Two weekends ago, Luna Park at Coney Island made its debut — finally reopening to the public for the first time since a pair of fires in 1944 closed it down. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out for yourself yet, there’s a great opportunity tomorrow at 11AM as the Save Coney [...]
June 7, 2010
While the weather in Brooklyn this weekend was positively sweltering, it looks like several of the photographers in our Flickr pool had the right idea to hop on the train and hit the beach. Hopefully, you were able to escape the heat too! Check out the shots below for some of our favorites and grab [...]
May 25, 2010
One of my favorite things about exploring Brooklyn is discovering neighborhoods where time seems to stand still. Conspicuously absent are the neon signs of mobile phone stores, the suburban sameness of fast food joints, shiny new cars and boutiques. Corner bodegas still feature their original throwback signs. Brooklynites of a generation past reign their front [...]
May 12, 2010
Sometimes it feels like my experience exploring Brooklyn is an exercise in taxonomy; I must travel along the grid of orderly city blocks, observe the careful landscaping of stately co-ops, respect the dignified stoops of uniform brownstones. I feel compelled to catalog my surroundings and file them away neatly. But lately what has drawn my [...]
May 11, 2010
We’re back with yet another round of beautiful photos from the recent photo walk and meetup in Brighton Beach and Coney Island! While there have been lots of wonderful street shots capturing big personalities and iconic images along the boardwalk, check out the photos below for some particularly interesting pairs… Enjoy! “Model Citizen,” by RichArtpix: [...]
May 10, 2010
One of the most interesting parts of our monthly For the Love of Brooklyn meetups is in the details: it’s fascinating to see how each photographer’s unique perspective emerges in their work. And our recent walk through Brighton Beach and Coney Island proved to be no exception. While the iconic imagery of the Cyclone and [...]
May 6, 2010
As anyone who’s stepped foot in the borough can tell, Brooklyn is a constellation of neighborhoods, of people, of ethnic diversity. Though the identities of each neighborhood are constantly in flux, documenting them is great fun. Before this past weekend’s meetup, I certainly had my own preconceptions about Brighton Beach. While some of them rang [...]
May 5, 2010
As temperatures rose on Saturday morning, I couldn’t help but get excited for our monthly For the Love of Brooklyn meet-up! As planned, I scheduled my day to meet out at the famed L&B Spumoni Gardens pizzeria in Gravesend at 2:30pm and down a couple of Sicilian slices before venturing out into the streets of [...]
January 31, 2010
As Peter said, it was cold as hell in Coney Island Thursday night. So cold my freshly charged battery died after 4 shots. I think I need to get a new battery to keep warm in my pocket. With 30mph winds and temperatures near zero, my battery wasn’t the only one dying. It was kinda [...]
January 28, 2010
Scenes from a Coney Island Thursday night. Since neither Matt nor I have been shooting in Brooklyn at night recently, we decided to take a drive to Coney Island. We really underestimated the wind. It was about 20 degrees out, but close to zero with windchill. We didn’t last long in that weather (mainly on [...]
June 12, 2010