Matt Nedbalsky | matt@fortheloveofbrooklyn.com | 17 posts
For the Love of Brooklyn is a site that provides Brooklyn photographers with a place to discuss, showcase, and view, Brooklyn photography. This is not a revolutionary concept—there are other sites where you can discuss/showcase your Brooklyn photographs—but there is something very special about FTLOB. FTLOB quickly established itself as not just another website, but [...]
June 30, 2010
I rode my bike to Commodore Barry Park early Sunday afternoon to take photos for NYMag.com of the Afro-Punk Festival. To put it very simply, afro-punk music is alternative/punk music that is created by musicians of African descent. Much like traditional punk, afro-punk is not just a genre, but also a community. To quote from [...]
June 11, 2010
Warm June breeze, street signals light the dark South Slope. If there is a quiet moment in New York City’s most populous borough, it is not going to be found in the Slope. We bike deep into Gowanus. The industry has mostly gone to bed for the evening. It is nice to find a quiet [...]
May 26, 2010
Such a beautiful day; I decided to get some fresh air and an iced coffee. I was walking down the street and all of a sudden I hear a loud “boom” followed by flames and smoke shooting out of the manhole behind me. The firemen were already at the scene when the second manhole blew [...]
May 11, 2010
After the brief downpour on Saturday morning I ventured out on my bike and with camera and a 55 mm lens in tow. The winds were were blustering but otherwise a pretty day, sun shining and in the 70′s. I went to the Groundbreaking of the Richard B. Fisher Building at The Brooklyn Academy of [...]
April 14, 2010
Anyone living in Brooklyn is familiar with this scene. Wires strectched out across the street, Haddad trailers up and down the block, neon “No Parking” pamphlets on every tree, street sign, and lampost, up and down the block. Ask any of the locals “What are they shooting?” you get back the response “Who cares.” Brooklyn [...]
April 5, 2010
Nothing like a cold, dark, and rainy winter to make you appreciate the nice weather. It is so amazing to be able to ride my bike down to the water after work and still have a bit of sunshine. The Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1 opened just in time for us to soak up some [...]
February 27, 2010
Seemed like everyone else I know had the day off yesterday. I was stuck in the office, but took the opportunity to go wandering around DUMBO on my lunch break. It was quiet and the snow was like a soft blanket covering the cobblestone streets. There were a few other photographers out, but for the [...]
February 19, 2010
Officer’s Row (Admiral’s Row) is ten houses (six buildings) built between 1864 and 1901 that formerly housed high-ranking officers and their families. Now an urban explorer’s dream site, Officer’s Row sits abandoned and crumbling on the corner of Navy and Flushing Ave in Brooklyn. Visit the galleries on The Officer’s Row Project website to see [...]
February 17, 2010
This ghost bike was put up this year for Julian Miller who was struck and killed by a motorcycle back in September. I think the ghost bike is a touching (and sad) memorial. Seeing this frosty white bike last night reminded me of the bicyclist who is no longer with us. A reminder of the [...]
July 22, 2010