1979-1982 — Geoffrey Biddle

The caption as it ran in GEO: The picture of the enraptured Christ in Joe Colón’s apartment is respectfully decorated with his passes to Golden Gloves tournaments.

1979

The caption as it ran in GEO: Lily Maestre is Cisco’s wife. Their bedroom overlooks East Fourth Street at Avenue D. Boxing has become Lily’s passion, too. Tonight Cisco will fight uptown, and Lily will be at ringside, as usual.

1979

The caption as it ran in GEO: A Hispanic fighter on the Lower East Side is a local celebrity and a considerable hero. In the lobby of his apartment building, on his way to a midwinter match, Cisco [Francisco Maestre] collects the well-wishes of a young neighbor. But tonight Cisco’s career will falter.

1979

The caption as it ran in GEO: Cisco and Lily have three children: Carlos, five; Marcelina, four; and Lillian, three. With a friend, they watch televised fights, using two sets so as to miss nothing. Family life in the four-room apartment is close and warm and easygoing.

1979

Me and Peter in New York City. I have the glazed look I often have after I’ve set up the camera, clicked the self-timer, and scooted around to get in the frame in the spot I’ve laid out for myself.

1979

Mary Ann working in her studio on East Third Street.

1980

This is my drawing of the picture I might have made.

1980

Waiting for a movie to begin in Iquitos, Peru.

1980

La Paz

1980

A photographer in the main square in Cuzco.

1980

The Wedding of Narcissus

1981

Basketball in rural Indiana.

1981

Basketball in West Side, Chicago.

1981

Basketball in West Side, Chicago.

1981

Basketball in West Side, Chicago.

1981

Basketball in rural Indiana.

1981

Basketball in rural Indiana.

1981

Phoenix, AZ

1981

Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, CA.

1981

Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, CA.

1981

Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, CA.

1981

Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, CA.

1981

Otter Creek, MT

1981

Otter Creek, MT

1981

Otter Creek, MT

1981

Otter Creek, MT

1981

In Gillette, WY, for IPC Films. Work at the coal mines ran round the clock, and the bars were open twenty-four hours a day.

1981

Gillette, WY, for IPC Films.

1981

Acapulco

1981

Acapulco

1981

Acapulco

1981

Acapulco

1981

Acapulco

1981

Mary Ann with ceramic modular shapes she’d developed during a residency at the Yaddo Arts Colony.

1981

Fifth Street; from Alphabet City.

1981

From Alphabet City.

1981

Mary Ann

1982

Mary Ann’s and my daughter, Eve, was born on May 13th, 1982.

Eve and Mary Ann.

1982

Eve and Mary Ann.

1982

Mary Ann and Eve.

1982

Mary Ann and Eve.

1982

Ipanema Beach

1982

Ipanema Beach

1982

Ipanema Beach

1982

The melodies by Antônio Carlos Jobim, composer of “The Girl from Ipanema,” are so lovely they’re easily muzaked. When the writer and I arrived for our interview/photo session, he said wryly, “You know my music. You’ve heard it in elevators.”

1982

A partner at Ballard, Spahr, Andrews, and Ingersoll in Philadelphia, PA.

1982

Robert Montgomery Scott, in his office at Ballard, Spahr, Andrews, and Ingersoll in Philadelphia, PA.

1982

My father in his office at Ballard, Spahr, Andrews, and Ingersoll Philadelphia, PA.

1982

Corning, NY

1983

Acapulco

1981

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