The Way I See It (Blog)

Posts tagged with nyc

1. One Year Ago: A Movement, Not a Moment

   31 May 2021

   Just 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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2. This Is How We Do It: My NYC Urban Portrait Shoots

   07 Mar 2019

   I 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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3. All the Frills

   17 May 2018

   My 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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4. 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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5. Rage Against the Machine

   16 Aug 2017

   Pay attention. Get outraged. Do something positive. Don’t let silence and inaction make you complicit in the spread of hate.

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6. The Meaning of Life

   27 Jun 2017

   Many 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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7. Tribeca Dreams

   09 May 2017

   So, 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…

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