Images of concert goers from last summer at Prospect Park and Central Park.
Hipsters, Hanger-ons, everyday folk and the like.
Category Archives: Brooklyn
Film images from J’ouvert festival with the HOLGA
The J’ouvert festival recently unloaded itself unto our weary Brooklyn and it now stands firmly, surely, as my favorite annual cultural event. Starting at 3am, its hypnotic, rhythmic procession of steel drums and motor oil covered revelers snake their way down Flatbush to … Continue reading
Portraits from the AfroPunk Fest
“I would see more black people with mohawks than I’d ever seen my entire life. You see people who you thought you were the only one of.” -P.O.S., musician The Afropunk fest, (“The other black experience””) an incredible, progressive event … Continue reading
J’ouvert mon ami.
I had reservations this year. Almost none of the neighbors I hang with go on account that its too dangerous, waking at 3 am is strange and I went last year. J’ouvert, the before dusk until you can’t stand, West Indian folklore … Continue reading
O Sky Garden of Crown Heights…the toil was worth it.
After 3 years of mediocre results gardening in the north-facing, tree-shaded, mosquito breeding ground, old dog-fighting training area junkyard, huge 60×60 ft. (by NYC standards) area we call our backyard, I grudgingly moved plants and soil alike upstairs to the 5th story roof … Continue reading
Outtake from story for NYT Sunday Magazine.
I shot an assignment for the NYTSM on the run up to the Labor Day parade in Crown Heights last year. I shot for 10 hours for one photo for the “What they were Thinking” piece.
Tin-foiled covered kitchens of the Crown Heights Jews.
During the Passover holiday’s of the Jewish religion observant Jews go thru the laborious but important task of cleaning out all and any trace of “Chametz” (or leavened bread) from their home. And they get VERY intense about it as its one of the greatest religious transgressions if one ingests any bread during the holiday (All of this bread business relates to the story of the exodus of the Jews fleeing Egypt with Moses and not having time to wait for their bread to rise so only unleavened bread of “matzoh” can be eating for the entire holiday). I attended a passover seder in a Lubavitch family home whose kitchen was covered in tin-foil so I made my way back a couple of days later and shot in the homes of four families. They cover the bookshelves the entire kitchen cabinets, stove, etc., to make sure any sort of crumb doesn’t mix with their food. At first what I mistook to be some sort of alien radar transmission set up turned out to be yet another modern day incarnation of ancient tradition.
Old Timers Day @ the Gowanus Houses projects
Crown Heights Labor Day/Carnival Parade
Yes, there were at least 3 shootings and innocent folks were killed and yes, its weird when detectives tape off an area and mark bullet casings on the sidewalk as marijuana and jerk chicken scents intermingle and people carry on as if nobody was just shot 10 minutes before in that very spot. But, people keep on keeping on and they surely did this last Carnival weekend. I attended J’ouvert which is a warm up to the main carnival but for many people its the main attraction and is celebrated more then the carnival parade itself. Its more folkloric in nature, starts in the middle of the night, allows all to participate and is a bit more dionysisian in its ritual and practice. I was blown away, for the first time, by steel drum bands. A hypnotic and voracious aural attack fueled by rum, paint, sweat and played on instruments crafted from left over found materials. Lots of car parts found new life as musical instruments. View a video of a steel-drum band in the parade at the end of the post.
4 am
A shooting happened minutes before at the McDonalds pictured.
Shooting leftovers. (Victim was not gravely injured)
loved this painting. Reminded me of Lima, Peru style murals.
Teenagers near my apt at 9:30am.
Liked these juxtapositions. 6pm.
After several shootings during the parade police presence ramped up.
Police helicoptors starting circling at 5 and finally ended at 11pm.
Two men in the lights of a police helicoptor
Crowd dispersal.
In the light of the coptor.
Cute Ass dogs.
