Last month, I participated in a historical tour of Surf Avenue with the Save Coney Island organization. You can read more about that tour here, but this post is about a surprise we encountered along the way! Near the end of the tour, we encountered an artist working on the beautiful murals which decorate the [...]
June 30, 2010
Yesterday, I spotted three wonderful photos from Peter Puleo, but what really caught my attention was the story he’d written which profiles one local Canarsie-based barber. I’m excited to share with you, in Peter’s words, the story of the man behind Jack and Frank’s Barber Shop. Born during the depression and reign of Mussolini in [...]
February 25, 2010
As the forecast for Brooklyn includes blizzard-like conditions yet again, I’m sitting snug and warm after an exciting commute in the snow with my camera. Though some news sources are predicting a foot of snow and 50+mph winds tonight, is it wrong that I’m just a little bit excited? Anyone have plans to go shoot [...]
January 28, 2010
One of my New Year’s resolutions for 2010 is to become a bolder photographer, especially when it comes to street portraiture. It’s not always easy to capture the unwitting (and sometimes unwilling!) on film, but fortunately there are zoom lenses until I get up enough nerve. Thanks to my fellow Love of Brooklynite Kruger for [...]
November 12, 2009
Brooklyn is an enigma. Situated on the westernmost location of Long Island, it forms the entrance to New York Harbor with Staten Island in the geological scheme. When it comes to human emotion, just the mere mention of the word Brooklyn is enough. We know you are not talking about Brooklyn, Ohio or Brooklyn Park, [...]
September 24, 2009
This past weekend, I cracked open a new book I got called Walking Brooklyn which is a compilation of 30 neighborhood tours throughout the far reaches of Brooklyn. The talented (and engaging) Adrienne Onofri really does a bang-up job taking you through 3 to 5-mile walks and dishing some great historical facts and super-local sites. [...]
July 28, 2010