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Brooklyn, NYC, B&W, Hasselblad, portrait - some of us live here
Made by smoothdude
I just found that that I was a finalist for a photo/essay contest I had entered this photo for. I get a very small savings bond but cooler than that my photo is on display at the Brooklyn Public Central Library and there's a reception in a few weeks. The essay I wrote was the same as the title of the photo: Some of us live here, in Brooklyn. Here, among the condos and the brownstones, the converted two bedrooms and the tiny studios trapped under the high heels of noisy neighbors. We jog through the Cobble Hills, traverse the Bay Ridges and stroll through the Carroll Gardens. We wait for the F train in the mornings and pray for the L train late Saturday night. We watch young owners of new restaurants smile at Italian social clubbers, whose cigar tips are moistened under bristly moustaches, their bellies resting on old iron gates. We see strollers battling for parking spots in tea lounges and coffee houses roped in with dog leashes, guarded by panting pups. Keith eyes the horizon on the long train ride to Coney, knowing that soon it will be too clean for him to enjoy. He captures what he can with his mind and his Holga—snapshots of a fading relic. He savors the grit and the beauty of what it is now—what New York stands to lose. He lives here. Nassie spins through the door of Last Exit onto Atlantic. She splashes and sways like the martini she loosely gripped just moments ago. Her breath is laced through with garlicky olives and she pitches and trips like her tongue over syllables. She’s young and vital, sexy and urban and drunk with it all. She lives here. Victor, the dry cleaner—he hustles 60 hours a week to keep his small Bed Sty apartment where his 22 year old daughter lives rent and job free. You call and ask him to stay until 8:30 so you can pick up your laundry on the way home. He’ll do it because he wants to keep your business. He’ll smile at you and tell you no problem but when he gets home everyday he’s a little bit more tired. He was an engineer in Moscow 20 years ago, now he folds your khakis and Banana Republic t-shirts. But he lives well in spite of it all. He lives well because he lives here. Laverne finishes his nine-hour day hawking burned CDs. Each cover has the tracks carefully handwritten in black felt pen. That’s his little touch, a nearly imperceptible distinction that separates him from the 1000 other bootleggers trolling the streets. Every day he writes his own verses, thinking of what it might feel like to sell those sounds instead of the newest Jay-Z or Nas album. Every evening he sits on the J train until Marcy Avenue where he gets off and lugs the unsold CDs home. Tomorrow and the next day he’ll do it again, and again. At home he rests his head against an old dark desk; the harsh blue glow of his computer lights his face. He scribbles verses in the shadows. The J train rumbles by his window. He sees it. He smiles. It’s worth it, he thinks, because he lives here.
Black & White Living Room
Made by mawphoto.com
(from left) My Scene Barbie china cabinet with RE-MENT china set (top shelf), beads (middle) and custom painted Barbie My Scene stereo and lamp; cruelty-free (and pet-friendly!) zebra skin rug from inkjet printed fabric glued on black felt base, vintage Allan head on VOLKS articulated body in vintage houndstooth sportcoat and fashion, repainted black flea market picture frames with added magnetic backing, custom inkjet printed pillows based on Jonathan Adler designs, Barbie My Scene repainted coffee table and RE-MENT tea set, vintage Barbie Go-Togethers end table with custom printed tabletop liner, white enamelled metal dollhouse birdcage (severed from original attached table bottom, lined with felt), Hobby Lobby photo frame chair, Silkstone Lingerie #3 Barbie doll in I Love Lucy Barbie fashion, Haute Traveler Susie doll in handmade reproduction Francie Japanese exclusive fashion by Joan Hudson; black and white wallpaper scanned in from fabric and printed on my Epson panoramic photo printer (about 3 pieces of 13x19 inch paper fitted together for each room width). You will need 8.5 x 11 inch fabric sheets for inkjet printer Colored cotton fabric for backs of pillows in black, red and blue Needle and thread...sewing machine optional. Download pillow templates and print your fabric sheets and PEEL from paper backing BEFORE you begin to cut! Place printed side of pillow front against same-sized piece of backing fabric, then sew up three sides with outside-facing-in, leaving approximately a 1/4 inch seam allowance. Turn inside out (like bag) and fill with cotton, then sew shut. VOILA! You can instantly add the flair of celebrated contemporary potter and interior design guru Jonathan Adler to any room in your dollhouse. For High-Resolution Images to Download: www.mawphoto.exposuremanager.com/g/welcome_to_the_haute_d... I have been getting all my new RE-MENT from Priscilla Wardlow at www.nrfbqueen.com/rement/ as she has competitive prices, great selection, fast shipping and wonderful customer service.
LIGHT BLUE CIRCLES living room
Made by mawphoto.com
Blue circular wallpaper based on Jonathan Adler design; George Nelson-style wall clock made of metal ring, foam core circle, push pins and paper cutout hands; Barbie My Scene coffee table, cordless phone and customized floor lamp, Hobby Lobby photo frame chair, RE-MENT teacups, bead lamp; area rug is Jonathan Adler placemat from Bed Bath & Beyond. FOR THE PILLOWS You will need 8.5 x 11 inch fabric sheets for inkjet printer Colored cotton fabric for backs of pillows in black, red and blue Needle and thread...sewing machine optional. Download pillow templates and print your fabric sheets and PEEL from paper backing BEFORE you begin to cut! Place printed side of pillow front against same-sized piece of backing fabric, then sew up three sides with outside-facing-in, leaving approximately a 1/4 inch seam allowance. Turn inside out (like bag) and fill with cotton, then sew shut. VOILA! You can instantly add the flair of celebrated contemporary potter and interior design guru Jonathan Adler to any room in your dollhouse. For High-Resolution Images to Download: www.mawphoto.exposuremanager.com/g/welcome_to_the_haute_d... I have been getting all my new RE-MENT from Priscilla Wardlow at www.nrfbqueen.com/rement/ as she has competitive prices, great selection, fast shipping and wonderful customer service.
The Greek Slave by Hiram S. Powers at the Brooklyn Museum
Made by Stephen Sandoval
Hiram S. Powers (American, 1805–1873). The Greek Slave, 1869. Marble, 65 1/2 x 19 1/4 x 18 3/4 in. (166.4 x 48.9 x 47.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Charles F. Bound, 55.14 Hiram Powers was part of a large community of expatriate American sculptors who lived in Italy in order to obtain the training, materials, and assistants necessary to create monumental Neoclassical sculpture in marble. This work, the last of six versions Powers made (the first version dates from 1841–47), represents the plight of Greek women who were enslaved during their war of independence with the Turks (1821–30). The image of a naked, manacled woman took on added significance in antebellum America, where it came to be associated with this nation's enslaved blacks. When it was exhibited, The Greek Slave attracted large audiences and elicited impassioned commentary from priests, critics, and others sympathetic to the abolitionist cause. For example, one reporter for an antislavery newspaper wrote: As this elegant statue traverses the land, may many … be awakened to a sense of the enormity of slavery.… Waste not your sympathies on the senseless marble, but reserve some tears for the helpless humanity that lies quivering beneath the lash of American freemen! For a full view see: www.brooklynmuseum.org/collections/american_art/55.14.php
RED, WHITE & BLUE living room
Made by mawphoto.com
Repainted black IKEA picture frames; all images by French fashion designer Rene Gruau (he is pictured in small horizontal white photo frame on shelf); white plastic lacquer look nesting side tables and bookshelf - IKEA dollhouse furniture; lamps made from metal beads; authentic Jonathan Adler-designed vases, lampshades, books from Bozart Kaleidoscope Dollhouse accessory set; TV, record player - REMENT; radio vintage Barbie by Mattel; wooden ashray by Carolyn Allen; Miss Honey, Silkstone Barbie accessory set. FOR THE PILLOWS You will need 8.5 x 11 inch fabric sheets for inkjet printer Colored cotton fabric for backs of pillows in black, red and blue Needle and thread...sewing machine optional. Download pillow templates and print your fabric sheets and PEEL from paper backing BEFORE you begin to cut! Place printed side of pillow front against same-sized piece of backing fabric, then sew up three sides with outside-facing-in, leaving approximately a 1/4 inch seam allowance. Turn inside out (like bag) and fill with cotton, then sew shut. VOILA! You can instantly add the flair of celebrated contemporary potter and interior design guru Jonathan Adler to any room in your dollhouse. For High-Resolution Images to Download: www.mawphoto.exposuremanager.com/g/welcome_to_the_haute_d...
DIFARA'S PIZZA - Domenico DeMarco
Made by smoothdude
I finally made it out to Difara's pizza a few weeks ago with Jordana. This historic pizzeria is considered among the best in NYC but it's located out in the deep forrest of Brooklyn. Domenico DeMarco (seen here) is a little old man who makes each pie himself and has been doing it everyday since 1964. He tops each pizza and when it's done cooking he drizzles a healthy dose of olive oil on it and slowly walks over the pie, right in front of you and snips fresh basil on it. The square pie is what we ordered which looked amazing..better than the round pie, but unfortunately the screwed up our order (and it took almost 2 hours to get). I was a bit pissed especially since in the 2 hours we sat there (seating is very limited) I didn't see or hear any other mixed up orders and I'm pretty sure other people got their pies first. Also the pie we got the special cost about 32 bucks! most expensive pizza I've ever had. But it was damn good. The toppings and cheeses are all high quality and very fresh. They make pie after pie never taking a minute to stop.. It was perfectly cooked as well..the crust crispy on the bottom and chewy in the middle...slightly charred If you're interested in reading up check out here and here.
At the Same Moment, Lower Manhattan Panorama from Governor's Island, New York City
Made by andrew c mace
The ferries to Governor's Island started running yesterday. Governor's Island is a small island near Manhattan that once served as Army and Coast Guard stations. It's now maintained by the National Park Service. We went over today to poke around. It was far less crowded than I was expecting. After a really intense rainstorm blew through, we were left with some nice light reflecting off the city with some less menacing cumulus ambling over. The only problem with Governor's Island is that it opens at 11am and closes at 7pm—so nice twilight shots from here are not (legally) possible. This is a hand-held 19-shot panorama at 70mm with my Nikkor 70-300mm and stitched with Hugin. This one is far more detailed than my pano from the Staten Island ferry. I think the field of view was about 24mm, so there should be around 10x more data in this than a single shot. The original was around 12000 pixels wide after some cropping. I'm really jealous of the large format work here on Flickr (e.g. ), so I'm trying to figure out how to achieve something like that with the gear I have. The title of this photo is somewhere in the image. Can you find it? 19-shots single exposure / f/7.1 / 70mm (105mm=) / ISO 200 / no filters 4000-pixels-wide original. (worth a look)
Black & White Living Room
Made by mawphoto.com
(from left) My Scene Barbie china cabinet with RE-MENT china set (top shelf), beads (middle) and custom painted Barbie My Scene stereo and lamp; cruelty-free (and pet-friendly!) zebra skin rug from inkjet printed fabric glued on black felt base, vintage Allan head on VOLKS articulated body in vintage houndstooth sportcoat and fashion, repainted black flea market picture frames with added magnetic backing, custom inkjet printed pillows based on Jonathan Adler designs, Barbie My Scene repainted coffee table and RE-MENT tea set, vintage Barbie Go-Togethers end table with custom printed tabletop liner, white enamelled metal dollhouse birdcage (severed from original attached table bottom, lined with felt), Hobby Lobby photo frame chair, Silkstone Lingerie #3 Barbie doll in I Love Lucy Barbie fashion, Haute Traveler Susie doll in handmade reproduction Francie Japanese exclusive fashion by Joan Hudson; black and white wallpaper scanned in from fabric and printed on my Epson panoramic photo printer (about 3 pieces of 13x19 inch paper fitted together for each room width). I have been getting all my new RE-MENT from Priscilla Wardlow at www.nrfbqueen.com/rement/ as she has competitive prices, great selection, fast shipping and wonderful customer service.
She Once Called Your Name
Made by kitchen sink realism
Had a morgue patient two days after Christmas. It was one of the hardest ones I ever had to do. It was of a young child who was very sick all of his life. He died at the age of 13. His mother loved him to the core. You know when you can feel someone's pain. No really feel it. That god awful stink that doesn't go away. That pungent overwhelming feeling. You can smell it you know the feel of dark coldness that goes straight in your bones. It makes you dizzy that uneasy gritty feeling in your gut telling you that this is not ok. The screams of his name echoed through the patient's room. She called him over and over again hoping to see a glimpse of life back into her baby boy. I cried without realizing it until I felt the warm wetness trickle down my chin. His name echos through me everyday until time will patch my sorrows. His name was David This was a self portriat. I wanted to keep this as raw as possible with less editing to the feet. I wanted to give the morgue feel so less details to certain things is what I wanted to portray. Used a lot of makeup, and food to make the feet look a bit deteriorated. Yes unfortunatley a lot of patients are left in morgues for a few days to weeks. This is not for the squirmish. Please if your are offended I'm very sorry.
Too late... Lotus peliorhynchus, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Made by Rana Pipiens
In 1884, Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) - Charles Darwin's great friend and defender - describes this marvellously colorful Parrot's Beak from Tenerife, Canary Islands. He tells us that it had first been examined by naturalists on that island in 1828. In that year, Philip Barker Webb (1793-1854) travelling back to Europe from Brazil had made landfall in the Canary Islands. He'd met there a longtime resident naturalist, the Frenchman Sabin Berthelot (1794-1880), and they had quickly struck up an intense en very fruitful friendship. Thus they became the premier naturalists of the Canary Islands. That same year they'd been shown a specimen of this rare plant, but it had since then eluded them. When Berthelot finally saw the plant again, Webb had died. Sadly he notes in a letter: 'At last I have procured a specimen, but too late for my friend to receive it...' Webb had repaired to the Heavenly Paradise in 1854. Hooker's remarks are quite interesting (and fun) to read because he is rather personal in his remarks on the name of this plant... I understand our Parrot's Beak is now no longer found 'in the wild'. Thanks to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden for having its horticultured marvels on display!
Cliche Saturday - Architectural Digest Edition
Made by JordyR
I had posted this picture about a week ago to use in the F64 Contest. It won, but I was eliminated in a subsequent round. For those of you who like a little competition ... try . It is a head to head photo competition where you post against other members of the group in a March Madness bracket type arrangement. The members vote. The group is very professionally run, and the pictures are of a high quality. You will also meet new people. But, I also want to use this picture to promote another new project -- The Artist's Interview Nook . The intent of the group is to have a featured artist (a member of the group) or guest featured artist (someone not from the group who is recruited) each week or so to be interviewed about photography and flickr and life. Pineapple has agreed to be the first Featured Artist. The Group is slated to open on March 22. Go, join, play along and learn about your fellow flickrers. Last ... well, self-promotion is so cliche. So, in case any other part of this shot fails ... HCS!!
Uday
Made by Ryan Brenizer
Uday, a Shia Muslim and engineer, was glad to see Saddam Hussein deposed, so he made friends with some American soldiers. He translated for them and brought them cold sodas from time to time. For this, he was shot in the face. A Staten Island woman learned of his plight, and, with the help of a major charity, she helped Uday receive asylum in America. Eighteen surgeries later, Uday finds peace in taking the Staten Island ferry to his medical appointments, past the Statue of Liberty. Uday was one of fewer than 1,000 Iraqis to receive political asylum in the U.S. this year. This shoot was for an annual report of the charity that helped Uday come to America and receive surgery. Posted now that the project is done. Photoshopped only for color and tone; that bird is real. -------------------- www.amazon.com/gp/blog/A1K7OB8VJ7CMKI/, or follow the RSS feed.
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Made by brandon king
i get the urge to take these photos but i don't have anyone to shoot. instead i end up just running back and forth to and from the camera. it gets old and i'm sure everyone is tired of seing my face in all these test shots. the only way i can see to fix this problem is if i hire a live in model. A cute little woman with distinct features that doesn't mind being my muse. if you are down or know someone, please get at your boy. about the shot: I was sitting at home and thought about how much today felt like the first day of fall (cue autumn in new york by ella). The sun was setting and the clouds were perfect. So i ran upstairs to take a few pics of the skyline looking toward lower manhattan and in the process i wanted to see what it looked like if i did a shoot up here. On went my flash and out comes a bunch of photos like this. The flash is an on camera canon 580ex. I think it was set one stop down. okay, see why i need a model?
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Frances & Vitale 1958 Love by The EL in Brooklyn - 54th St & 13th Ave on Oldsmobile [Mom & Dad]
Made by Whiskeygonebad
Frances Tuzzolino born here & Vitale Catalano from Italy / Argentina - My mom and dad courting in the 1950s. People may imagine what romance was like in the 50s, but you don't often actually see it. I think this is early 1958 at least from the car models. Dad is leaning on a 1958 Oldsmobile. One of those long gone, heavy black trains is capture perfectly in the shot. This was taken with a 120/620 Voightlander Bessa II bellows camera. My Dad, being the Mr. neat, closed the camera case and is wearing it on his shoulder. I think his friend from Italy, Romano Rosaspina [my Godfather] took this shot in Boro Park, Brooklyn on 54th street where 13th ave is behind them. I have no other photographs similar to this one of them. BTW: That fruit store, Big George, is still there! I would love to someday learn about and spend the large amount of time it would take to make this into a color photograph. I think I could do it. It would take days.
237091030
Made by mawphoto.com
Clockwise from upper right: C'est Moi Taipei brunette Susie by R&D Dolls models a custom black dress by Marirose DeWitt (marirose77@aol.com); ultra-limited edition Vibrant Dimension Veronique from the My Favourite Doll Jason Wu Event 2005 (courtesy Marg Matsui - www.mfd.net) wears the ultra-limited Soir de Paris fashion courtesy Jason Wu for Fashion Royalty/Integrity Toys; Dawn to Dusk Silkstone Barbie on a FR body wears a custome velvet sheath with pointed sweetheart bodice; Trenchsetter Silkstone Barbie on a FR body wears La Petite Robe Noir by Jason Wu/FR; sample Susie (courtesy Rudi Turuel) wears the Givenchy Barbie gown, on a bed of cranberries inspired by the fall 2005 Desperate Housewives advetisement. (Photo by Michael Williams) Fashion Royalty Dolls by Jason Wu, Integrity Toys, Designer of Michelle Obama's Inaugural Inauguration Ballgown
RED, WHITE & BLUE living room
Made by mawphoto.com
Repainted black IKEA picture frames; all images by French fashion designer Rene Gruau (he is pictured in small horizontal white photo frame on shelf); white plastic lacquer look nesting side tables and bookshelf - IKEA dollhouse furniture; lamps made from metal beads; authentic Jonathan Adler-designed vases, lampshades, books from Bozart Kaleidoscope Dollhouse accessory set; TV, record player - REMENT; radio vintage Barbie by Mattel; wooden ashray by Carolyn Allen; Miss Honey, Silkstone Barbie accessory set. www.re-ment.us/ I have been getting all my new RE-MENT from Priscilla Wardlow at www.nrfbqueen.com/rement/ as she has competitive prices, great selection, fast shipping and wonderful customer service.
Vintage - FDNY - 1973
Made by paulv2c
FDNY Vintage Photo 1973 Location: Red Hook section of Brooklyn, New York City, NY Alarms: Five (5) Best viewed large: farm3.static.flickr.com/2254/1647943340_9580cd910c_o.jpg The fireboat: Harry M. Archer (Marine 6) operates on the north side of this occupied pier. Marine 9 (The Firefighter) and the USCG are operating on the south side of the pier. This 5 alarm fire spread to several other land based buildings. Note: I parked my car about 4 blocks from the pier. When I went back to the car, burning embers had ignited two buildings adjacent to where my vehicle was parked. My car's paint had several burn spots from the embers. Scanned from the original High Speed Ektachrome (ASA 160) slide.
Morning Routine
Made by Ryan Brenizer
I love Brooklyn couples. I always try to make my engagement shoots very particular to the couple so that it says something about them and their personality instead of just the way I like to do things. When I ask Brooklyn couples like Heather and Noam what they like to do, what defines them, they always start off with, Well, we're from Brooklyn, and it's a part of us… More than a place; it's a state of mind. So here I brought it into the photo directly, at one of their favorite haunts. -------------------- www.amazon.com/gp/blog/A1K7OB8VJ7CMKI/, or follow the RSS feed.
Wonderful Weed (Explore #427, Sept. 11, 2011)
Made by Puzzler4879
Considered a weed or invasive species in many areas in America, Common Evening Primrose, Oenothera biennis L., is a herbaceous forb with flowers that only fully open toward evening for 1-2 days. It is cultivated in some 15 countries for its oil, used as a healthful food additive. It has also been used as medicine to treat piles, boils, bruises, menstrual and bowel pain, and to give added strength, usually being chewed or in a poultice. This example was shot growing from a crack in the sidewalk behind our local diner in Brooklyn, New York. You can learn more about this plant at plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/cs_oebi.pdf.
blue new york
Made by gsgeorge
This view of New York City from Gowanus Bay, Brooklyn pretty much captures it all. Public housing along the waterfront leads to the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Red Hook, Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights. An overpass on the I-287/I-487 interchange flies over the city in the foreground. Both the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges are visible. In the background, the skyline of Midtown Manhattan looms over the rest of the city. From left to right, one can see many iconic American skyscrapers such as the Conde Nast Building, the Bank of America Tower, the Empire State Building, the Metropolitan Life Tower, the New York Life Building, the GE Building, the MetLife Building, the Chrysler Building, and more.
