Some days I work part time in the South Bronx.
It is one of the most dilapidated parts of Bronx, a borough of New York City.
Most people don’t know that New York City is comprised of five boroughs and that Harlem is in Manhattan and quite expensive.
“The hub” is the retail heart of the South Bronx, located where four roads converge: East 149th Street, Willis, Melrose and Third Avenue. In the 1930s the Hub had movie palaces and vaudeville theaters and a few decades after it became a national symbol of urban decay.
I have witnessed some extreme poverty in my life given my travels and work ... read more »
Tagged choices, life, nyc, photography, photos, wanderlust
This morning in New York City I was thinking about Jan Pohribny and his family in Prague. I recalled that I had photos from their wonderful house that I enjoyed visiting very much. While looking through them, I really missed them…and, in ways I can’t quite articulate, Prague…one of the most mysterious and haunted cities.
I decided to share these today (I had their permission to share when I took them, just didn’t get around to posting them).
You can learn more about the talented Jan Pohribny here. And in an older post, you can learn more about his magical village, Únětice , where their house is located.
Thinking of ... read more »
Tagged architecture, beauty, design, jan pohribny, photography, photos, prague, Unetice
“Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I can. The revelation, if it comes at all, will come in a small fraction of a second with an unconscious gesture, a gleam of the eye, a brief lifting of the mask that all humans wear to conceal their innermost selves from the world. In that fleeting interval of opportunity the photographer must act or lose his prize.” ~ Yousuf Karsh
from the article 10 Famous Photographers and what you can learn from them...
of course there are many others that are not on the list. all lists ... read more »
Tagged centralparkwest, nyc, photography, photos, Yousuf Karsh
Found this in the Meatpacking district near High Line in New York City: “Friendship is a fashion accessory.”
I thought about what could have compelled someone to graffiti this? Like what must he or she have felt to just scribble this…not much effort…
In this social media world where much is mostly a performance (unless you just what to simply share information and NOTHING more and Lord forbid if people can let you do that in peace) and world at large too I suppose, people want something special, unique, beautiful, without the effort and honesty required. When transitory is enough, how can you ever go deep?
Indeed, friendship is often a fashion accessory.
But ... read more »
Tagged friendship, new york, nyc, photography, photos, seekfindseek, words
From Still Sundays:
On Friday evening I visited the Philadelphia Museum of Art and was mesmerized by this amazing sculpture. I am sure most people who visit there often are quite used to it and hence could and couldn’t understand my state of awe. I took many photos and I felt none captured how I was actually feeling when I saw it. I gave up and in my silence contemplated why I was so drawn to it. I thought about it rest of the night and then while listening to a group of percussion drummers outside an art gallery in downtown Philly it finally clicked. That sculpture is precisely how I feel after I ... read more »
Tagged art, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, beauty, philly, photography, photos, sculpture, seekfindseek, words, writing
