Downtown Manhattan, just how I like to remember it.

 Butcher shop in Little Italy, The Bronx. Arthur Avenue and 186 Street in the mid eighties. I has just bought a used Nikon S-2 rangefinder with a 35mm F 3.5 Nikkor lens. A very rare camera. I eventually was able to get a Nikon SP rangefinder. These were not as versatile as my Leicas but rarity made all the difference and the lenses were first class. These were the cameras that made the Nikon brand so famous and the work horse of us pros for a very long time. BTW, I cannot believe the prices on the meat.

 Young woman selling artificial roses. Manhattan mid eighties.

One tired lady

 This photo dates from the early eighties and was shot at a fair upstate NY. It makes yo wonder why an adult would wear it. Nevertheless, it makes for a funny image

What a view

I loved to go to the old World Trade Center. The elevator ride was amazing but not as breath taking as the view.

Archival shot

This is a scan of an image that shows all three downtown East River bridges. It was shot from Fulton Landing on the Brooklyn side and it dates from the early eighties. 

On the boardwalk many years ago

Faces on the boardwalk in Coney Island in the eighties. Those were the days when true street photography was still king. 

Remembering the apple when it was whole

Shot in the mid eighties while shooting an event for Citibank on a Circle Line cruise.

Classic archival shot

A view of lower Manhattan from the mid eighties when the city was whole.

I love this city

Enough said

Enjoy the weekend

Lancaster County PA

This area of Pennsylvania is lovely but is in danger of becoming totally commercialized. These photos are from 1986 when it was still real, as it were. It is still a great place to visit.

Making the scene

During the sixties and up to the eighties, making the scene was all the rage. It was a way to re invent oneself if only for a brief moment and hoping that the world saw them in the way that they wanted to be seen. Alas, Pirandello showed us that this was not possible because each person sees another in a unique way. But it was fun. New Yorkers were so used to this that they hardly paid attention any more. Now it has all changed with constant texting and messaging. But this is a story for another time. Here these two were making the scene hoping to be at least noted.

I will never forget this view

Shot from aboard a dinner cruise boat for a job I did on an evening in  June in the middle eighties for Citibank with the Nikon F and Tri-X Pan. The lens was the Nikkor 24mm F 1: 2.8.

We shall never forget / Non dimenticheremo mai

As the new tower is erected on the site of the old twin towers, I mourn  with great sadness the old ones and realize that they are irreplaceable. 

Nikon FTn with 24mm Nikkor F2.8 on Tri-X

Mentre si lavora per allestire la torre nuova sul sito delle gemelle incomincio a sentire la mancanza delle originali  con lutto e tristezza, rendendomi conto che non sono  affatto rimpiazzabili.