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Tag: B&W

Spiral

Chicago
Posted on August 21, 2025August 14, 2025Categories Architecture, B&W, Candid, documentary, Photo, StreetTags B&W, candid, Chicago, documentary, passerby, staircase, street, urban2 Comments on Spiral

Found Objet: Sculpture

Glacier Bay, Alaska

Posted on August 3, 2018July 29, 2018Categories B&W, Landscape, Photo, Still lifeTags Alaska, B&W, Glacier Bay, ice, waterLeave a comment on Found Objet: Sculpture

Birds

Glacier Bay, Alaska

Posted on August 1, 2018July 29, 2018Categories B&W, Landscape, Photo, WildlifeTags Alaska, B&W, birds, Glacier Bay, water2 Comments on Birds

Anomie

Whitney Museum, New York
Whitney Museum, New York

Posted on September 30, 2016September 27, 2016Categories B&W, Candid, Photo, StreetTags B&W, candid, Manhattan, New York, street, Whitney MuseumLeave a comment on Anomie

Upper West Siders

98th St and Broadway, New York
98th St and Broadway, New York

Posted on September 28, 2016September 27, 2016Categories B&W, Broadway, Candid, Photo, StreetTags B&W, Broadway, candid, Manhattan, New York, passerby, street, urbanLeave a comment on Upper West Siders

Tampa

Fordham Road, Bronx, New York
Fordham Road, Bronx, New York

Posted on September 26, 2016September 24, 2016Categories B&W, Candid, Photo, StreetTags B&W, Bronx, candid, New York, passerby, street, urbanLeave a comment on Tampa

Cigarette Break

34th St and First Avenue, New York
34th St and First Avenue, New York

Posted on September 23, 2016September 18, 2016Categories B&W, Candid, Photo, StreetTags B&W, candid, Manhattan, New York, passerby, street, urban2 Comments on Cigarette Break

Half-Glassed Construction

33rd St and First Avenue, New York
33rd St and First Avenue, New York

Posted on September 22, 2016September 18, 2016Categories Architecture, B&W, Photo, StreetTags architecture, B&W, glass, Manhattan, New York, street, urbanLeave a comment on Half-Glassed Construction

Altercation

96th St and Central Park West, New York
96th St and Central Park West, New York

The man in the middle is a blind beggar who often works this corner. He was in some kind of argument with the sanitation worker, about what I’m not quite sure as it was in rapid-fire, loud Spanish and I couldn’t follow.

Posted on September 21, 2016September 18, 2016Categories B&W, Candid, Photo, StreetTags B&W, candid, Central Park West, Manhattan, New York, passerby, street, trashcan, urban2 Comments on Altercation

We Must March My Darlings

93rd St and Central Park West, New York
93rd St and Central Park West, New York

Posted on September 21, 2016September 18, 2016Categories B&W, Candid, Photo, StreetTags B&W, candid, Central Park West, Manhattan, New York, passerby, street5 Comments on We Must March My Darlings

Street Photography

Met Breuer, New York
Met Breuer, New York

Posted on September 19, 2016September 17, 2016Categories B&W, Interior, PhotoTags B&W, Manhattan, Met Breuer, museum, New York2 Comments on Street Photography

The Romance of Diane Arbus

Met Breuer, New York
Met Breuer, New York

Posted on September 19, 2016September 17, 2016Categories B&W, Candid, Interior, PhotoTags B&W, candid, couple, Manhattan, Met Breuer, museum, New YorkLeave a comment on The Romance of Diane Arbus

Women on West 48th

W 48th Street, New York
W 48th Street, New York

Posted on September 17, 2016September 17, 2016Categories B&W, Candid, Photo, StreetTags B&W, candid, Manhattan, New York, passerby, street, urbanLeave a comment on Women on West 48th

The Manhattan Grid

Ward’s Island Footbridge, New York

Posted on October 28, 2012October 28, 2012Categories B&W, Photo, StreetTags architecture, B&W, fence, grid, Manhattan, New York, sky, skyline, street, urbanLeave a comment on The Manhattan Grid

Wine Glasses

Window of the Crate & Barrel at 59th and Madison Ave, New York

Posted on May 10, 2012May 10, 2012Categories Photo, Still life, StreetTags B&W, glass, Manhattan, New York, reflection, storefront, window, wineglassLeave a comment on Wine Glasses

Wrong Side of the Tracks

5 Pointz, Long Island City, New York

More from a visit to 5 Pointz back in September, 2006.

Posted on January 26, 2012January 25, 2012Categories Photo, StreetTags 5 Pointz, B&W, graffiti, Long Island City, New York, urban, wallLeave a comment on Wrong Side of the Tracks

The Alien

96th and Broadway

Posted on December 11, 2011December 4, 2011Categories Photo, Still life, StreetTags B&W, Broadway, Manhattan, mannequin, New York, urbanLeave a comment on The Alien

InsideOut Project

Broadway and Houston

Posted on November 20, 2011November 16, 2011Categories Broadway, Photo, Portrait, StreetTags B&W, Manhattan, New York, Sign, urban, wallLeave a comment on InsideOut Project

Uptown and Downtown

Columbus Circle subway station

Posted on October 31, 2011October 28, 2011Categories B&W, Photo, Street, subwayTags "Columbus Circle", Adam Isler, B&W, candid, commuter, man, Manhattan, New York, NYC, passerby, people, urban, womanLeave a comment on Uptown and Downtown

That Obscure Object of Desire

B train

Posted on October 31, 2011October 28, 2011Categories B&W, Photo, Street, subwayTags Adam Isler, B train, B&W, candid, Central Park West, commuter, man, Manhattan, New York, NYC, people, urbanLeave a comment on That Obscure Object of Desire

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