Boy did I love my first medium format camera, a Yashikamat 124. Coney Island April of 1975 using Ektachrome 120 film. The colors and resolution are just superb. I had many more 120 format cameras such as the Yashikamat 124-2, a Minolta Rolleicord, a Koni-Omega, Mamyias of various kinds and finally a couple Rolleis including the one used by my dear mentor and teacher, Josef Breitenbach that I treasure like no other camera. Yes indeed, I loved this format. 

 As I have mentioned previously, Coney Island in Brooklyn wet though a terrible period of decline during the seventies and eighties. This has now been remedied. We have the famous parachute ride(top photo) that sat on pathetic base (bottom Picture). The film was Kodachrome II and the camera was a Nikon F.

When smoking was cool

The Bed-Stuy ghetto in 1974. No matter how desolate the area, the cigarette ads were there to show how cool it was to smoke. This area has been totally gentrified and one cannot even smoke in city parks now. The nanny state at it's finest. Ridiculous.

There was a garden

The old pebbles  garden at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden was absolutely wonderful. It was a copy of the one in Kyoto that I visited long ago. However it was torn down in the eighties to make room for a pathetic children's farm that was hardly used and is now a place to stockpile manure. What a silly idea. These images date from the mid seventies and as it can be seen, it was very popular place for relaxation and contemplation.

Street photography

This Kodachrome image dates from the early seventies. This area has undergone serious gentrification and many changes. My studio was located a few blocks away and that was my subway stop. Time flies by.

The view from my studio

In the seventies, I had a studio at the Corner of 26th Street and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan. When I had nothing to do I enjoyed looking out of my window that did have a northern exposure. These images are of the north side of 26th Street. Today the area is totally gentrified.

The seventies

The seventies, not as exciting as the sixties. did nave many memorable events and in the Big Apple there cwere many demonstration and rallies. Here are two Etachromes shot in front of the Metropolitan Museum in Manhattan in the early seventies. Most likely these people became hedge fund managers.

It's not all glitter

These two images from the mid seventies  in downtown Manhattan, NYC ,shoe a condition that is sadly still present in this great and wealthy urban area, A lot has been done and a lot if money has been spent but the problem remains.

East 26th Street

This was the view from my studio. Classic shots from the seventies.

Archival shot

I always go through my many prints, negatives and slides from my archive ant try to pull out images that I.m proud of. This image dates from the mid seventies. It was shot in Rockefeller center with the Leica M-4 and the 50mm Summicron on Tri-X pan.