"PORTRAITURE" from the streets

Portraiture is, as always, a classic motif.  Here is a small sampling from New York's always 
abundant, gallery of the streets ...

"LET'S EAT" food art signage

As we approach our national food centric holiday, enjoy these favorite samples of
hand rendered signage.

...and a Happy Thanksgiving to all! ...

"AUNT GERT GETS DOWN"

a little follow up to last weeks celebration of NYC's  aerosol artistry ...

   

AEROSOL GRAFF IN NYC.

Traditional aerosol graffiti began in NYC during the 70's, spreading out from the Bronx, across the five boroughs and eventually transforming into the global phenomena it has become today.  Some of the finest examples of this art can still be found in pockets around the city, especially in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens.. Last week I watched a small crew working a long factory wall in the Bronx. Kids would pull up on bikes and skateboards to watch the masters (and local heros) as they balanced on stepladders with little more than a rough sketch, creating intricate freehand pieces that would often stretch 15 to 20 feet in width and height.   Hats off to them!

"OPEN MIKE NIGHT" AT THE COMEDY SHACK

"TRICK OR TREAT"- Vintage Halloween Snapshots

Halloween, the favorite national holiday of dentists, kids, pagans and party goers is sliding up quickly.
Here is a small snapshot selection of kids in treat seeking missile mode ...

  
                      

HALLOWEEN POSTCARDS

during the golden epoch of postcard history (roughly 1900-1920) millions of holiday greetings were sent . As a lover of all things Halloween, here are few samples of some of the fantastical illustrations that emerged during that era.

Harvest time...

the "Flying Zambini's" Yard Sale

two of my favorite things are "found" snapshots and street photos.  Here, they collide in a recent series of recombinant absurdity...

"QUIRKBALL PIX"

from the "quirkball" file of things observed in recent months ...

SAN GENNARO FESTIVAL, LITTLE ITALY

can't help it, but  I've always been drawn to the sights, smells and sheer hoopla and weirdness of carnivals.  In NYC, the closest we come is the annual "fried dough" festival better known as San Gennaro in Little Italy, now in it's 84th year. I stumbled across the opening ceremony this past week, and after briefly watching six grown men grapple with the intestinal challenges of a cannoli eating contest, and being mesmerized by some stellar signage, I got swept up in the spirit ...