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May 21, 2003

Emma's 30th Birthday: Part Two

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andrew e, me, spencer tunick
So, with the party jumping, Andrew Einhorn, Spencer Tunick and I were ready to put our scheming minds into action. Spencer is an artist famous for getting thousands of people to get naked and lie down in public spaces. (Homeboy even had a fancy documentary called Naked States made about him. Ta-dow!)

At some point earlier in the night I asked Spencer (thinking I'd all shock him and shit), "If I can get a bunch of people to get naked, will you do one of your installations in my room?" Without missing a beat, Spence pulled a stack of postcards with his work on them and said "Hand these out and tell everyone that participates that they'll get a print of the shot. We'll shoot at midnight."
sorta famous ˆ andrew e ˆ me ˆ spencer tunick
marisol, me, priscilla, xiomara
Me with Xio, Mari and Pris (note the stack of "Sign up to pose" cards in my hand). Tee-hee-hee.
marisol ˆ me ˆ priscilla ˆ xiomara
me, spencer tunick
C'mon in a get yer noodie pic taken! Don't worry, it's art!
best ˆ thumbs up ˆ me ˆ spencer tunick
Just after midnight, twenty-two brave souls disrobed in my spare bedroom and filed into my room for the shoot. Spencer's brother stood guard at the door - if you weren't participating, you weren't allowed in. At this point I handed off my camera to Andrew to snap some pics...
naked ˆ nsfw
jen dolloff, peter m, sarah l, spencer tunick
Some guy, Sarah, me and Jen and Peter (two of my *gasp* co-workers!).
best ˆ censored ˆ jen dolloff ˆ peter m ˆ sarah l ˆ spencer tunick
emma, jen dolloff, peter m, sarah l, spencer tunick
Andrew managed to snap off over 40 pics with my cam - but it takes so long to black out all the naughty bits that I've only posted a few here.
best ˆ censored ˆ emma ˆ jen dolloff ˆ peter m ˆ sarah l ˆ spencer tunick
Check out the birthday girl in her birthday suit! Wooooo!
spencer tunick
We were all standing and Spencer instructed us all to simultaneously lie down at the same time in "whatever position we fell into."
best ˆ naked ˆ spencer tunick
me
Andrew hands me back my cam. (If you look left of me you'll see I left in one nipple for all you pervs. Sweet!)
camera ˆ naked ˆ me
emma, joey, lorelei
Once Emma got back out of her birthday suit, it was time for birthday doughnuts!
birthday ˆ candles ˆ emma ˆ joey ˆ lorelei
me, nina
me ˆ nina
grant
Grants coldlamp poses have never really been the same since that fateful night at The Hole.
grant
jack d, me, nina, sarah d
When was the last time you saw four natural blonds together? Me and Nina with Sarah & Jack D.
jack d ˆ me ˆ nina ˆ sarah d
emma, grant, lorelei, me
Lo, Grant, Emma (pulling her patented "I'm pretty drunk" face) and me.
emma ˆ grant ˆ lorelei ˆ me
grant, matty matt
Special thanks to my main man Matty Matt for keeping the music going all night. (Yo, this kid's been spinning records at our house parties since all the way back in 1997!)
awkward ˆ best ˆ gang signs ˆ grant ˆ matty matt
emma, me
Emma feigning sobriety while I give my best Jodeci face (which usually means that I'm drunk).
emma ˆ me
Birthday crack!
buttcrack
me, nina
GUN SHOW! After this pic of Nina and I was taken, Josh looked at it and said to Grant, "Whoa, gross. I can't belive you used to hump Brian's sister."
best ˆ gun show ˆ me ˆ nina
grant, jess d, josh, me
Josh, Grant and myself with Jess and her "two friends." (Dennis Crowley said it best in a recent email: "this may be one of the best photos ever snapped with a digicam.")
best ˆ boobs ˆ grant ˆ jess d ˆ josh ˆ me
brian c, emma, mark bibbins, matty matt, me, nina
Matty, Emma, Brian Chambers, Mark Bibbins (aka - The Notorious B.I.B.), Nina and me.
brian c ˆ emma ˆ mark bibbins ˆ matty matt ˆ me ˆ nina
nina
Josh looks pensive while Nina shows her tummy.
nina
joey
If you look in the upper, left corner you can see Lorelei's hand trying to grab the bottle of EarlyTimes away from Joey. I wish I could've recorded her scolding him. (Lorelie: "Joey! Put that down! Stop that!" Joey: "I wasn't really drinking it! I was just pretending to drink it for the photo!")
drink from the bottle ˆ whiskey ˆ joey
brian c, me, victoria lau
Brian C. (former resident of 105 Bowery) and Vic and me (current residents of 105 Bowery).
105 bowery ˆ brian c ˆ me ˆ victoria lau
Around 2am, the party started winding down (cut us some slack, it was a Wednesday!)...
105 bowery ˆ party
jack w
...so we took the remainders on the road to hit the East Village for a little after hours action.
walking ˆ jack w
Jason and a mystery friend!
Avenue C and 3th.
walking
emma
Birthday girl.
walking ˆ emma
lorelei, me
Me and Lorelei (I love this photo).
lorelei ˆ me
emma, jack w, lorelei
Jack Wright finds himself on the business end of two-girl head-scratch.
drunk ˆ emma ˆ jack w ˆ lorelei
emma, lorelei
Emma leaned down laughing and put her hair right into a candle that was lit on the table. I was torn between putting it out (which I did) or firing up the cam and getting a pic of her aflame.
best ˆ hair ˆ laugh ˆ emma ˆ lorelei
There were clumps of hair like this all over the place.
hair ˆ hand
emma, joey
Mmmmm....smells like burning!
emma ˆ joey
When Emma got up to head home, she left a pile of "hair ash" behind.
point
lorelei
Mmmmmmmm! Hair Ash! Happy Birthday, Emma! Can't wait to see what happens next year!
lorelei