Last Sunday, the strip of Fifth Avenue which runs through Park Slope was closed down for the annual Street Fair, which features loads of live music, a giant record sale, street vendors, and delicious food. For the Love of Brooklyn is happy to post the vignettes below from the fair, courtesy of photographer Claire Voelkel [...]
May 13, 2010
Last night, the arts and culture media descended on DUMBO for the press preview and opening night shindig of the 2010 New York Photo Festival. The third annual international fest opened to the public today and runs through May 16th, featuring a jam-packed schedule of programming and lectures, portfolio reviews for aspiring photographers, main exhibits [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
April 30, 2010
One thing I love about April is how it’s generally the first month in the year when it gets warm enough to take long night bike rides, and these rides are perfect for photos. I love riding around the city to take my night shots, but in the winter it gets a bit too cold [...]
April 28, 2010
After hitting up the Brooklyn Flea this weekend with a friend, we headed back through Fort Greene to eat brunch at the Habana Outpost on Fulton. Problem was it wasn’t quite open yet. So to kill a bit of time, we headed across the street to the lovely independent Greenlight Bookstore. It’s not often that [...]
May 24, 2010