POSTER ART NYC

Poster art goes way back in this town and the relentless competition for our attention has produced some highly evolved graphic styles... With so much commercial onslaught, I sometimes forget what the product is, though I do love the images.  Here are a few items gathered over the past year .

                                      A Mark Ryden painting repurposed as an album cover

                                     The original egg question posed on a Fresh Direct truck

                                       These boots are made for walking…

                                         love those anthropomorphic trees

                                         a Jeff Koons billboard in Chelsea

                                          Wodka?  why not?

                                           Huh?

                                           fish and fashion, gotta love it…

                                                   all photos ©Ken Brown

SIGNS OF SPRING

A straight up shot from a few weeks ago and even though the icebergs have receded, it's still damn cold.

Here's to Spring!

STRANGE STUFF FROM THE VERTICAL WORLD...

some strange stuff from the vertical world…

                                                     anyone up for a game of Uno?

                                                        Hmmm…

                                                      going green…

                                                    yowch!

                                                      angel dog

                                                       Serengeti garden on E. Houston

                                                       vine time

                                                        all photos ©Ken Brown

THINGS TO THINK ABOUT

It's my birthday week, …always a time for pondering…

RANDOM NY MOMENTS

                                           A small selection of random NY moments…

 

                                                all photos ©Ken Brown

"GIFFY-POP" NYC POSTER GIF

Posters have always been part of the local landscape in NYC and I've been having

some "giffy-pop" fun with some of them...

                                                photos @Ken Brown

"SOME RECENT RANDOM ODDITIES"

                                  some random oddities gathered over the past few months…

                                on the East River Ferry

                                "soft landing"

                                Lady Liberty checks for FB likes …

                                 Baldwin Belting Gaga

                                 Big Boy or little devil?

                                 ambling…

                                scrambled pup poster

                                 lunch with extra cheese…

                               all photos ©Ken Brown

"WARM GREETINGS"

warm V-day greetings from NYC. ...…

Image ©Ken Brown

"SNOW DAY"

                        I've been having a lot of fun with gifs lately and was saving this one for a "Snow Day" …

HAND PAINTED SIGNS IN NYC

Still, a favorite subject on all my bike rambles, the hand painted sign is an increasingly rare item.  Here is a small sampling from this past year.  Enjoy.  

all photos ©Ken Brown

"ANGEL"

Last fall, as I was biking through a neighborhood in Queens, I thought I had hallucinated something colorful and strange in a yard. I turned around for a closer look and yes, there it was, a huge clown head caught between American and Puerto Rican flags.  A large man was working on a small car with the hood off and engine exposed. He smiled, and gestured for me to take a closer look.  He said his name was Angel and that the clown came from Coney Island. He told me he was in his car that morning and was hit by a truck.

He was repairing the radiator, fender and hood by himself.  I asked about insurance and he said the driver of the truck was crying on his shoulder that he had three kids and would lose his job if it got reported, so Angel said, don't worry, I can take care of it. I remarked that the truck driver had met an angel that morning, and he said he knew about hard times and was glad he could do something.

photos ©Ken Brown

"SOME SUMMER SNAPS"

some summer snaps to help counter the cold…

                                 at the Brooklyn Flea

                                 Coney Island

                                 Sunday morning in Madison Park

                                 Wonder Woman takes on the chess masters in Union Square

                                 Riverside Park

                                Chelsea

                                 Jogging in Williamsburg


                                  all photos ©Ken Brown