Broadway Booksellers
Category: Candid
Broadway Hallelujah!
This man used to walk up and down Broadway, between about 96th and 106th Street, shouting, “Hallelujah, Hallelujah…” over and over again or, sometimes, “Jesus loves you, Jesus loves you,” without cease. I have not seen him in a while, but this picture was taken in July, 2004.
Broadway Transit Worker
Another of the earlier pictures in my series, The Burghers of Broadway, currently appearing on the NYPL (New York People Live) Facebook page. This one is from July, 2004.
Broadway Movement
I’m traveling this week and away from Lightroom. So we’ll delve back into the archives for more from The Burghers of Broadway, currently appearing on NYPL. I believe this woman was an adherent of Falun Gong (though it might have been Tai Chi). Unfortunately, this is from my early digital days (2004) and all that remains is an over-processed, low-res jpeg.
For Real?
Arm Yourself
Purim Fun
Veteran
Briarcliffe Breakfast
Women Walking to Work
A Cold News Day
Returning to the present, here’s someone who agreed to having their picture taken just 2 days ago. I showed him the picture, even though I couldn’t see any eyes and he chuckled or grunted appreciatively.
Tiresias
Broadway Buddhists (or the Tao of Tattoo)
This is one of my favorite images from The Burghers of Broadway series. It was shot in September of 2006. There was some sort of Buddhist event at the Symphony Space, across the street. Crossing the median I encountered this pair and asked if I could take a picture. The monk on the left seemed largely unaware of, or uninterested in, me or my question. But the tattooed man on the right explained what I was asking and, receiving what I thought was a fairly non-committal response, posed. It was clear he felt greatly honored to have his picture taken in the monk’s company and I suspect he must be a revered monk of some renown.
Vendor With the Right Stuff
Honk for Gas!
Here’s another cross-posting from The Burghers of Broadway on NYPL, this one of a protest against the oil companies outside a gas (petrol) station in July of 2006 in Harlem.
Beer Breakfast
This shot, from The Burghers of Broadway, was taken one summer morning in June of 2006 at 99th and Broadway. Whereas he warily allowed me to take this picture, shortly afterwards he threw that beer bottle at a neighbor of mine who had the temerity to pass by.
It Was Left
Grand Street
Visiting the Old Nabe
Continuing with some cross-posting from the New York People Live (NYPL) Facebook page and our series of street portraits taken with the permission of the subject…
In the early 2000s I began shooting a series of photographs of people living and working on Broadway in New York. I’ve given it various names over the years: “the Burghers of Broadway,” “Broadway Bound” and “On Broadway.” Over the coming days I’ll present several of those images, starting here with one from 2006. This woman was dressed to the nines in her Sunday best, sitting in a wheelchair on the corner of Broadway & 99th Street. She said she was happy to be visiting her old neighborhood on such a pretty late April day. Then her brother came up and was angry with her for allowing me to take her picture, not knowing who I was or to what purpose I might put it.
Crazy Hearts
