Ken Brown

Monday, May 5, 2014

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

Monday, April 28, 2014

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

Monday, April 21, 2014

"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

Monday, April 14, 2014

BACK IN THE DAY...

Back in the day …

Monday, April 7, 2014

"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…

Monday, March 31, 2014

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 .