If Your Life Were a Movie: Special Guest Mark Reay

This is episode 5 of the LUCIMA Podcast series, "If Your Life Were a Movie". Everyone has a story to tell. Human stories about change, transformation and often redemption. Through real life story arcs, our special guests explain how they became who they are today. Join us for an inside look into some amazing stories. As it turns out Mark's life *is* a movie. The Hollywood Reporter writes: "Call it high-functioning homelessness: Mark Reay, a onetime male model who looks like a silver-fox socialite, takes photos of New York fashionistas during the day and sneaks up to a rooftop each night, huddling in a hidden sleeping bag until morning. Showing how he manages to keep his homelessness secret, director Thomas Wirthensohn (a model himself, who met Reay in the '90s and makes his debut here) offers a fascinating look at life in a city where getting by can be a lot more complicated than it seems. His investigation of Reay's psyche is less deep than one might hope for, but the observational material alone is enough to merit attention on the doc circuit — and probably to scare New Yorkers who live with the knowledge that good gigs can vanish in an instant." In this podcast Charles speaks with Mark via Skype as Mark still lives in New York City. The conversation reveals backstories and details about the making of the documentary and Mark answers some tough questions that arose from Charles and Keith's pre-interview discussion. Questions like, "Why don't you have long-term relationships? Why don't you just live with your mother? How many cigarettes do you smoke a day?" If you want an inside look at the inside look of Mark Reay, this is your podcast. If you haven't seen the film, watch Homme Less available on iTunes November 9th! https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/homme-less/id1046669928 References in the podcast: Mark's pictures: http://backstagesideshow.com Ellen Von Unwerth : http://www.ellenvonunwerth.com/ International Center of Photography: http://www.icp.org/ Dazed and Confused: http://www.dazeddigital.com/ The View interview: http://www.hulu.com/watch/829243 Lara Stone: http://models.com/models/Lara-Stone Mark Reay backstage: http://www.markreay.net/id6.html Director Thomas Wirthensohn: http://www.thomaswirthensohn.com/#intro Learn more about Mark and his latest projects here: http://backstagesideshow.com http://www.markreay.net https://www.gofundme.com/atksbuse https://www.facebook.com/mark.reay.148 https://instagram.com/markreay66/ Learn more about Charles and his latest projects here: Website: http://www.lucima.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/charleslucima Facebook: http://facebook.com/charleslucima tumblr: http://lucima.tumblr.com Podcast: http://lucima.podomatic.com Music courtesy of https://www.freesound.org/people/monkeyman535/sounds/326639/