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mapgoblin's photostream
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These profiles used to be so easy to write when life was about figuring out who I am. But for now I'm just one of Josie's guides on her life's journey.
Bio:
Born in Bo, Sierra Leone, where my american parents gave me a popular local name. Spent my younger days globe trotting and lying/bribing at borders. Moved to the suburbs ouside of philly when I was 7. Went to college, studied geography, moved to the bowels of NYC(255 Canal St.). Found out what it meant to be cold and lonely in a dark angry city. Fell in love about 45 minutes later. Got married, moved to the suburbs of NJ, made a spirited little one.
Photo bio:
I grew up well documented, with an SLR pointed at me, and that's where I first caught the photobug. I didn't do much with it until college, where I shot for the school paper. I got my first digital camera in 1996, It was a casio with 320 x 240 resolution. I dropped it twice a year later and it died a slow death. My second digital Camera was an Agfa ePhoto 1280 in 1998. I dropped that two years later. In 2001, I got a coolpix 995, and only dropped it once, but it survived. 2003, made the leap to an SLR Digital Rebel. Any idea where this is going? Since an ordinary drop wouldn't kill this camera, I dropped it into a river.
, , , More to come.
and in my day job I make maps. It's a lot like photography that on a good day, you thoughtfully order the world toward simplicty but other times you're just pushing buttons and hoping for the best.
My wife Nicole is wonderful, thanks for the flickr time!
Photos of mapgoblin (1)
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Contacts (687)
Groups (50)
- Roomba Art 81 photos, 306 members
- PeaPod LT by Xtracycle 475 photos, 35 members
- I carried this on my bicycle. 2,995 photos, 507 members
- Xtracycle 3,494 photos, 444 members
- Michigan Football fan photos 20 photos, 6 members
- Starbucks People 88 photos, 52 members
- 365 Days 1,048,609 photos, 21,101 members
- Getty Images Call for Artists 476,682 photos, 79,895 members
- CanonRumors.com 10,334 photos, 1,361 members
- Beans, Beans and Beans 554 photos, 185 members
- LittleMissMatched 46 photos, 12 members
- LoveHelvetica 416 photos, 372 members
- WebOps Visualizations 160 photos, 426 members
- New Jersey Vegan Families 12 photos, 7 members
- suburbanality - White Sale at the Mall 12,501 photos, 1,181 members
- Miracle on the Hudson River 185 photos, 54 members
- Chicago Tribune 12,306 photos, 194 members
- men wearing babies 59 photos, 27 members
- Baby-wearers Unite! Dear Motrin, you're doing it wrong. 39 photos, 22 members
- The Not So Skinny Model 3,317 photos, 2,385 members
- YesWeCarve.com 69 photos, 43 members
- Montessori Education 984 photos, 239 members
- Knight News Challenge 99 photos, 8 members
- Cape Cod and Islands Life 13,856 photos, 1,189 members
- Spinners & Saints 106 photos, 220 members
- NYC Strobist Meets 1,610 photos, 456 members
- How Buildings Learn 23 photos, 7 members
- NJ Strobist Meets 1,467 photos, 335 members
- vegan baking 12,965 photos, 1,633 members
- Om nom nom nom! 2,040 photos, 157 members
- vegan with a vengeance (and friends) 7,531 photos, 1,536 members
- 365 days of food 1,561 photos, 79 members
- Vegetarian Food and Recipes! {ALL WELCOME!} 29,974 photos, 2,929 members
- WNYC Brian Lehrer Photo Pool 1,318 photos, 306 members
- WNYC's Street Shots | Your NYC Photography 36,321 photos, 1,828 members
- EVERYTHING NEW IS BAD 382 photos, 115 members
- Flickr Ideas 0 photos, 10,374 members
- I've Got a Fancy Schmancy Camera But I Shot This With a Phone 9,692 photos, 310 members
- Swing Set 1,447 photos, 811 members
- 52 Weeks 51,099 photos, 5,493 members
- Scary Smart: A Brian Lehrer Show Halloween Contest 69 photos, 69 members
- Anybody Want To Have A NJ Photo Outing? 15,241 photos, 637 members
- Wedding Photography 184,742 photos, 38,017 members
- Newark 3,224 photos, 219 members
- Sexy Kitchen Appliances 174 photos, 107 members
- Infestation du jour 310 photos, 104 members
- Diagram Diaries 2,797 photos, 1,745 members
- Children lost in thought 16,716 photos, 2,181 members
- American Red Cross 2,465 photos, 621 members
- Filter Whores 1,157 photos, 98 members
Testimonials (3)
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bean*mama says:
"Hassan's appearance--whether the arrival of a new photo in his stream or a remark left somewhere in mine--is always a welcome ray of light. Quirky, clever, warm, and moving... this is mapgoblin. He has an incredible eye, and an ability to capture life at its finest, funniest, and most authentic. His daughter, Josie, is lucky to have him as a guide on her life's journey, and we are lucky to be invited to share in these moments he has captured and preserved in photographs along the way."
19th November, 2006
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stephiedee says:
"There are a few streams on my contact list I look forward to seeing updated more than others - Hassan's is one of those streams. His photos are warm, welcoming, relatable and often touched with the humor a lot of photographers seem to be unwilling to embrace."
22nd October, 2006
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sadalit says:
"mapgoblin totally gets the parenting thing. I return to his photostream not only because his daughter is such a beautiful little one, but because he has an eye for showing her in their everyday family life (instead of trying to make her look polished, perfect, and processed as so many parent-photographers do). He captures what life brings him, whether it's his daughter or other subjects, and a lot of the time I feel as if he's showing me scenes from my own life. He's also a really supportive and active Flickr community member, taking the time to relate and reach out to other members, which makes me wish he lived down the street instead of down the coast."
28th August, 2006
- Name:
- Hassan Hodges
- Joined:
- February 2006
- Hometown:
- Willingboro, NJ
- Currently:
- Ann Arbor
- I am:
- Male and Taken
- Occupation:
- used to be Cartographer
- Website:
- Mapgoblin