Two beauties

 These two wonderful cats went on to their reward but left indelible happy memories

Stanley, aka the sheriff

Bella, aka the mushie

 

 

Des anyone still remember Progressive Labor?

This was a fringe group that had it's proverbial 15 minutes of fame in the seventies made up od misguided individuals who knew nothing about labor because they were all students. Probably they became Wall Street big shots or high potere attorneys making lots of money. These images were shot with a Leica M-4 with Ektachrome 100 that I used to buy in bulk rolls. The lens was that superb Summicron F 2. This was the best combination for street photography.

Dignity

A photographer has the duty to preserve a subject dignity. Anything else is cheap and totally unprofessional. No long telephoto shots of people picking their noses as an example. This image was made with that classic portrait lens a Nikkor 105 F 2.5 mounted on a Nikon FTn with good old Tri-X Pan.

Chinese New Year pageant

These images were shot some time ago while I was shooting or Catholic Charities. The site was an assisted living complex that housed many Chinese tenants. They put on quite a show. They were all seniors but has unbound energy.

You just had to be there

The sixties were fun, the seventies were OK. Then it all went to hell. Touchy feelie, self esteem and political correctness destroyed individualism and that sense of the outrageous. In the sixties, Central Park in Manhattan was the mecca. You has to make the scene. You gad to be seen. Weekends attracted huge crowds and there was always the unexpected, the happening. So called progress and group think killed that great feeling that anything was possible. Too bad. These images were made with a Canon FT with a 50 mm F 1.4 Canon FL lens and naturally on Tri-X Pan.

Too early?

Not really. They will be here soon.

Have a great week

Have a pleasant Sunday