After reviewing all of the photographs that I took last year, I selected 125 and share them with you in this posting. How to order them was a challenge. I photograph what the day and the place offer up; I rarely plan ahead and search for something specific. Thus, a chronological arrangement was out of the question, and so I clustered them into ten general topics.
Broadly speaking, my photographs document people, places and things. I use them to supplement my memory, and you might think of them as my personal “cabinet of curiosity.” Some capture the familiar, but I hope in some unfamiliar way. Others record new discoveries and encounters. All hold the potential for enhancing future blog posts, for mounting new photographic exhibitions, or inspiring my attempts at painting.
I hope that a few of these 125 photographic images contain something that appeals to your eye, offers you something new, and maybe even sparks your imagination.
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Tuli on the Beach, Cape Cod, January 1, 2012 |
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Tyko & Andrea, Lincoln Center to see Warhorse on 45th Anniversary, April1, 2012 |
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“Big Rya” and Andrea, Toasting the end of the year in Watertown, MA |
PEOPLE
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Clemetin, lookin’ cool on Exterior Street, Mott Haven, Bronx |
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Sav Killz, Manhattan, Lafayette Street |
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Harold, Memphis, TN, Beale Street |
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Bob M, on pilgrimage to the Metropolitan Museum, Manhattan |
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Jeff, leaving Gleason’s Gym, Dumbo, Brooklyn |
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Tony, Surprise 60th birthday gathering, Brooklyn |
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Judge Zobel Presenting Exhibit A, Dennis, MA |
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Marcia, midtown Manhattan, anti-fracking demonstration |
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Shoulder & Pearls |
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Michiel, “Liam” on Nashville, Nashville, TN, in the make-up trailer |
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Edward & Lev, Park Slope, Brooklyn |
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Farmer Jim, Cape Cod, MA |
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Starbucks Morning, Manhattan, Upper East Side |
ARCHITECTURE
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Yawning Awning, Casement windows, Bronx Botanical Gardens |
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Capital Cast, Composite Capital, 41 Union Square West. 1895 |
URBAN DETAILS
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Owl, Herald Square, Manhattan, Mid-town south |
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Graffiti, West 22nd Street, Chelsea, Manhattan |
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Benetton Akroterion, United Colors of Benetton store, Crosby Street, SoHo, Manhattan |
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Atlantid, nu New York store, 827 Broadway, Greenwich Village, Manhattan |
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Almighty Tree, East 142nd Street, Mott Haven, Bronx |
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Plastic Complements, Central Park, fencing material |
PLANTS/NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
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Storm Clouds, Chelsea, Manhattan |
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Rock, Sunset, Tide Pool, Corporation Beach, Dennis, MA |
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Ice Glen, Stockbridge, MA, 1891, David Dudley Field |
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Platanus x acerifolia, Bronx Botanical Gardens, Bronx |
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Elephant Ears, et. al., Bronx Botanical Gardens, Bronx |
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Hendersonii, Bronx Botanical Gardens, Bronx |
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Nelumbo nucifera, Bronx Botanical Gardens, Bronx
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Nymphaea, Bronx Botanical Gardens, Bronx |
EVENTS/DEMONSTRATIONS
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Stars, Anti-War Demonstration, Times Square, Manhattan |
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Sparring, Gleason’s Gym, Dumbo, Brooklyn |
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Ginny Myers Lee as “Viola,” Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare, New York Classical Theater, Battery Park, Lower Manhattan |
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Bottom Heavy, Marika Hughes with Fred Cash, Kyle Sanna, JT Lewis, at Barbès, Park Slope, Brooklyn |
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Maritime Rites, The Lake, Central Park, Alvin Curran (composer) |
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Maritime Rites, The Lake, Central Park, Alvin Curran (composer) |
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Alvin Curran (center), Maritime Rites, The Lake, Central Park |
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Anti-Fracking Demonstration, 53rd Street & 7th Avenue, Midtown Manhattan |
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OWS (Occupy Wall Street), Anniversary gathering, Washington Square Park, Greenwich Village, Manhattan: “The Revolution Is Wheelchair Accessible” |
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OWS (Occupy Wall Street), Anniversary gathering, Washington Square Park, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, Deby (from Brooklyn): “Last Generation Retiree?” |
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OWS (Occupy Wall Street), Anniversary gathering, Washington Square Park, Greenwich Village, Manhattan: “Occupy Vision;” “Robber Barons teabagged America” |
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Anti-Fracking Demonstration, 53rd Street & 7th Avenue, Midtown Manhattan: Banner hanging from Sheraton Hotel Ballroom: “Cuomo Don’t Frack N. Y.” |
THE SUBWAY
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Track Alchemy, 14th Street, Manhattan |
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Peel, 138th Street/3rd Avenue Station, Bronx |
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Guitar at Fulton, Fulton Street Station, Manhattan |
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Leaning In, 23rd Street Station, Lexington Line, Manhattan |
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Caught Me, Lexington Line, Manhattan |
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On the 2 Train, Manhattan |
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Untitled (for the moment), 86th Street Platform, Manhattan |
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Orchid & Braids, 96th Street Platform, Manhattan |
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Union Square, Union Square Platform, Lexington Line, Manhattan |
STREET/SIDEWALK
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On the BX2, Bronx |
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Strand Bookworm, Strand Bookstore, 12th & Broadway, Greenwich Village, Manhattan |
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A (NY) Dog’s Life, Eleventh Avenue, Chelsea, Manhattan |
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SoHo Smoker, West Broadway, SoHo, Manhattan |
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They Still Have Souls, Lexington & 59th Street, Manhattan |
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Anything Helps, East 14th Street, Manhattan |
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As Piercing as Gimlets, East 14th Street, Manhattan |
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In Search of Poetry, West 56th Street, Midtown Manhattan |
ALTERED ENVIRONMENTS/OBJECTS
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Breakdown, Abandoned storefront, 2nd Street, Memphis, TN |
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Nosm’s Room, Freedman Home, Grand Concourse, Bronx |
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Left Behind, Freedman Home, Grand Concourse, Bronx |
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A Male Menopause, Freedman Home, Grand Concourse, Bronx |
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Lure of Lost Memory, Historic Cemetery, Foster, Rhode Island |
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Contrapposto, 18th century gravestone, Old North, Truro, Cape Cod, MA |
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Natural Abstraction, Lichen and gravestone, Quivet Creek cemetery, Cape Cod, MA |
ART/ARTISTS
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Cope2 at Work, Fernando Carlo (Cope2), Freedman Home, Grand Concourse, Bronx |
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Cynthia in Her Studio, Cynthia Packard, Dumbo, Brooklyn |
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Robert at Work, Robert Seyffert, Bank Note Building, Hunt’s Point, Bronx |
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Plein Air, High Line, Steve Cosentino, Chelsea, Manhattan |
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We Can Disappear You, 2001, Leon Golub, Armory Show (Pier 94) |
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Atalanta and Meleager, 1616, Peter Paul Rubens, detail, Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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Paradise Lost/Regained…, 2012, detail, Linda Cunningham, This Side of Paradise show, Andrew Freedman Home, Grand Concourse, Bronx |
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Paradise Lost/Regained…, 2012, detail, Linda Cunningham, This Side of Paradise show, Andrew Freedman Home, Grand Concourse, Bronx |
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Miles Davis, 1999, Niki de Saint Phalle, Park Avenue & 58th Street, Manhattan |
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#23 Basketball Player, 1999, Niki d Saint Phalle, Park Avenue & 56th Street, Manhattan |
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Live Better, 2009, Groundswell (Crystal Clarity), Hunts Point Avenue, Bronx |
These murals from the Bronx and from East Harlem are a small sampling of the many that have transformed these areas into a particularly fertile place for outdoor, public art. These, too, will find their way into future blog posts, once I find the time to research them.Until then, I wish you all a productive and healthy new year.
Beautiful photos, all of them!
I especially liked the portraits and the abandoned places. You've a gift for composition- thanks for turning your camera to so many interesting subjects for us! Dragged me there from this California suburb, made me miss your stomping grounds terribly this am.
Thanks, Scott. How's your writing going?
Beautiful, Tyko! Love the colors, composition and crisp photos. Happy New Year to you and your beautiful family, too!
Julie
Thank you, Julie. We miss you.
i love it!!! thanks for sharing!!!
one thousand and One greetings!
scherezade garcia
Thanks, Scherezade. Do you sign off regularly with 1001 greetings? Clever, and you definitely have earned it.
Thank you for sharing! Reminds me to pick up my camera and give the ol' eye a tune-up.
You're welcome. Of course, the camera just tunes-up the eye in a different way, and not always the way one wishes.