White Glove Prints – This Tuesday

Street Photography: Slow Catches Fast

New York is fast.  And for that reason, I can almost always pick out who the tourists are.  They tend to amble along impeding the natives who are speedwalking to make their appointments or to catch a train, bus, or taxicab.  Perhaps this businessman had the right idea in avoiding the sidewalk altogether and taking

Street Photography: The Colors of Sixth Avenue

Several of my recent posts where about photographs that involved the juxtaposition of messages appearing on various signs.  Other posts were about the psychology expressed through the eyes and other body language.  Going back further, there are photographs that are all about the shapes formed by architecture and lighting. With this photograph, my eye was

Street Photography: New York Attitude

When I get a commission from the National Park Service to create a collection around a historic house or a preserved landscape, I am photographing an interior or exterior environment where rooms, furnishings, trees, and rocks are stationary.  The variables might be the lighting, the season, and the weather.  I am also a variable as

Street Photography: Feels Good

I don’t know if he is her caregiver, works for the Port Authority – where this photograph was taken – or if he is a good Samaritan.  In any case, it was a nice scene to encounter and I had to get a shot of it.  I especially like how he is stooping over to

Street Photography: Expression

The urge to express oneself can lead to some comical happenstance.  I was on Fifth Avenue, which is not a typical route for me.  But I was looking for something different to photograph.  I was not sure what I would find on Fifth, but I’m not as familiar with it and thought I might encounter

Street Photography: Expression

Some forms of expression don’t need a T shirt, sign, poster, or billboard.  In fact, they don’t even need words.  One glance and you can sense a state of emotion from the eyes, mouth, hands, and postures. For this photograph, I’m not going to reveal the location although you are welcome to leave a comment

Street Photography: Expression

Not all of the messages encountered on Times Square are political or weighty.  Every day, the estimated 380,000 to 450,000 people that walk through the area are bombarded with advertising.  You can double those figures for the number of eyeballs that corporations are vying for. It has provoked an arms of race of advertising that