Shot this event, a re-union at the Gowanus Houses, on a nice hot Sunday in August.
Category Archives: South Brooklyn Post
Court St. Fair and the old school was out in droves…
Shot the Court St. Fair yesterday for a rushed hour and a half but scored some nuggets and got a good slideshow going at the South Brooklyn Post.
Barber shop in my old hood….
Was strolling down the street minding my own tired ass business after shooting for 3 hours in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn and then a Botanica shop when I spotted this scene. Was on my way to another epic shoot and didn’t want to have to dig out my rig. But I did.
Italian Mortician dream shoot
The permanent backdrop for caskets at an Italian funeral home in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn was more then I could of ever wished for in a portrait setting. I have never, in 16 years of work (give or take…scary), had such a setting present itself. Still wasn’t easy making the shot as it was a dimly light room with low ceilings and a slightly bewildered photographer treading on kinda strange ground..but I got these and walked out into the frigid night air impassioned and thankful.
These black and white shots are from the same story which is featured on the on-line magazine I am working for, The South Brooklyn Post. The story is about the going-ons in a usually insular and secretive Italian social club in Carroll Gardens and the war going on between them and another local club over who gets the usage rights to an religious idol they use in a procession. Here is the link to the story: Van Westerhout Cittadini Molesi Social Club
I got some classic shots in latest South Brooklyn Post piece.
The on-line newspaper I am working with just published a story on an old Italian bakery in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. Some fun shots in the series…
