Posts Tagged broadway
my hood
Posted by mareadyphotography in documentary on June 15, 2009
over the last couple of years i’ve been collecting cool pictures of inwood. there’s so much life here and so much… idunno, man.. you just have to be here to feel what i’m talking about. it’s loud, it’s social, it’s dirty and it’s beautiful. kids play in the streets till the wee hours of the mornin while the adults play dominos or chill around the stoop or on lawn chairs or couches they drag into the street. instead of sitting in front of a tv all night like an idiot, the people in my hood hang out and actually communicate with each other. it’s hard for me to take pictures around here because people usually think i’m a cop or for some reason they don’t want their faces in front of a camera. but people are usually cool with me shooting their kids, so i start with the kids and sometimes they’ll warm up to me. many more to come…
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- this is probably one of my favorite shots. i love everything about it.
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- i was in the elevator with this girl and her mom and she saw my camera and started posing, so after we got out i started snapping shots.
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- bingo!
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- some kid throwing a ball at the “foreing and domestic auto parts” store
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- nightcap at noon
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- shaved ice, dominoes and fanta
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- these kids were fun to shoot
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- repuzent
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- this is friggin beautiful. two old ladies, matching old lady hair cuts, pocket books, pediatric shoes, polyester pants, canes, flower print blouses… and they hold hands and walk with itty bitty shuffle steps. totally adorable.
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- she was hilarious. she was laughing because i was throwing a balled up piece of tin foil up in the air and making it land near her feet.
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- cute as a button
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- chillin at the corner store
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- long day
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- this is another favorite
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- she was kinda shy at first
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- i love all these colors
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- i can’t even take it how cute these kids are
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- walked up on a friendly wrestling match at the park. the guy on the bottom just wouldn’t give up.
pic-a-pet slideshow and interview
Posted by mareadyphotography in documentary on March 8, 2009
UPDATE 20 oct 09
you’ll be missed, mr. madonna
this summer i was lookin all over for venus flytraps. i made calls to plant stores, went to home depot and some other places, but nobody had any left. so one day i was walking down broadway past dyckman st. (200th st) in manhattan and i saw an old, small plant/pet supply store called Pic-A-Pet. see, i’m a sucker for small, privately owned stores; the older the better. this store had weathered a few storms in it’s day and the guy sitting down just inside the door seemed to be in about the same condition. when i asked him if he had any venus flytraps, he said with a smile, “yeah, we got em for 9 bucks.” so i picked up two plants. i asked him if i could have a receipt and when we walked near the register that looked like it hadn’t been used since before i was born he looked around for his receipt book. it was yellowed with age and when he handed it to me, i looked it over and it was receipt #42 from the 70′s. i said, “don’t write many receipts, huh?” and he started laughing. his name was Mr. Tony Madonna – a life-long new yorker; a real genuine kind of guy with a heart of gold. it’s funny how once i stopped in to ask about flytraps and now i stop in whenever i’m near just to say howdy to my new friend. his wrinkled face and callused hands have a few stories to tell and if you stop in, you just might get to hear a couple.
look at the date. how cool is that?!
