Talk about stellar stuff: http://www.horolezec.cz/gallery.htm

As someone who grew up in about the polar opposite culture, Worcester can be a daunting place. My first few weeks at Clark, I kept trying to meet peoples eye and say hello when I passed them on the street. Boy did I get some ugly looks for that. I learned fast. I don't want to sound like some naive clean-cut corn-eating well-mannered country girl. I've had more than my fair share of experiences living with more than 300 people, mostly teenagers, mostly girls, mostly just out of lock-up, or with pending cases hanging over their heads like anvils. Still, the closed up, mind your own business feel of this place surprises me again and again. That's the feeling I was trying to create when I saw these two girls, what, making flower necklaces? There is a security cam on the TV screen, and they are so cloistered in and unapproachable. It's ironic that they are making necklaces, with a set-up like that, it could be Meth. I took one picture, and the tiny noise of my camera made this girl who was pretty far away jerk around and look menacing, and then glare at me like id just killed her kid or something. Sheesh. I think I got that mean old Worcester feel right on.

I can't help but laugh every time I walk by this place. To me this is, laaa, laaa, raaaawr!

Pink Outfit

Payless Shoes

Enough of that crap. Let me start from the beginning. My name is Maddy Leue. I am from a small town called Ashfield Ma. These are my sisters.
Both were adopted on the same glorious day.
That was years ago. Now Raine is turning Seven. Celebration: Friendly's.

Manly Things

I've been trying to find matches among my photographs, to figure out what interests me thematically. So far, it looks like a lot of trash. But I do also have this thing for portraits. My favorite thing about portraits is that they force us to reverse that little anecdote we learned in preschool about not judging a book by its cover. Hey, that's all you get in a portrait! But most of us do betray a lot about ourselves at face value, and that's what portrait photographers gamble on, so keep it up. These are just photos of boys and men doing manly things. Keep it up guys.

These are also from stART. Alone, I think they are mildly interesting, together, arresting.
For your consideration:
Worcester Youth 1:
Worcester Youth 2:

These pictures are from stART on the street, Worcester's annual art festival. I found the eclectic crowd delightful. There were artsy people, and down-right thugs, and everything in between. It was a really bright day, but I kept ducking into the shade of tents and overhangs, so I battled with finding the right exposure, but I think I found it somewhere in there. These haven't been photoshopped yet, I'll edit the post and replace them when I have finished files.

Clean and hard. Everything just seemed right about this image.
Huh, for some reason I can't get it to post it's true colors, which are much more attractive. I will replace this after photoshopping it; that might look better.

Please just look at this link. I guarantee it will blow your mind. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIFCV2spKtg

Broke a few laws to get this picture, but that's between you, me, and the rest of the internet. Drive in theaters attract me because they reek of outdated American culture. You can practically smell the hair grease and restrained sexuality, even though this one is at least 10 years abandoned. Lots of other great pictures from this shoot, but this one is my favorite for its simplicity. If it's both run-down and beautifully geometrical, well then I want to shoot it. Oh screw it I'll post one more... This one is called grass and straws.