Boston — Joshua Touster Photography

Boston and the East Coast (1987-2005)

Living in Los Angeles was beginning to play itself out for me. I was getting tired of the constant sunshine, I missed the change of seasons, and I needed to take the next step in my professional photography career. My mother was in the middle of a long illness back in New York, and I felt it important to be closer to both her and to my father, who certainly wasn't getting any younger himself. After five years in California I packed up a rented U-haul, hitched my Plymouth Valiant to the back of it, and drove across the country to begin my new life in Boston Massachusetts.

After settling into my new town, I threw myself headfirst into looking for freelance assignments, and I was hired to teach part time at a number of colleges and universities. To my surprise things were professionally starting to come together for me, and after a while I was actually beginning to make a semi-decent living between teaching photography and shooting photographs.

I started going out with Kathy Brown, and after about six months we moved in together. We rented an apartment on the first floor of a house in Watertown where I turned one of the two bedrooms into a dry darkroom, and to Kathy's continued chagrin, used our kitchen sink to mix chemicals and to develop film.

Because of the energy I was putting into making a living, I put on hold working on any in-depth, time consuming personal photo projects, but as usual I continued to carry my camera and photographed daily, concentrating my lens primarily on close friends and family. It wasn't until 2005, after making the switch from film to digital, that I once again began working on longterm projects.

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#1 Everyday> Boston

Title: Kathy, Woodstock NY
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from 35mm B&W Negative

#2 Everyday> Boston

Title: Miles, Watertown MA
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#3 Everyday> Boston

Title: Christmas Morning, Cliffwalk, Newport RI
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#4 Everyday> Boston

Title: Habitat, Belmont MA
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#5 Everyday> Boston

Title: Kathy M sleeping
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#6 Everyday> Boston

Title: Garage, NYC
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#7 Everyday> Boston

Title: Sharon and Max, Mount Desert Island, ME
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#8 Everyday> Boston

Title: Celeste and Bob, Piseco NY
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#9 Everyday> Boston

Title: Celeste, Piseco NY
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#10 Everyday> Boston

Title: Fenway Park, Boston MA
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#11 Everyday> Boston

Title: Lucy and Kathy, Jeremy’s Shiva, Providence RI
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#12 Everyday> Boston

Title: Lucy, Clark Island ME
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#13 Everyday> Boston

Title: Concord MA
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#14 Everyday> Boston

Title: Alan and Maggie, Providence RI
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#15 Everyday> Boston

Title: Dan and Kathy, Mount Vernon Ohio
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#16 Everyday> Boston

Title: David, Florida
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#17 Everyday> Boston

Title: John and Celeste, Piseco NY
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#18 Everyday> Boston

Title: Esther and Spencer, Providence RI
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#19 Everyday> Boston

Title: Jack Kerouac’s headstone, Lowell MA
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#20 Everyday> Boston

Title: Kathy, Piseco NY
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#20 Everyday> Boston

Title: Alan, Woodstock NY
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#21 Everyday> Boston

Title: Middletown, RI
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#22 Everyday> Boston

Title: Eileen, Charlotte and Isabell, Belmont MA
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#23 Everyday> Boston

Title: Providence RI
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#24 Everyday> Boston

Title: Okra, Watertown MA
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#25 Everyday> Boston

Title: Kathy, Middletown RI
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#26 Everyday> Boston

Title: Birthday Party, Middletown RI
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#27 Everyday> Boston

Title: Clark Island ME
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#28 Everyday> Boston

Title: Kathy blowing a bubble, Boston MA
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#29 Everyday> Boston

Title: Kathy and Dad in the hospital, NYC
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