Long time no entry

i realized that i have completely neglected my blog, in the last month. I have been very busy working and spending time in the city. I have a lot of lovely pictures but i just didn't take the time to edit them. Here is one from another of the great sunstets in queens.

September 11

Ground Zero on the 6th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center

The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

A week ago i saw these 8 fellows playing at times square and thought the music and the energy was indcredible. I bought one of their cd's and listened to for a day before writing the band a mail saying how much i enjoyed the music and that i had taken some pictures of them that day in Manhattan and if i could take a few more some time. they wrote me back and said that they needed a photographer for their friday night concert at Rose in Brooklyn. I arrived around 10.30pm and was taken to the band. We talked a little about what kind of pictures they would like before they went on stage. The Place was packed with people, but luckely i got up in the front to shoot some pictures wich in didnt stop doing all night. Here is a couple from that night.

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A day on the water

This friday i took a trip around the island of Manhattan on a little ferry/boat. It was lovely weather and the tour guide was a nice and funny fellow. It lasted about three hours from 10.30am to 1.30pm. At one point the boat went away from its close following of the Manhattan coast line wich meant it passed right by Ellis Island and The Statue of Liberty. It was quite an experience to see two such landmarks up close and i finally got to see some american history.


The reason i choose to publish this entry with such an over edited picture is that it was foggy that friday and all of my pictures looks very dull and lags contrast. So i thought this would make a cool substitute.

Coney Island

Back again after the usual three day cyberspace blackout. Friday i spent my day in Coney Island. an old amusement area with i very nice beach. I read in the paper that a big developer was about to tear the place down and build a new big amusement park instaed of the old ones. It is now the last season the old rides are open and that was my excuse (not that i needed one) to go there.
The beach is great. a lot of working class people come to the beach as a part of a one day trip. all the rich people go out to Long Beach and the Hamptons. It was through the eye of a local homeless guy a was introduced to the place. He told me about how the different ethnicities has their certian areas of the boardwalk and the beach. He was a nice guy and promissed to show me more of New York.