"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

DEAD HORSE BAY

A beautiful Sunday with salt air and sea breezes beckoning for a return trip to a favorite NYC outpost destination, Dead Horse Bay in Brooklyn. Named after the many rendering facilities that operated there in the 19th and early 20th century, it became the New York City dump until the mid 1950's. It is now part of the Gateway National Preserve.

As an amateur archeologist and lover of surreal juxtapositions, the fragments of culture that remain present a flotsam salad of continuously amazing combinations.

                                 NYU Film School students shooting some scenes…

                                      An intact 19th century medical vial (with medicine) and
                                       a flat bottle used in shipboard storage.

                                          flotsam salad

all photos ©Ken Brown

"JUXTO GEMS"

I often refer to the primal instinct that motivates so much of what I do as a New York 

street photographer as "hunting and gathering". A special area of interest includes

the juxtapositional gems that occur with a "cast" of millions and a constantly changing 

stage set.

all photos ©Ken Brown

BACK IN THE DAY...

Back in the day …

"RAINY DAY ACTIVITIES"

My fascination with the ten second film format (gif) keeps pace with the short attention

span of modern culture. Enjoy this little "rainy day activity" from last week…