Quick Update - Few Recent Frames

Don't have much to say just wanted to share a few photos. Hope you enjoy them.

(Plymouth, MA  10/30/14) Middleweight Mark DeLuca (L) of Whitman connects for a punch on Ryan Davis in the third round at the Monster Brawl at Pilgrim Memorial Hall on Thursday , October 30, 2014.  DeLuca knocked out Davis in the fourth round. Photo by Matthew Healey

(Boston, MA  10/04/14)  Members of the Chaotic Noise Marching Corps of Seattle play during a 'Day of Action' in the campaign to raise the minimum wage in Downtown Crossing on Friday, October 10, 2014.  Photo by Matthew Healey

(Plymouth, MA  10/30/14) Welterweight Danny O'Connor of Framingham celebrates his fourth round knock out of Andrew Farmer at the Monster Brawl at Pilgrim Memorial Hall on Thursday , October 30, 2014.  Photo by Matthew Healey

(Boston, MA 11/28/14) Woman protesting Black Friday in response to the police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, holds a sign in front of the Prudential Center on Friday, November 28, 2014.  Photo by Matthew Healey

(Cambridge, MA 11/28/14) Jack Desmond,(R) who plays the part of Santa Claus at the Camridgeside Galleria, poses for a photo with a group of protesters inside the mall protesting Black Friday in response to the police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, hon Friday, November 28, 2014.  Photo by Matthew Healey

(Boston, MA 11/29/14) Harvard junior forward Evan Cummins (33) dunks on UMass senior center Cady Lalanne in the first half at Lavietes Pavilion on Saturday , November 29, 2014. Harvard defeated the Minutemen 75-73. Photo by Matthew Healey

Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) turns for a handoff in the first quarter against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts on November 23, 2014.  The Patriots defeated the Lions 34-9.  UPI/Matthew Healey

Catch Up - Continued

I'm looking back at the last few months of work and posting them to the blog. I was going to do one frame a day but decided everyone probably prefers a gallery so here it is.  Hope you enjoy and as always comments are welcome!

Boston, MA - Boston Mayoral Candidate Dan Conley pauses for a moment while on a door knocking campaing in West Roxbury on Friday, August 23, 2013.  Photo by Matthew Healey

Boston, MA - Boston Red Sox batter Mike Napoli slides under the glove of Chicago White Sox second baseman Gordon Beckham on a double in the third inning at Fenway Park on Saturday, August 31, 2013. Photo by Matthew Healey

Boston, MA - Natasha Khan aka Bat For Lashes performs at the Boston Calling music festival at City Hall Plaza on Saturday, September 9, 2013.  Photo by Matthew Healey

Boston, MA - James Tavares of Taunton smokes marijuana at the 2013 Boston Freedom Rally on Boston Common on Saturday, September 14, 2013.  Photo by Matthew Healey

Leo Finn (C) sits on the front steps of his home while his four-year-old son Cash Finn (L) plays on a scooter and 10-year-old son Nicholas Finn (R) opens the front door in the village of Buzzards Bay in Bourne, Massachusetts on October 2, 2013.  Leo, who has stage 4 bile duct cancer was going to take part in a clinical trial for a new cancer medication at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, but the trial has been put on hold due to the government shutdown.  Photo by Matthew Healey

Part-time commercial fisherman, Dave Gelfman, who splits his time between Chatham, Massachusetts and Ridgefield, Connecticut, leans in the doorway of his 36-foot day boat "Horse Mackerel" while tied up at the Chatham fish pier after a day of fishing in Chatham, Massachusetts on October 21, 2013.   New EnglandÕs fisherman often have to make room on their boats for unwelcome guests: federally-mandated observers. The passengers keep an eye on the catch to make sure the crew doesn't violate limits on depleted fish stocks.  There is currently a pilot monitoring program underway which replaces the observers with video cameras. Photo by Matthew Healey

The Boston Red Sox bat boy Chris Cundiff carries six balls in his hands before game one of the ALCS between the Detroit Tigers and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on October 12, 2013.    UPI/Matthew Healey

Detroit Tigers runner Prince Fielder (28) is chased down by Boston Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia (39) while third baseman Xander Bogaerts (72) waits at third base after Tigers batter Jhonny Peralta (not pictured ) grounded into a double play in the sixth inning of game six of the ALCS  at Fenway Park in Boston on October 19, 2013.     UPI/Matthew Healey

Boston Red Sox pitcher Koji Uehara celebrates with his teammates after winning the ALCS against the Detroit Tigers  at Fenway Park in Boston on October 19, 2013.     UPI/Matthew Healey

Boston Red Sox DH David Ortiz walks onto the field with a flag draped over his shoulders after the Red Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers to win the ALCS in six games at Fenway Park in Boston on October 19, 2013.     UPI/Matthew Healey

Boston Red Sox left fielder Jonny Gomes celebrates after the Red Sox won the American League Championship after defeating the Detroit Tigers in six games at Fenway Park in Boston on October 19, 2013.  Victorino had a grand slam in the game.  UPI/Matthew Healey

Cranberry harvester Felipe Amparez uses a floating boom to corral ripe cranberries towards an industrial pump at the Bumpus cranberry bog during the fall cranberry harvest for the A.D. Makepeace Company in Carver, Massachusetts on Wednesday, October 2, 2013.  A.D. Makepeace is the world's largest cranberry producer. 

Work in progress

I've been laid up recovering from some surgery for the past three plus weeks and I have been a lazy photographer and haven't shot so much as an instagram photo. Actually that's not true, I did take a few photos of my cats with my pad. I am embarrassed to admit that I have even used my ipad camera but at least it was for cat photos.

I wanted to share two frames from an ongoing series that I started last year. In short the idea is to focus on 'thrift culture'. People that buy and sell used items and all that it entails. My focus so far has been on a few proprietors of junk shops or in one case a junk yard. They usually sell older items, maybe considered antique but if they are antique they have not aged well. Really fun to look around in.

This is Barbara.

She has been getting by selling stuff from her south coast "junky-junk" shop for over twenty years now. Don't let her nickname for the shop fool you, the place has some awesome stuff, you just have to look.  And she doesn't just deal in in antiques and decorative items.  She also buys and sells cars and anything else she can make some money on.

 

Meet Chuck.

His yard in Roxbury isn't open every day, usually just in the warmer weather.  He owns the land and plans on giving it to his son so that he can either sell it or develop it.  In the meantime he sells furniture, appliances, and various other items from the land.  Fascinating guy who used to run a huge furniture store in the area.