nashville

So my family and I drove down to Nashville this week since I was off school. It was a terrible 16 hour drive both ways but we stopped along the way and stayed in nasty motels and my mom got drunk and we laughed and made the best of it. It was so so nice to get away from home and forget about school stress but aside from that we really went down so I could go look at Vanderbilt. It's funny because as a New Yorker you think you know a lot about growing up with different cultures and you have a lot of experiences but going to Nashville was like going to a whole new world that I didn't even know existed. It felt like being in another country but it was so exciting and I wanted to eat up every second of it. We stayed in a hotel right off Broadway, which is sort of the times square of Nashville. Definitely not as big but certainly as flashy. We stayed out late and went into bars and listened to every street performer sing or play their instrument. The minute I got there I knew I could see myself living there. Yesterday we went of a tour of Vanderbilt. It has always been one of my top choices for college but after this it is most definitely my number one. I can't even explain how much I loved it. Everything is just perfect for me and what I want and just being there made me feel so hopeful for the future and getting out of my small town. I didn't even know I could fall so in love with a place after only being there a couple of hours. Overall the trip was amazing, gave me a real reason to stay motivated in school (haha) and also gave me an opportunity to take some interesting pictures!
ps. will be posting pictures from my last shoot as soon as I know if I am allowed to!

xx

my muse

riley

pariselona

these are some random pictures from my trip to Paris and Barecolona with liv that I suppose I never saw the beauty in before
ps. I used a bunch of presets I just made to edit all these so if anyone wants them just flickr mail me or email me at marisachafetz@gmail.com :)
xx

the beautiful place off the champs de l'eysee we stayed in for a couple of our nights in Paris


parisian youth in mont-matre


an artist drawing at a cafe in mont-matre


a man eating at a cafe in mont-matre


two girls looking at the city from the view at sacre cour


so much cheese


the best salad i ever ate at the restaurant i somehow instinctively knew how to get to without a map from my last visit


a person crossing the street at the arc de triumph


an old man walking near the louvre




"je pense au jour ou les chevaux ont appris a pleurer" -


a beggar on the champs de l'elysee


me being ~artsy~ in our hotel


a beggar I attempted to be friends with in Barcelona


a man hanging his laundry up in barcelona


a stranger and half of olivia


a homeless woman in bareclona


and again


a young boy on a bike in barcelona


a young girl waiting on line for the bus in barcelona

"Nolite te bastardes carborundorum"

Hi everybody! I know I've been absent from flickr, and this, and well pretty much everything for a very long time. I really should give a long detailed explanation as to why, but instead I am going to put it simply: I needed some time to focus on myself , rather than my photography. It was really important for me to do that. It was never a conscious decision, but it was necessary. Anyway, I did make a conscious decision to return to my photography. I've been so inspired lately, and I've actually been putting it into my studio art, when really I've been itching to pick up a camera again. So I did. And it will stay at my side from now on:) Also, I've lost contact with a lot of you flickr people that I love so dearly, so talk to me! I miss y'all:)