The Way I See It (Blog)
Posts tagged with nyc
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One Year Ago: A Movement, Not a Moment
31 May 2021Just days after the brutal murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin was caught on camera, the world woke up and a movement quickly took hold. A year later, many of us are still here, still fighting for liberation. For me – and so much of New…
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This Is How We Do It: My NYC Urban Portrait Shoots
07 Mar 2019I don’t spend a lot of time talking about camera gear. I’m not saying I never talk about it. I enjoy looking at and discussing awesome camera gear, but I enjoy shooting even more. So that’s what I spend most of my time doing. I get the gear that gets…
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All the Frills
17 May 2018My interest in Easter as a holiday is patently non-religious. But I am ceaselessly fascinated by the yearly Easter parade that shuts down a chunk of Fifth Ave., where all manner of people don all manner of “bonnets” and outfits in celebration of a day that I suspect for a…
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3 Hours in Brooklyn
15 Sep 2017…Because there are few places in NYC I’d rather be as day turns to night.
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Rage Against the Machine
16 Aug 2017Pay attention. Get outraged. Do something positive. Don’t let silence and inaction make you complicit in the spread of hate.
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The Meaning of Life
27 Jun 2017Many people, upon their first encounter with the often scantily clad, curiously unkempt Matthew Silver, assume he’s crazy. I assure you he is not. On second thought, maybe Mattew Silver is crazy — crazy about being alive. And he just wants everyone to live and love out loud like he…
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Tribeca Dreams
09 May 2017So, the Tribeca Film Festival happened (April 19-30, 2017). If you’re not familiar, the Tribeca Film Festival was established in 2002, purportedly as a means of helping to revitalize the area (Triangle Below Canal Street) in the aftermath of 9/11. It’s possible this isn’t entirely true…