Christian

Christian

Christian and I have been friends for a couple of years by now. He used to own "Phoebe's" my favorite coffee shop in Williamsburg. One day we started talking while I had breakfast there and we have been friends ever since. Christian is a musician. Because his dream always had been to own a place where musicians could perform he bough the coffee shop. People were performing but it was tough to make money so unfortunately (for me!) he sold the place a couple of years ago.It took a while for us to get together to do the interview and picture but it took even longer for me to post it. We met in May.Christian and his wonderful girlfriend Stacy invited me over that night and after a fantastic dinner and him playing some songs on the guitar he gave me his interview. Happiness combined with simplicity is what he strives for in life.It was a great last (at least for the moment) interview in NYC and in the United States.

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Faith Bartruff

Faith Bartruff

Faith just sold all she owned and moved with only a few suitcases from LA to the Big Apple. She had a successful career as a fashion designer creating outfits for Beyonce and Nicki Minaj that left her very unfulfilled. One day she realized that nothing she ever had accomplished had ever given her any fulfillment. She came to a breaking point. She says she was crying out to God to change her life, to take away whatever does not make her happy and to create a life that is not only fulfilling to her but would also help others to find fulfillment. Within seconds her life started to change ..... 

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Sarit Chalamish

Sarit Chalamish

I have been friends with Sarit for a few years by now. She used to work with artists and I met her taking pictures at a friends art opening who she worked with. She later on represented my fine art work. Sarit is one of these people that is able to juggle living in NYC, work, being married and being the mother of three beautiful girls. She is originally from Israel and talks in her interview about her meaning of life being first and foremost a mother. She says that she is contemporary in her day to day life but at the same time also very conservative. Being Jewish she mentions how important her faith is to her and talks about symbols in Jewish tradition like the separation of the mundane and the holy by celebrating the Sabbath. She says that her parents gave her an outlook on life that there is a force or power that overseas things and that knowing that this force exist makes her feel that things will be alright and that she hopes to pass on this viewpoint to her children. 

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