The blog of a Leslie Wong
Giacomo Berlato, member of the professional continental team NIPPO Vini Fantini, on the 18.5 km, 1694 m climb to the Colle Delle Finestre (2178 m) during Stage 20 of the 98th Giro d’Italia. The average slope is 9.2% with a maximum of 14%.
Image frame capture from beIN Sports
In the late 70’s and early 80’s, I worked for Mary Ellen Mark as an assistant for several years. She was one of the most passionate people that I’ve met in my life.
In 1983, she asked me if I wanted help her with a People Magazine cover shoot of Brooke Shields. She said it meant a trip to Israel. I hesitated for about a second and said yes.
You can tell by Brooke’s loving embrace that she and I became close friends, as this photograph attests. No, that’s not what happened.
Photograph by Mary Ellen Mark
Originally published on Findery.com.
I was a fledgling photographer the year of United States Bicentennial. On July 4th, 1976, I photographed Operation Sail, which had 16 tall ships sailing into New York harbor. I sold my first photograph (more correctly, my picture agent, Contact Press Images, sold my first photograph) to the Brazilian magazine, Manchete, which they used as a full page in their OpSail story.
With the funds from the sale of that photograph, I bought a fluegelhorn. I had taken trumpet lessons in grammar school, but when it came down to a bike or a trumpet, I opted for the former.
In 1976, I lived in a brownstone on W. 76th St and as a courtesy to my neighbors, I posted a notice by the mailboxes asking when was the best time for me to practice. Of course, there were a lot of “Never” responses, but someone wrote, “Anytime. It’s nice to have a budding Louis Armstrong in the building.”
Originally published on Findery.com
This used to be a Kwik Way beginning in 1954 and at sometime, it became Giant Burger (though we called it “Quarter Pound”).
