"CONEY ISLAND MERMAID PARADE"

Summer solstice provided an appropriate launch date for the annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade... 

all photos ©Ken Brown

YARD SALE CITY

Yard sale season has definitely arrived with a classic array of absurd objects to amuse and amaze…

all photos ©Ken Brown

"VERTICAL PIE"

       a few more slices from the "vertical pie"…

                                                noisy neighbors in Bed-Stuy

                                              yoga in Tribeca

                                               window watcher in the East Village…

                                                    nothing like parking your parachute in
                                                    a frothy head of local beer…

                                              stray elephant on Broadway in the Flatiron….

                                                finding euphoria in downtown Brooklyn…

                                            a straight up parked truck composition in Tribeca…

                                               demented bunny wagon on East Houston…

                                                           all photos ©Ken Brown

"AMOUR-O-GRAM"

                                           A Spring "Amour-O-Gram" from edge city…

   

                                with special thanks to Swoon

                                

                                images ©Ken Brown

"POSE-A-PALOOZA" IN PHOTO-OP CITY

Pose-a-Palooza in Photo-op City.  In this visually vibrant town, the options for recording

family and friends are seemingly limitless.

                                   all photos ©Ken Brown

"BIRD CITY"

Last weekend our family went birding in Central Park and I was introduced to close up

views (via binoculars) of some of the magnificent creatures that pause in NYC on their long

journey north.  I had never really enjoyed such intimate proximity to the yellow and black

markings of a magnolia warbler, the old blues of the indigo bunting, or the dazzling red of

a New York local, the cardinal. 

These views by New York street artists are obviously not the birds we saw but they do reflect the need we all have, in spite of our dense urban world, to include animals in our environment.  

all photos ©Ken Brown

"SPRING GIF"

                               A little "Spring Gif" for your viewing pleasure…

POLITICAL GRAFFITI NYC

Political graffiti has always been an important presence in urban life. In honor of May Day, here's a small batch from the past couple of years… 

all photos ©Ken Brown