I am able to carry my camera, point and shoot, but in many ways I am still approaching this community from the periphery.
I’m going to change my tactics. I think I am going to follow the path of Nancy Kilpatrick, author of The Goth Bible published by St. Martin’s Press. Says Nancy in her foreword:
“I sent questions out into the void. In this case the void is virtual and has a name: the Internet. I announced my intentions to every goth newgroup and chatroom I could find, sent word to upcoming conventions and Web sites, requesting that anybody who wanted to talk to me about being goth, well, I’d listen.”
There’s enough of a scene in New York City to generate some responses. I’ll take to the internet to see what happens.
Did you follow through and if so, have you gotten any responses yet? The internet sounds like a fine idea but I wouldn’t give up yet on trying to converse with some of them. What about arriving before the action gets so intense and trying to engage in conversation. Perhaps it’s false assumption but I would think that people who are so exhibitionistic might have stories to tell and might actually be willing to share them. Your interest might spur them on. By the way, the posters are very evocative.
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