Rocco Galatioto, nice photos and good food

I always wonder where the time goes and hoe ephemeral life is. Thanks to a good memory, I recall a time before the web and smart phone when people interacted with those close to them. Central Park in the seventies was a place of great crowds and of free spirits intent on making the scene. It was a wonderful time; one hard to describe with words. A photo may help. This is a Kodachrome scan.

A street in Bedford Stuyvesant in Brooklyn in the seventies when gentrification was in it's infancy. This is a Kodachrome scan.

This cute little girl. the granddaughter of a friend in Genoa, Italy, was having a grand time with her gelato.

I used to engage in much street photography. My main tools were my Leicas  and my Nikon rangefinders. I would always make sure that the subject was amenable no sniping with long telephotos. Most people did not mind having their picture taken if you asked. This image was shot in Coney Island on a bright winter day with a Nikon SP and Tri-X Pan. It is a strange photo in a way but I love it.