Dmitry was a teenage numbers whiz from the Soviet Socialist Republic of Kazakhstan. Korkin not only aced his college entrance exam, but also pointed out errors in the test questions. He is a 31-year-old assistant professor of computer engineering at MU and was nice enough to ride up and down this elevator for about 30 minutes while I made these portraits.
I photographed Mizzou point guard J.T. Tiller for the basketball preview in our winter issue of Mizzou. We are turning the first image into a poster, so I will post as soon as the design is done.
You come on like gangbusters laying it thick
Arboreal sleestack lost in the sticks
It's warm for a witchtrial, don't you agree
Cold are the hands that would ever touch me
You got the energy of a classic creep With sex vibe for miles and shark eyes asleep No intuition, no need to sleuth Poor is the man who would sully my view
A one minute story is all that you are A song undeveloped, beyond the first bar For all of your hustle, what did you win Woe is the man with the cheshire cat grin
You criticize life You criticize pain You criticize situations you’ve never been in But dawn for the dilletants will come soon enough Alright
The panic is leaking through every clear pore Your animus weakened acetylene torch So root for the crucifix on the skull full of rot Alright
I’m in love with the people I’m in love with a saint I’m in love with a soldier from Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore
-Stephen Malkmus
Some of my most real and intimate moments have been with complete strangers. Within minutes of meeting them, they open up their hearts to me. Why doesn't the bagger at the grocery store do this? Why doesn't my boss come up and poor her heart out on my desk? Doesn't anyone have any guts anymore? doesn't anyone have a heart, or a good story? Tonight I'm up thinking about the real people. The stern survivors. The unbelievers who do their best at this thing called life. Tonight, I'm thinking of you, Mike.
