The Burning House

Name: Joseph H. Augstein
Age: 27
Location: New York City
Occupation: Creative
Website: augstein design

List:

• semi functioning phone
• the three important pens
• chief moleskin
• 2tb hard drive (photos)
• usa passport
• mostly empty wallet
• keys to my current and former cars 
• seed necklace (his of a his/her set)
• zippo (1 of 3 part roommate set) 
• my favorite love letter
• recording of an interview with my grandmother
• my most trusted camping stove
• the spring break shirt
• 5yr watch
• wedding party watch
• “inherited” watch

Name: Claire Cottrell
Age: 30
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: Filmmaker etc.
Website: http://clairecottrell.com

List:

• My first painting
• My pink parachute silk rabbit
• My uncle’s rolleiflex
• My yashica T4
• The journal I keep now
• The journal I kept as a child
• Slides of my parents’ wedding
• The box my mom’s wedding ring came in. it says orange blossom on the top. 
• My grandmother’s jewelry: 2 rings, a pair of diamond earrings, and a peach cameo necklace that my grandfather had made for her.
• My signed copy of henry roy’s book, SPIRIT. 
• A rare pink book of sophia coppola’s photos from 2003
• A geode from a magical gem shop in paris
• One-of-a-kind handmade pink lace lingerie from odile de changy in paris
• A flower garland from my most recent film

• Book: “Behind the Zines: Self-Publishing Culture“
• Book jacket and a book
• Notebook
• Headphones
• Polaroid camera
• Photo of girlfriend
• “The Impossible“ darkslide
• Drawing tools
• iPad
• Handmade T-shirt by my girlfriend

Name: Brook
Age: 21
Location: Winona Lake, Indiana
Occupation: Student (graphic design)
Website: nothanksihaveabike.tumblr.com

List: 

• Box filled with letters, notes, and other saved things (to remind me I am loved). 
• Headphones and iPod (to keep my mind calm).
• Journals - past and present - (to remind me where I’ve been). 
• Bible( to remind me of what I need).
• Laptop (to save my photos). 
• Quilt made by my great-grandmother, passed to my grandmother, and then to me, (to keep me warm). 
• My keys (to remind me not all is lost).
• My wallet (to be practical).
• Film camera (to remind me of what is tangible).  
• The very camera and lens I used to take this photo (to keep living life).

Name: Rebecca Mooney
Age: 28
Location: Baltimore, MD
Occupation: Librarian
List:

• First copy of The Great Gatsby, purchased in high school
• Journal
• William Shakespeare’s collected works
• Factotum by Charles Bukowski
• Sophie’s Choice by William Styron
• Open City by Teju Cole
• The Tao of Poo by Benjamin Hoff
• Lincoln’s Melancholy by Joshua Shenk
• The Journals of Sylvia Plath
• Current issue Israeli gas mask
• Wood panel image of Henryton Sanitorium
• Harley Davidson T-shirt
• Camera
• Passport
• Red liquor glass inherited from grandmother
• Antique wedding ring, not inherited
• Marriage portrait of great-grandparents
• Jewelry (inherited/friendship/purchased abroad)
• Newspapers dated 9/12/2001
• Portrait of great grand-parents 

Name:Alexis Lutrot
Age: 35
Location: London
Occupation:Adventurer
Website:http://www.flickr.com/photos/thearchitectofallthings/
List:

• Box with presents from my girlfriend
• Olympus mjuII
• Nikon F80+50mm
• Henry Miller, Nexus, to be read again and again
• Rubik’s cube
• Stash box and its contents
• My small notebook
• Laguiole knife
• Zippo lighter
• Souvenir pic I developed
• 2 old rolls of 120 film from my grandfather kept for something special

Name: Frank Park
Age: 25
Location: Masontown, PA
Occupation: Student

• Watches and pelican case
• Sperrys
• Picture of my girlfriend and I
• A knife my father got in Vietnam during the war
• Kershaw pocket knife
• Car keys
• Passport
• Edgar Allan Poe book
• Gattaca
• Both Broken Bells CD’s
• Iphone
• Wooden Nautical box
• Maco Lense
• Sunglasses
• CCCP Architectural photo book
• Headphones
• Octopus mug

Name: Lawrence Garwood
Age: 37
Location: London
Occupation: Creative Director & founder at Picture
Website: www.picture-lt.com

www.lawrencegarwood.com
List:

• Photos
• Hasselbad 
• Leica I and the M8 I took the shot with
• Negatives  - compleatly irreplaceable
• Digital back-ups 
• Mac - to be honest not critical
• Shades
• Ganesh - I’m not religious but I like what he stands for
• Napoleon 3rd 20 Franc gold coin 1856 - a gift from my grandmother
• Records - the first hand full as I’m rushing out. Hopefully since they are at the front of the pile they are my favs
• Watch: Camaro Heuer 1968
• Car keys 
• Passport 
• Moleskin - day book and sketch book
• Lamy pen - have to write
• A bottle of Chateau Lynch Bages 1982

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Name:Irma Collín
Age:35
Location:Oviedo (Asturias)
Occupation:Photographer
Website:www.irmacollin.blogspot.com.es
List: 

• Leica R4
• Love letters (1996-2001)
• Photo of my grandmother
• Amares ( Eduardo Galeano)
• Sketch for a theory of the emotions ( Sartre )
• Moleskine ( Full of trips memories )
• Pregnancy journal
• Sleigh-bells from Mexico

Name: Carolina Seoane
Age: 22
Location: Madrid, Spain
Occupation: Media student
Website: www.nerdgirl90.tumblr.com
List:

• iPhone 4s
• Canon DSLR 1100D 
•    Swatch - Lady Collection 2011
•    KOBO eReader
•    DVD essentials: The Hours (Stephen Daldry, 2002); Magnolia (Paul
•    Thomas Anderson, 1999); An Education (Lone Scherfig, 2009)
•   *The Unbearable Lightness of Being* by Milan Kundera
•    Photostrip
•    Passport (you never know)
•    Moleskine City Notebook - SEATTLE
•    External hardrive
•    iPad (1st Generation)
•    Golden snitch I got at the *Toronto’s Harry Potter Exhibition*
•    Panasonic pink headphones.

Name: Lily Goodspeed
Age: 21
Location: New York + Providence
Occupation: Student at Brown + Amateur radio producer
Website: About.me/lilygoodspeed
List: 

• Pouch with three gold coins from California gold rush c. 1856
• Viewfinder picture of Mom and Grandma
• “Date Book” metal journal on chain c. 1950s
• External hard drive
• Zoom mini audio recorder
• Shared friendship notebook from tenth grade
• Diary from age six through sixteen
• Charm bracelet from Mom
• Diamond necklace from Great-Grandma
• Cameo necklace c. 1862
• Favorite dress
• Black resin statue of Isis
• My glasses

Names: Brendan Fitzgerald & Sierra Bellows
Ages: 28 & 32
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Occupation: Writers
Websites: bmfitzgerald.tumblr.com, sierrabellows.ca
List:

• Our wedding rings, which we can’t wear until September 29

• Passports, for where we’re headed

• My journal from high school, to remember where I’ve been (SB)

• My acoustic guitar, so we can work on our Fleet Foxes cover (BF)

• Our Jenga set. We wrote questions on each piece—“Moment of greatest discomfort?” and “What places feel like home?”—and learned even more about each other

• Zyrtec allergy tablets (BF)

• A box of love letters

• A photo of my grandparents, who used to give each other “Hollywood kisses” in their 80s (SB)

• A photo of my father, which I’ve kept by my bedside since I was 3 (BF)

• Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body, by Armand Marie Leroi (SB)

• Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, by Nick Flynn (BF)

• A strip of photos of us together, being silly at a wedding

• Our computers

Name: Chiyin Ng
Age: 33
Location: Miramar, FL USA
Occupation: Web Developer
List: 

• Wallet
• My grandfather’s Tudor watch
• My cameras (Only one shown)
• iPad and iPhone (used phone to take the picture)
• Glasses (can’t see without them)
• Porky (of course!)

Name: Ana Quiroga
Age: 27
Location: Asturias, Spain
Occupation: Musician / Teacher
Website: http://lascasicasiotone.blogspot.com

List:

• Handmade analog synth
• A cartoon of my friend Jan (he isn´t here any more)
• Cocorosie´s vinyl (limited edition)
• “Pretty Hate Machine”, Nine Inch Nails, Vinyl
• Star Wars toys: Princess Leia and Tie Pilot
• “Le Petit Prince” from my grandmother
• Old picture of my dog and me
• My glasses (aren´t pictured because I can´t see very good without them)

Name: Michele Tetenbaum
Age: 22
Occupation: Set Decorator & Art Assistant
List:

• Teddy
• Watch
• Passport
• Camera
• iPhone
• Scarf
• Wallet
• Headphones
• Nail polish
• Febreeze
• Perfume
• Favorite necklace
• Favorite bracelet
• Pouch
• Moleskin 
• Bag

Name: Ana Erthal
Age: 36
Location: Rio de Janeiro
Occupation: Teacher
Website: www.anaerthal.com.br

List:

• A single letter. A memory forever.

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Name: Skanker
Age:34
Location:Bulgaria
Occupation: graphic designer
Website: luti4u6ki.tumblr.rom

List:

• My old bass Squer Fender
• best sneakers Convers All Stars
• Digital Sony camera 
• Nishika 3d Camera
• External HDD
• Internal DHH
• Some wayfarer sunglasses
• iPhone 
• Victorinox Swiss Army Knife
• Sony headphones 
• Old Russian video game
• Altec mini sound system
• Compass
• Zippo gas lighter
• Rubic cube 
• Griffin PowerMate Controller
• WACOM Intuos 2 A4 tablet
• Box of Cohiba Cigars
• My favourite Moleskine, old Sketchbook & some Supreme stickers
• A set of Eberhard Faber profesional pencils
• Adidas hat
• Some fake Star Wars Imperial credits Guy
• Fawkes mask
• Military ID tag
• Portable ultraviolet lamp
• Headlamp
• International passport 
• Metal knucks
• Hip flask full with Jack 
• My favorite Shumensko beer

Name: Emma Lomell
Age: 15
Location: Oslo, Norway
Occupation: student
Website: flickr.com/shashin-ki
List: 

• My Leica M2 (left camera)
• My Zeiss Ikon Contaflex (right camera)
• My dog
• Two gold necklaces I got when I was born
• Favorite pair of earrings
• A glass earth-globe I bought in Amsterdam
• A wooden babushka I got from my (dead) grandfather
• “Peter” (doll)
• A polaroid picture of my uncle, cousin and myself
• A little carp fish made out of bone, gift from my parents
• Lipstick “box” containing a handmade stamp of my name in japanese, a gift from my father
• Wooden box filled with pretty stones
• My favorite books, The Fault in Our Stars and Looking for Alaska by John Green
• A picture of my (dead) grandfather and I when I was a kid 
• My polaroid Land camera 

Name: Maggie Fox
Age: 40
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Occupation: CEO
Website: www.twitter.com/maggiefox
List:

• Grandmother’s jewelry box
• Brass hairpin
• Box of old family letters (150 years old+)
• Christian Louboutin black patent wedge heels
• iPhone 4S
• My child (not pictured)
• My passport

Name: Gemma Hutton
Age: 32
Location: Bedford, UK
Occupation: Museum Marketing Officer
Website: http://myseum.wordpress.com, http://origamiwizard.tumblr.com
List:

• Glasses. I can’t see without my glasses.
• A good book. I haven’t read this yet, but I’ve been meaning to.
• Origami paper and an origami book. Its good to have a hobby, and this is mine. It can be quite therapeutic which may be useful since my house is burning down. 
• A plant. I always have a plant by my bed. Again, I think its quite therapeutic. I could make my new home anywhere, as long as I had my plant.
• Foxy. The truth is I could probably manage without Foxy, but I’ve had him this long..I don’t think he could manage without me.
• A scarf. Those that know me know that I often where scarves, even at the height of summer. This one is a favourite. My mother knitted it for me and I love the pattern and the colour.
• A cardigan. Another thing my mother knitted for me. I feel the cold, and this is the warmest cosiest thing I own.
• My iphone. I’m sad to say that I couldn’t manage without this, but I think its true. Its got everything on it - family photos, music, books, telephone numbers, email addresses and lots more. I can’t leave it behind.
• Blue suede shoes. These could possibly be left behind. I admit they are not very practical. But I’ve only worn them once and I’m hoping to have the opportunity to wear them a few more times so I wouldn’t like to see them go up in flames.