John Curley (that's me) has been Burning since the relatively late date of 2004, and in 2008 I spent the better part of a month on the playa, documenting the building and burning of Black Rock City in words and pictures. I loved it, and I've been doing it ever since.
I was a newspaper person in a previous life, and I spent many years at the San Francisco Chronicle. At the time I left, in 2007, I was the deputy managing editor in charge of Page One and the news sections of the paper. Since then, I've turned a passion for photography into a second career. I shoot for editorial, commercial and private clients. I've also taught a little bit, including two years at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism and a year at San Francisco State University.
I live on the San Mateo coast, just south of San Francisco in California.
Hardly. I drove off the playa last night and there was tons of debris left behind by campers. Not just trash, but half-deconstructed geo-domes – big ones. Couches, bikes, carpets and a bunch of drunk gutter rats roaming around with DPW emblems on their hoodies.
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LOL try turning the camera around.
Get to work, DPW, trash. Pick up that trash. I order you!
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I would not say such things if I were you.
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It’s a good thing you’re not me, then.
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I meant that you shouldn’t call the DPW “trash”. Those people put in weeks and months of their time to help make Burning Man happen. They are going the be out there for more weeks doing Playa Restoration.
Furthermore telling them to “get to work”, makes you sound like you’ve left a big mess of your own for them to clean up.
I, for one, will say “Thank You DPW” for being the before and after of *our* party.
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Lovely
Images….Great Surname!!!
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lovely Images..Amazing people….one Day….
P.S. Love your Surname John!
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Hi ALL
I’m trying to locate a Friend from BM who worked at the landing strip / airport.
He is from Australia, lives in Dubai now working for Royal Family. Very pleasant fellow. name is “Keith” and or AUSHOOK ? We had a blast on the Playa, but alas i cannot read his email address :( Known address was 6:00 & D. I wish so much to fwd many fun pics?
My name is Diane and I was at %;00 & G (Bronners soap freak foamers) where Keith did participate by playing games with the crowds :) Please if anyone has any suggestions as how to find him i would b forever grateful . LOVE
DNASPEN@GMAIL.COM
DIANEFREDRICK3@HOTMAIL.COM
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Exactly…
Turn that camera around , plenty of shit left the DPW did not put there…
Nice try john.
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