Its All Here

Just about every classic architectural New York City feature is composed in this photo. Taken on Nassau Street, near Fulton in Lower Manhattan.

Yellow Means Hurry

The Brooklyn Bridge gets all the glory, but the Manhattan Bridge gets to be the subject of my photographs.

One WTC, Going Up

The current progress of One World Trade Center as of late-December, 2011.

Coney Island Skyline

Taken from the Steeplechase Pier…

Sexiness on the East River

Taken under the FDR, near the South Street Seaport in Lower Manhattan...

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Holiday Greetings from the South Street Seaport

Taken from the corner of Pearl and Fulton Street, in one of the oldest and most preserved historic districts in New York City.

Its Sexy…

Time has been a commodity that has been in short supply as of late, so in response to this, many of my photographs have been taken in my own neighborhood.  This shot is no exception.

Taken near De Kalb in the Bedford Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn.

Gotcha

Anyone familiar with this blog probably knows that candid shots don't make regular appearances. I have trouble being discreet in just about everything I do and lets not even discuss my timing, but I do like the way this one came out. Taken in my neighborhood in Brooklyn.

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Near the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn.

Invocation of the Two Way Dialog, OR: Sophomoric Display via a Sharpie

 

Let embark on yet another journey of that which is fit for the lowest common denominator.  Ad defacement is a way of life in the New York City subway system.  Their presence in the system proper is so ubiquitous in fact, that these defacements are really the only reason I notice the ads to begin with.  Some of these graffiti artists that end up getting busted make claims that what they do goes beyond mere vandalism of public property, but since we get bombarded with these ads, they claim to turn them into a two way dialog.  I, yours truly, doesn’t quite know about that, but I will tell you that some of these lowbrow scrawlings have been known to lighten up my commute.

If you haven’t figured it out by now, some of the material here may be considered offensive by some individuals.  If you are one of those types, you may want to look away from this one.

Ooooooh, how subversive.  You could have just drawn a basic phallus and left it at that, but you sir (assuming the artist is male) are a complicated man.  Admittedly, I do kind of see the logic in this; the expression of the subject bares that of a subtle wince of someone who is receiving micturition from a third party (relationship notwithstanding).

More vulgar subway a defacements involving women!  This ‘gem’ was found at station in my very own neighborhood.  Hmmm, I wonder what the artist is trying to express here?  Perhaps it’s someone conveying their dissatisfaction with the crass commercialization of Christmas?  Maybe it’s the work of a tortured misogynistic soul who compulsively scrawls on subway ads?  Could it be a sophomoric teenager with Satan worshiping tendencies sporting a broad tipped sharpie?  Either way, how could I once again resist the lowest common denominator.  Needless to say, you will probably have to view this photo large.

Air travel with an enlightened, accepting philosophy.  Forget politics and legislative changes promoting equality, the only thing the LGBT community really needs is someone with a sharpie riding on the C Train.  This photo should also be viewed large to see the detail.

Post-Parade 7th Avenue Wondering

About the time we completed our Thanksgiving lunch on 6th Avenue, the Parade was clearing out on 7th.  The street was still blocked off and people were taking advantage of that…

Happy Thanksgiving

Coney Island Boardwalk after Dark

The Rock

Taken from Queens Boulevard in the Elmhurst area...

Autumn Come to Coney Island

 

Coney Island can become extremely crowded during the hotter days of the year, but now…Its quite serene.  Walk around in mid November  at sunset and you will find fisherman, joggers, and fellow photographers.

I definitely wanted to get a shot of waves breaking and Steeplechase Pier in the background.  What I didn’t want to do was underestimate the tide and have freezing water soak me up to my knees (which, if you haven’t figured out already, happened).

Many of the shops (including Ruby’s) along the boardwalk are in the process of being evicted to make room for development.

Jetty and Seagull I

Jetty and Seagull II

I offer my apologies for the sparse blogging, I’ve been crazy busy as of late.

Alone at 18

Along the Culver Line (F Train) in the Borough Park area of Brooklyn.

It was a Brief Autumn

Taken a few days before the snow came…

Caution

Light paint attempt, exposure fail.  I had the shutter improperly configured, so the effect was very faint.  I did however, like the way the shot came out, so I kept it.  Taken in the 5 Pointz/Court Square area of Queens.

G Tain Rocks

Any regular of this blog can tell you, I love grime.  I deliver to you, the discriminating viewer, yet another scene from the Crosstown Line; the best damn subway line in the city of New York!!!