Graffiti was different back in the 1990s: more textual than graphic. When I lived in Brooklyn I did a lot of walking in my spare time. This walk took me by MacDonald Avenue, Avenue U and other scenic locations. this is a graffitied wall that I came across. I printed shortly after I took the […]
Bryant Park was closed for renovation when I took this shot. I was across the street (34th Street) and I noticed the art deco lettering on the box-like, closed newsstand. I love newsstands, and this is one from my collection of newspaper stand images. The image size is 8×5.25″ matted in a 14×11″ archival black […]
In my wanderings around Manhattan in the 1990s I repeatedly came across a peculiar symbol, a five-pointed star. In today’s example this star was emblazoned on a warehouse door. It is the only non-text symbol present. The other adornments took the form of writing in white. My version of the door consisted of a series […]
The new prints have arrived. A 4×6 print, matted for a 5×7 frame is now available at my Etsy shop.
The Welder is a work of graffiti that directly references the artist. The ‘Moon Man’ has a palette in one hand three paint brushes in the other. Is this a self portrait? The space between the brick columns looks like it could be a stretched canvas. It appears that there was some graffiti scribbles before […]
There were many places to get good bagels in New York City. Where my wife and I lived, it wasn’t a long walk to Ess-a-Bagel. In Yiddish, ‘essen’ means ‘eat’. Therefore ‘Ess a bagel’ means ‘Eat a bagel’. What could be simpler? The bagels were enormous there. So enormous in fact, that a diet expert […]
A new batch of prints arrived. I just posted this at my Etsy shop.
