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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
Book of my Peru images.
I just made this epic tome of my images from Peru. I built it as a book dummy and portfolio piece. Its about 160 pages and is being printed on high quality, Ilford Pearl Lustre paper with archival end pages, an oatmeal colored linen cover with this cool, wrap around cover sheet. You can view it here and even order one though its damn expensive. My concept for the book was to show different vignettes and photo stories from my 9 months of travel in Peru in 2009 and have fun, colorful chapter breaks with grids of various cultural items. Some examples below.
The Brooklyn Museum headless pigeon and his co-hort Hawk 44-A
Was happily startled by this scene the other day walking behind the Brooklyn Museum on the way home. Distracted by museum detritus in a giant dumpster I looked up and was about 15 ft from this sort of “urban” National Geographic scene. Was fascinating. The hawk was pulling the feathers off the neck area of the bird before eating and feathers slowly drifted across the street and into the air. The head was about 30ft away. Cars would drive by getting with-in 6 ft and she held her ground. Thinking of using the tags on her left leg to see if I can identify it thru the tagging system (is there an App for that?) but feel free to yourself and let me know if you get any info on this bad-ass Brooklyn bird.
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.
Harmattan Theatre: Grid Scenes
A fairly tight edit of the recent performance of the Harmattan Theatres new piece, Grid Scenes. All images property of Joshua Kristal © 2011 and the Harmattan Theatre.
My piece in the NYT.
I pitched a story about the methods people use to pick their winning numbers for the lottery awhile back and they liked the idea and hired me to shoot it. I went out with a reporter for the day and drove around hitting bodegas in 4 boroughs. It was really amazing to watch Alan Feuer, the writer, work. The story wasn’t easy as people are cagey about their gambling but he would disarm them in seconds using a lethal mix of a personable persona and rapid fire questions. Photographing was not easy as well and I was left shooting people during their 3 minute interviews with Alan. I think I squeaked out a couple nuggets though but would have to of spent a week, not a day, to make it super photogenic.
Here are some extra images I liked that they left out.
This guy owns a bodega in Crown Heights and sells 99% of his tickets to Lubavitcher Jews and says they always play the address of the Rebbe as their lucky numbers. To show this was Jewish related area and as there were no one buying tickets I tried to use the calling card in the background to give a hint of the location.
I dig the crucifix/scratchy ticket dichotomy here.
At a botanica store in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, a number of items are available that purport to help customers to create winning strategies and/or bring luck for playing the lottery. These books translate the information from the users dreams into their "lucky numbers".
Lucky candles come with individual lucky numbers.
Don Dinero Mr. Money cologne is another.
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.
Blessing of the Car ceremony in the Southern Andes.
Proud owner of a newly blessed car.
In my last trip to Peru I stumbled upon a ceremony where people came to have their vehicles blessed by a priest in the parking lot of a 200 year old church. The priest from the church was going car to car and showering cars, people, engines, tires and grandmas alike with holy water as well as blessings to ensure the people safe travel. The church, located up a mountain from San Salvador in a tiny enclave named Huanca, hosts the ceremony every year and the 200 or so people had driven from all around Southern Peru.
The 200 year old church which hosts the ceremony is an hour East of Cusco, the city in the South of Peru that one goes to before venturing on to Machu Picchu.
Elder Andean women celebrating the ceremony by passing cups of beer.
Firecrackers were ubiquitous in the church parking lot.
The priest of the church bestowed blessings and holy water on the cars, its parts in entirety (engine, interior, tires, etc..) and as well as all of the family members.
In a side building off of the parking lot where candles are lite for prayers or in memorium. (Note the car icons formed in wax in the lower center.)
A couple with their blessed car.
The priest blesses the photographer.
Taxis, personal vehicles and giant trucks were all part of the ceremony. (Note the womans hair tie)
Confetti, holy water and beer were poured onto the engine of this typical taxi of Southern Peru.
Entire families attended the ceremonies. (Note the man in the background at right pouring a beer onto the engine.)
The typical dress of Andean women mixes Andean and Spanish influences.
New Gowanus piece.
Cool story this week for the SouthBrooklynpost.com concerning its superfund status. Got some cool images of the canal and the life around it.
