Halloween Parade

Some images from this year's New York City Village Halloween Parade.

Boo!

I am dressing up as a "broken..."

Google Code Jam

One of the top 100 computer coders who participated in Google 2006 Global Code Jam is photographed here prior to the start of the contest.

Choking Dick

George W. Bush arrives to signs a law authorizing construction of a fence along the US-Mexico border thinking it will solve the illegal migration of Mexicans into America. I wonder what Cheney was chocking on?

photo: AFP/Mandel Ngan

Around the hood

This is the fountain at Borough Hall in Downtown/Brooklyn Heights.

Under the City

Keep your eyes on the open doors.

Under the City

Court Street Station waiting for R train on Friday.

Couple of Nice Guys

Today I shot the Band Aid organizer Bob Geldof and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan at Annan's office.

Under the City

Subway train approaches the Wall Street #4 station on a warm Wednesday afternoon. The station is going under renovation.

Under the City

Just another day under New York City. Below are the R and W trains at the South Ferry station.

Underground Neighbors

Have you ever checkout the person sitting next to or in front of you in a subway car? Have you ever wondered if they are okay? If they are happy? May be they just got divorced or were fired from their job. May be they just lost something or someone important to them.

It is also possible that they are just as content and happy as one could ever be!

A Nobel Prize Winner

Yesterday I shot Edmund Phelps and his wife Viviana. Phelps, an economist and a Columbia University professor, is the winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for his research showing that wage and price trends depend on expectations for both inflation and unemployment. Okay I did not get that last part either. But he is very smart and extremely friendly.


The first photo on their piano was of John Nash another Nobel Prize winner who was portrayed in the movie A Beautiful Mind. They pointed out the photo to me as I was taking their picture!

Hunger for Fashion

A model presents a creation for French fashion house Guy Laroche as part of their Spring/Summer 2007 ready-to-wear collection in Paris. Looking at the photos I wonder if she is considered sexy? She looks like she is dying of hunger. Regardless, she gets paid thousands of dollars as a model looking like THAT!

Photo: REUTERS/Charles Platiau

In the other hand this is always sexy...also in Paris!!

Photo: AP Photo/Christophe Ena

American Sikhs

Today I shot the Sikh community in Queens for The New York Times.

Greenwood Cemetery

Today I spend some time touring Brooklyn's Historic Greenwood Cemetray. The event was part of Open House New York (OHNY).

Stay the Course

I added a live counter (right side) to this blog that calculates the cost of war in Iraq in.

Mind you this is in dollars....below are a couple of sites for American and Iraqi casualties:

http://www.iraqbodycount.org/database/
http://www.icasualties.org/oif/

My Friend's Apartment

Thanks for the lovely and "refreshing" dinner!!

Joe's Pizza Chased Out

My neighborhood is changing but not for good. After 49 years of serving slices on Court Street Joe sold out his space to a bank and a law firm.

Anish Kapoor's Sky Mirror

A three-story tall polished stainless steel disc titled "Sky Mirror" by Indian born artist, Anish Kapoor is seen at the Rockefeller Center is in midtown Manhattan. The sculpture is 33 feet in diameter and weighs 23 tons with the disc facing Rockefeller Center at a 60 degree angle. This amazing temporary sculpture will be on display through October 27th.

I am back!

Starting today I will just post a photo that depicts New York City as I see it.

Exit Stairways at Court Street Subway Station in Brooklyn.
Do you follow the arrows?