Aberration
So I wanted to get my eyes checked. Everything looked flat. As I was walking down the street optometrist’s office door just popped out at me. How could I resist?
Monthly Archives: June 2016
Almost
I took the shot below at night somewhere in Manhattan. I was always looking for interesting subject matter. I came across a piano on the sidewalk. It was partially wrapped in a tarp, a chair was tied to it with rope; the owner (or player) left a sign that said ‘Back in a minute’. I wish […]
Winter, Coney Island
This photograph is from the winter of 1990. I pieced it together from two photographs. It seems a little drab, but I like the isolation, the baseline from which emerge the crowds of summer.
Fireplugs, the Beginning
I came across the following photograph in my archives. I took it in 1988 as I was walking in NYC. Much of the city was fascinating to me but the bright, shiny face plate really caught my attention. That it was a conduit for water made it irresistible, for some reason. I trace my (continuing) series […]
It’s Personal
I don’t know why, but the sign below struck me as funny. I’ve always thought of watermelons as very sociable fruit. They are present at picnics and are constituent parts of fruit salads, ubiquitous at family gatherings. It would be unsettling for someone to sneak off to a remote area of the picnic grounds to munch […]
Moody
I have mixed feelings about the fog. In New York the fog is wonderful, whether you are outside, wandering around in it or looking at it from inside the apartment or coffee shop. It can also be terrifying, such as a fog bank if you are on a boat on the ocean. I’m sure there are […]
Time Lends Context
I was leafing (I mean scrolling) through some old photographs that I took when I used to wander around NYC. There was an incongruity in one of them. The shape seemed familiar, but not in the context of my street photography. The thumbnail size of the picture did not at once, offer much clarification. It was […]
