used to shop at Alla Prima Lingerie in Hayes Valley.

My Dearest Friends

2009-11-21T17:14:00.002-05:00

I would like to take the time to express my love for beautiful things and my lovely friends who make them.

I was so happy to finally Meet Aimee Brodeur in person. We had spoken several times via the internet (my usual way of communicating) and finally we met at an artist studio space in Brooklyn. She requested my presence along with Hannah, Landon and several others to do a nudie photoshoot. I grabbed my Kate and headed off. The photoshoot took place and was the most lovely and comfy experience.

Here are a couple photos of mine and the last ones are Aimees.

-photo by Aimee Brodeur

-photo by Aimee Brodeur

Last but not least, all of us together

-photo by Aimee Brodeur