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Sasha Gordon (Polish/Korean, b. 1998)

Drive Through, 2019

David Luraschi’s new book “Ensemble” published by Loose Joints. 

Nov. 4, 2012. Indian Muslim brides chat as they wait for the start of a mass wedding ceremony in Ahmedabad.

Robert F Marx, Antonio with Linda, 1962.

On September 19, 1962, the Niña II, an authentic replica of the smallest of Columbus’ caravels, set sail for the New World from Spain. It was a daring exploit, for the crew of nine men were determined to go exactly as Columbus had, to find out how mariners of Columbus’ time lived on board their sailing ships. Not only was the ship itself as authentic in design and construction as they could make it, the men also decided they would eat the same kinds of food and navigate with fifteenth-century instruments.

Trouble began almost immediately. Like Columbus, they were harried by delays in sailing. Only days after leaving land much of their food had spoiled, and soon the water supply became so foul they could hardly drink it. The tiny forty-two-foot ship, hit by a hurricane, began to leak. Blown off course, buffeted by storms, or drifting for weeks in the calms of the Sargasso Sea, the Niña II and her crew were almost given up for lost. And then, on Christmas night, ninety-seven days after her departure from Palos, Spain, the Niña II reached Columbus’ land fall, San Salvador…“

Patricia Lauber, Bottle-nosed dolphins and a spotted dolphin, 1962.