Black & White Photos of New York

Down in the Wall Street area a few years ago. No - more than a few years ago since I remember shooting it with a Contax SLR which I had just picked up at Wall Street Camera of all places. I think they went out of business more than a few years ago. […]

(Who do you think is winning? Black has a passed pawn. White is ahead in material.)
I was once a fairly decent chess player (back in college). In fact, for a semester I made pocket money playing chess. One day I entered a chess tournament - for the fun of it. […]

The pope arrived on the upper east side. I couldn’t get anywhere near the little church in Yorkville that he visited but here’s a little gallery of the people who waited to catch a glimpse of his holiness but never did.
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Uh - well from far off it sounded like a banjo. When I got closer, it had a surreal sound - as if it could channel back into the 60’s.  Anyway - he was singing an old ditty about beans.  Really.

Very white hat. It had a glow to it. And leather coat - that absorbed light and material that came by it. It is odd how you zero in on just one person out of the thousands who pass by. They are the opposite of invisible - they cry out to […]

Here’s another fellow who cries out for at least one snap. It wasn’t that cold. I guess the gizmo stops cold air from getting into the lungs. But when I first saw him - I just thought it was ear warmer that was being worn too low.

Ah - as everyone knows - Mets fans are a mellow bunch.  I spent most of my time photographing the crowd.  The reactions fell into three categories: joy, sorrow, and frustration.  The Mets had a 6 - 2 lead against the Brewers - but ended up losing 9-6.  Perez, who was pitching, skipped over the […]

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