Remember Adam Sandler’s Saturday Night Live recurring character, Opera Man? Rumor has it he was inspired by a legendary New York City street singer, Larry Danzinger. I sorta knew Larry. Larry usually sang opera very expressively (not sure how good… Read More »New York Street Photos In The ’70s: The Original Opera Guy?

Turning thousands of negatives from the 1970s into digital images has helped me regain a love for film grain. Not that I think “clean” images are a bad thing, but as I meticulously inspect each image at 100%, I really… Read More »New York in the 1970s: A process of discovery, part II, Lost in the grain

I had planned to be recluse this month long before everyone needed to be in social isolation. Long-needed foot surgery was scheduled and I made plans to keep myself busy with a personal project while off my feet. That project… Read More »New York In The 1970s: A Process of Discovery, Part I

I’m going through my old negatives from the late ’70s, trying to archive and get a handle on them. After 40+ years, I’m discovering some pretty good images that I had ignored previously. Why Flushing, of all places? Well, I… Read More »Main Street Flushing, 1976-79, Part 1

OK, I did it again. I walked away from this blog for a year. 10 lashes with a wet noodle for me.

The Falls are in there, somewhere…

Taking a break from promoting my Winogrand class photos from 42 years ago to bring you some recent photos taken within the past month.

After nearly 40 years of service, I’m shipping out my Leica M3, a great film camera that’s now old and broken, to a camera repair service, where it will be either used for parts or repaired and sold to a… Read More »Letting go of my Leica M3

Well, I’ve scanned, spotted and otherwise prepped the final three rolls that I shot in 1976 at the Master Workshop with Garry Winogrand, two weeks that helped me define myself as a photographer. It’s been an amazing journey, revisiting photos,… Read More »Revisiting the Winogrand Workshop, Part VI: The last batch…or is it?

This. A gorgeous young lady looking and smiling right at me—a shy 19-year-old learning to interact with the world through the medium of photography. I was seduced, not just by her, but the crazy approach to photography that I was… Read More »Revisiting the Winogrand Workshop, Part V: More good stuff