"QUIRK-BALL FILE" NYC.

Many of the photographs that I take defy easy categorization and thus wind up in the "quirk-ball" file. Here's a recent passel o' pix from that file...

all photos ©Ken Brown

GOVERNORS ISLAND ART FAIR NYC

Last weekend, we had the wonderful opportunity to participate in the 2013 Governors Island Art Fair.  Working with Noah Scalin, an artist and author from Richmond, Va. and using everyday materials, this is the first piece in a series of site specific anamorphic portraits of scientists. This inaugural project, is of the physicist, Richard Feynman, and was created with thousands of real flowers that would have been discarded.

Thanks to Noah, for pulling all this together, and to Jemma Brown and Rigo Lara Guzman for their contributions. 

               In addition to the Art Fair, there is also a rare opportunity to enjoy an amazing collection of early

               20th Century carnival rides and games.  The Art Fair and carnival will continue through this last

               weekend of September.  The portrait may not.

all photos ©Ken Brown

"NATURE RECLAIMS" NYC

As we slide towards the last days of summer, it's fascinating to see how nature has made its incremental moves to reclaim the city... 

Napoleon takes a break in Jersey City

dancing in the Bronx 

a little landscaping assistance was in order at this former

gas station in Chelsea...

all photos ©Ken Brown

"PLEIN AIR" NYC

There is a long history of "plein air" painting in New York City and this is a small sampling of several artists and their works in progress ...

Tribeca

the Hudson River School circa 2013

East Village

West Village

Domino Sugar factory from the Williamsburg Bridge

Tribeca-a favorite early19th century building

Williamsburg

East Village-14th Street Power Station

across from the High Line

all photos ©Ken Brown

"A WALK IN HE WOODS"

We finally managed to extract ourselves from the city long enough to enjoy a little "walk in the woods" upstate...

"I CAN'T HEAR YOU..."

Sometimes, during my rambles about town, I encounter scenes that my surreal sensitive antennae can hardly believe...

and a happy Labor Day to all!