Rocco Galatioto, nice photos and good food

You can naver underestimate bad taste. These statues at a plant nursery were being sold as decorations. There are people who add all sorts of statues and other ceramic artifacts of questionable taste  to their gardens but these were totally ugly. But who am I to judge, I only take pictures. 

The Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River, Long Island was once the residence of William Bayard Cutting. The grounds were designed by Frederick Law Olmstead in 1887, with the mansion designed by Chales C. Haight. It eventually became a state park and it's a lovel y place to spend a summer day.

 This shot is from the Belmont section of the Bronx in NYC Actually the last real little Italy in the city. The one in lower Manhattan has become an extension of the ever expanding China Town and features so called Italian restaurants that are aimed at tourists but are really mediocre, at best. There re a few exceptions but the area is really pathetic. Things change. Here you can still eat well.

These photos date from 1975 while my wife, Marcy, was pregnant with our first born son, Josef.  It was shot with a Yashicamat 124 on Tri-X Pan Professional.  Hand held at a 1/15th of a second with the lens fully open at F 3.5. Pushing the proverbial envelope. I have taken many photos of this wonderful and very pretty woman, but  to me she never looked more beautiful.

This great and beautiful city with it's incredible vitality sustains me and makes my life wonderful. I love New York.

Kodachrome II , Nikon FTn, early seventies