My name is David and I like to take picturesTumblr (3.0; @dwaldenum)http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a5091c85b0169c87e4a19ab9b25c1074/tumblr_mm15wb09Od1qzikspo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vicemag.tumblr.com/post/49193202153/in-cuba-tattoo-artists-make-more-than-doctors-and" class="tumblr_blog">vicemag</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><strong>In Cuba, Tattoo Artists Make More than Doctors and Lawyers</strong></p> <p>This year, a 52-year-old politician named Miguel Diaz-Canel was appointed vice president of the ruling Council of State in Cuba, making him a likely future leader of the country. Some Cubans hope he will lead their country into a new era. One reason: while he was governor of Villa Clara province, he sponsored a tattoo festival.</p> <p>Today, when Cuban Americans journey back to their native country for visits, they frequently come bearing gifts for friends and family, ranging from sunglasses to flat-screen televisions. Che Alejandro wants something else: tattoo magazines, ink, and needles. “Right now there are only a few people bringing tattoo supplies to us,” Che Alejandro, who is known as the godfather of the Cuban tattoo scene, told me. “You can’t get a license to import them, so they have to bring little things in luggage and sell them to you. Many times it’s not the best quality.”</p> <p><img alt="" src="http://assets.vice.com/content-images/contentimage/no-slug/318d11d062671020f0fc994e0a6d30fe.jpg"/></p> <p>All the equipment tattoo artists need is either illegal or unavailable in Cuba. Autoclaves, which sterilize tattoo needles, are banned. This has forced tattoo artists to improvise. They fashion makeshift machines from baskets, medical supplies, and pressure cookers. Being a tattoo artist in Cuba is hard. But it makes Che feel that he is expanding space for personal expression in a country where individuality has long been frowned upon. Tattoo supplies are hard to find, so Che has innovated. He draws designs from his skateboard and comic books. He makes his own needles, and when working to complete a larger, more intricate tattoo, he offers big discounts to customers. </p> <p>“We are going too slow,” he said, assessing the pace of change in Cuba. “We need to step up. People die waiting for freedom.”</p> <p><a href="http://www.vice.com/read/in-cuba-tattoo-artists-make-more-than-doctors-and-lawyers?utm_source=vicetumblrus">Continue</a></p></blockquote>http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/49205437898http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/49205437898Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:39:22 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fcd5b5a3ed78efa234f736067027d363/tumblr_mld6gc1PEb1qz4cuyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://links.laughingsquid.com/post/48140013588/le-petit-prince-photo-series-imagines-an-ordinary">laughingsquid</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/le-petit-prince-photo-series-imagines-an-ordinary-life-for-a-boy-with-muscular-dystrophy/">Le Petit Prince, Photo Series Imagines an Ordinary Life for a Boy with Muscular Dystrophy</a></p> </blockquote>http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/48140618732http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/48140618732Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:13:20 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/53395fa0431efa12e6b47eb9b47b3dcf/tumblr_mlcqf8sHO41qio57co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://amnhnyc.tumblr.com/post/48125656422/its-tuesdays-peek-into-the-archives-museum" class="tumblr_blog">amnhnyc</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><span>It’s Tuesday’s peek into the archives! </span><br/><br/><span>Museum staff hang a sperm whale skeleton in the Hall of Ocean Life, 1933. </span><br/><br/><span>For more photos from our archives, explore the <a href="http://bit.ly/12j6VWw">Picturing the Museum collection</a>.</span><br/><br/><span>© AMNH Library/#314142</span></p></blockquote>http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/48133146579http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/48133146579Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:17:47 -0400<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/61478652" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Shady Hawkins plays The Gutter in Williamsburg</p>http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/45056072947http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/45056072947Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:32:00 -0400livemusicpunksurfwilliamsburgbrooklshady hawkinsthe gutter<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7ee3dbc7df9a58ce170636db786bf6dd/tumblr_mi5ysreEP91qbdf2fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Finding Nemo, the human edition</p>http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/43017434015http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/43017434015Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:40:27 -0500snowparkbrooklynprospect parkblizzardnemo<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7e551e8e23a997cb044015492103ea82/tumblr_mi5yozZKt81qbdf2fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Old man puppy</p>http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/43002762535http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/43002762535Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:53:22 -0500puppydogrottweilersnowparkbeardcutedoggydeathmachine<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2df989c55818fed1d8fa664f5d4f88f1/tumblr_mgaekiDa4X1qbdf2fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Flag.</p> <p>Staten Island, NY. November 2012.</p>http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/40028499309http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/40028499309Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:40:04 -0500hurricanesandystaten islandamerica<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bb7f241c4289031fda7841131945440c/tumblr_mgaedyv6Ou1qbdf2fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Occupy Sandy working out of The Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.  The building has since been closed due to a fire.  The church had been a distribution point for Occupy relief efforts.</p>http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/39983465270http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/39983465270Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:15:34 -0500occupysandyhurricanerelief<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1253823a63bc3a97e172826484f81c1b/tumblr_mg6clgqwyn1qb8igbo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8ee58348bc5c3bbeba8fb6e069f839ca/tumblr_mg6clgqwyn1qb8igbo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3e14cb0cf5634cb3fd44586eaa64754e/tumblr_mg6clgqwyn1qb8igbo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5ca7fd86d8ad7c3aacbbc1c99085f6bb/tumblr_mg6clgqwyn1qb8igbo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dd586a96d817efaf9e09e72092c37e9d/tumblr_mg6clgqwyn1qb8igbo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/32f1389b8d23d5bbda9b25b57bccebaa/tumblr_mg6clgqwyn1qb8igbo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2ce770aec53eded72883aaaebba158a1/tumblr_mg6clgqwyn1qb8igbo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/381777cb2dd5c58568efe77d952dfcf8/tumblr_mg6clgqwyn1qb8igbo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://mandreini.tumblr.com/post/39780013691/secret-dead-hearts-show-on-12-27-12-at-the" class="tumblr_blog">mandreini</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>“secret” Dead Hearts show on 12/27/12 at the Funeral Home in Buffalo, NY. </p></blockquote>http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/39781191878http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/39781191878Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:02:07 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ab5fe39362a370247a13c93072a14058/tumblr_mg29pnTCia1qbdf2fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>East New York, Brooklyn, New York City, 2012.</p>http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/39697689956http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/39697689956Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:20:09 -0500povertyghettoclass warnew york citynycbrooklynsocial securityeconomicsdisenfranchise<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/375cbdc7ceb891063ce7d0d186f332de/tumblr_mg29klL8Yx1qbdf2fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Man and Child, New York.</p>http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/39674708971http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/39674708971Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:40:05 -0500ageletting the days go bylifedeathtimegrim<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c426ced28b8c5b9d7a8e9f09168f1b11/tumblr_mfz6ulAF961qbdf2fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>going out, last days.</p> <p>Queens, NYC</p>http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/39607980108http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/39607980108Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:20:19 -0500new yorkqueensbusinessmoneypaint<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5d96dfa2ebec4c720b499458f4a18599/tumblr_mfz6opjUxl1qbdf2fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Fran</p>http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/39584318264http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/39584318264Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:40:26 -0500legswomancomfortfujifilm<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/87a7b07e5050475cabd9c53e823af84b/tumblr_mfz6mqomSZ1qbdf2fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Andrew Kennely </p>http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/39516517444http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/39516517444Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:20:18 -0500skatequarterpipefujifilmskateboardparkairandrew kennely<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4711bd31dcc7a570a552570c0324aab4/tumblr_mfz3a1bJUW1qbdf2fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>wink</p>http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/39492529176http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/39492529176Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:40:09 -0500puppydogcutedoggydeathmachine<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/eefafd8f17e134352c60cd071c7b7595/tumblr_mfz6gsLlGD1qbdf2fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bushwick, New York.</p>http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/39431856285http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/39431856285Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:50:52 -0500brooklynbureligionstreet<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f372bd291457ec8ee6966ea7ff2c42d3/tumblr_mfz11ilV1X1qbdf2fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>From the Williamsburg Bridge.</p>http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/39421600060http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/39421600060Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:53:42 -0500new yorkbrooklyndominoArchitecturefilmfuji<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0cb32f4027f427094d90be1bf9f76d23/tumblr_mfvgvnlwex1qbdf2fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On the beach in Montauk.</p>http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/39264888840http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/39264888840Sun, 30 Dec 2012 20:45:23 -0500lady walk along dat beachmontaukbeachsunsetcheesy<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/983389a077b1ac4089061815549af6ad/tumblr_meqiw9GH2w1qzuqdwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/37581995583http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/37581995583Sun, 09 Dec 2012 16:04:36 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/712b24d6f64e7b29575b1b17c1f95698/tumblr_meoc1c0iHW1qbdf2fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>#crownheights #brooklyn</p>http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/37414819699http://dwaldenum.tumblr.com/post/37414819699Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:44:00 -0500brooklyncrownheights