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So it's been a thin few months of skimpy jobs, but finally I got a juicy size job. Although the subject matter isn't that much to my taste or the particular editorial vibe, It was a sizable job that paid well and it challenged me to shoot more conservatively. Not sure if that really is a perk, but the producer was hot (see below). But unfortunately, she hardly spoke a lick of english. She's lucky she has looks. The shoot was of eligible bachelors in Moscow and their hobbies. Some of them didn't have hobbies and just made up some shit to be photographed. Anyway, if you click on this link you will see a selection of the shots I made on this shoot for Marie Claire Russia. http://www.pauleng.com/mc

So in my attempts to make more connections, I decided to help a new friend, Mark Ames, who is the editor of this ex-pat english newspaper called, The Exile. It's kind of a raunchy, crass and sometimes funny-as-shit newspaper. He asked me to come to this "de-branding" party for his newspaper, as they have relaunched the newspaper with a more appealing look (appealing to advertisers). He wanted me to take pics of the event so that he could put them in his paper to bring it up a notch. Well, we'll see what happens but the party was thrown at this swanky lounge on top of the Swissotel over looking Moscow. The close-up is of Paveletskaya area, Pavel meaning Paul.

So I attempted to do a personal portraits series of Russians before (sober) and after (drunk) on this particular eve at a party. What I found out is that there is no such thing as before. There is only after. So here is a sample. And by the way, I thought I was not going to drink so that I could process this shoot with some sort of rigor. But alas, there is no such thing as a sober photographer for drunk subjects. Now if I could only get paid to shoot drunk...

Okay, another Friday at Krisis Janra (as they spell it in Russia in English?????) It was fun, but not as fun as before, but still very okay. So instead, I will show my foot. It hasn't been a common picture at Krisis. (By the way, that's Moscow mud on the shoes. Where it comes from, who knows!?)

*Revision* - I realized I haven't showed any bar whores in a while, so that's my revision. instead of showing my foot, i will show pizda...