Coney Island Color – Winter 2012
One of the ideas I found myself playing with as I shot these images, was how it was hard to tell the difference between places that were closed for the…
One of the ideas I found myself playing with as I shot these images, was how it was hard to tell the difference between places that were closed for the…
One of my inspirations, or perhaps motivations, for this photo series and project is that Coney Island is changing and much of its physical history is disappearing. In fact, from what I…
So I think I have the next four weeks of posts here all planned out, which is unusual for me. As I've mentioned, if not comprehensively, two weekends ago I…
At this point in my film adventure, it appears that it will be a long time before I can take a good photo except by accident. It happens often enough,…
The deeper I get into film, the more I need to use digital post-processing tools. These pictures could almost have been taken in 1968. I used a plastic Diana…
I've put up numerous images of closed diners on Route 17, but none of functioning Diners. There a a few my family have frequented over the years, but none of…
Way behind and preoccupied this morning, so I'm throwing this out with a quick explanation. Last night I tried scanning film negatives for the first time, and I had a…
This is an underpass in Fort Tryon park, captured on my New Year's morning excursion. I only realized this morning, long after I finished processing it, that although I'm using…
One thing about New York is that because of its size, no single event can take over the entire city. No matter how big something is, there is always a…
This Astoria Water Tower was shot during the Google Plus New York Photowalkers outing in Astoria a few weeks ago. I've shot several more film rolls since then and I'm…
A couple of days ago I announced here that I was starting a new Daily Photo Theme for Google Plus: Plastic Lens Friday. The theme is open to any image taken with…
This is a storefront in either Long Island City or Astoria.* Google Maps street view indicates that it is or was home to a florist, but it appeared closed when we walked…
You would think they had never seen a pizza parlor parlor before. The bikers are on 42nd Street, which I was crossing while walking south down 9th Avenue with Dave DiCello last summer.…