It all began with a conversation:

Birdclaws (speaking softly, slowly and totally out of context): I could steal for you.

Esther (taking it as an originally worded compliment): Thanks.

Birdclaws (clarifying): I work in a costume shop.

Esther (after a short pause): OOOH! I think I SEE. You mean you would literally like to steal for me?

Birdclaws: I hate it there. I have to steal just to stay sane. So I could send you the things that I steal from them. Would you like that?

Esther: It sounds reckless, dishonorourable and criminal. Yes, I think I would like it very much. Will you do it?

Birdclaws: OK. But you should use the things.

Esther: I solemnly promise to use them all unwisely.

And so, here we have it: the first picture featuring stolen goods (a sailor's costume) sent from America, taken on the broken Mamiya Birdclaws left behind in Amsterdam; taken in an empty space as a kind of outdoor reference to all the indoor emptiness this camera has captured in its recent past,

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lake, water, cold, pier, sailor, lifeguard, emptiness, lifebuoy, empty space, nothing to save, stolen costume, post from birdclaws, arctic summer

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