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nyc – 11pm – 95 degrees

Posted by mareadyphotography in documentary on July 23, 2011

surfing the heat wave like a boss.

broadway, documentary, dyckman, fire, fire hydrant, heat, hood, hydrant, inwood, manhattan, my hood, neighborhood, new york, night, ny, nyc, photo, photography, portrait, spray, street, water, wave

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my hood #6

Posted by mareadyphotography in documentary on April 15, 2011

here are a few pictures i snapped last saturday

this is beautiful. i friggin love everything about it. i love what's happening. i love where it's happening. i love the backwards/inside-out dress. i love that they let me take the picture. i love it all.

how basketball was born

by the look of that window, i guess they've played here before

ball, basket, basketball, broadway, documentary, dominican, dyckman, fire escape, hair, hallway, hood, inwood, kids, location, manhattan, natural light, neighborhood, new york, ny, nyc, photo, photography, photojournalism, picture, portrait, relaxer, sidewalk, street, trash

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my hood #5

Posted by mareadyphotography in documentary on October 12, 2010

pictures from my hood.

here are more from the archives:

street ball

bones

chillin on the stoop

race

: waitin for the bus

: be where of the dog

: after the game

: eating rice and salami

: i think the batter and the pitcher are on the same team. if the pitcher catches a hit ball, he can throw it at the detergent bottle for a point. i think. i was confused. if you know the name of the game or the rules, let me know.

: fire escape superman

: race

: chillin on the stoop

: pow pow power wheels

: bones

: playin bones

: home run derby

: street ball

: helpin out the girls

: the boys chillin. a couple of em didn’t want me to take a picture. then they said, “ok, yeah – whatever” and then they hid their faces.

: baby slice $1

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hot town, summer in the city – my hood #4

Posted by mareadyphotography in documentary on May 27, 2010

yesterday’s freak heat wave almost broke a 130 year record. it just kinda snuck up on us. a humid 95 degrees is no joke – especially in this brick-oven of a city.

they ran around like tyrants, soaking up the open fire hydrants

: the paparazzi got paparazzied

: guy has a baby carriage converted into some icee cart or somethin

: the girls chillin

: a guy cleaned this drain spotless with a broom handle so it would drain – then about a minute later this is what it looked like.

: so i’m takin this picture of the kid’s feet and all of the sudden a plate with a chicken bone floats by

: grown ups playin bones

: the ol’, “‘take a picture of us pouring water on our heads” and then pour the water on your brother at the last second” trick.

: water fight in front of the roach coach

: gettin ammo

: the livery cabs drive by the open hydrants really slow to wash their cars, stopping for a few seconds on each wheel to make em shine

water fight in front of the roach coach

the paparazzi got paparazzied

documentary, fire, heat, hood, hot, hydrant, inwood, kids, manhattan, neighborhood, new york, nyc, open, photo, photography, portrait, streets, summer, water

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my hood #3

Posted by mareadyphotography in documentary on March 29, 2010

check out the other shots of my hood here:

my hood #1

my hood #2

there's so many things i like about this scene. i mean, maybe its the girls braids with the blue beads, the motion of the throw, the girls vs. boys, the open courtyard, the trash in the corner... it's all really beautiful to me.

: there where a lot of cool things in there.

: and tarot cards. nothing brings the occult and catholicism together like reading tarot cards on a prayer mat surrounded by candles with saints on them and thousands of biblical statues.

: this is a whole store with nothing but religious statues

: when window styling gets awesome

: scooters with training wheels are weird. this girl was so dang cute.

: photos like this mean a lot to me. there’s a cool story there somewhere.

: somebody walked up to him and asked, “so does selling this stuff give you enough to make a living?” and he said, “nah, but i gotta do it to make ends meet.”

: this sidewalk is always a hot spot for out-of-a-van flea markets

: the boys playin ball. when i asked if i could take a shot, a couple guys stepped out and said, “nah, i don’t want my picture taken – i appreciate you asking, though” and were super cool.

: this guy got nailed with like 1000 snowballs. then right afterwards, some girl ran up and did a flying ninja pounce right on this poor fella. it happened too fast for me to catch it.

: i love this guy’s picture-takin stance

: goin for the triple lindy.

: it’s all fun and games until some kid faceplants

: she said, “go dad, go!”

: another unhappy sledder

: plum tuckered out

: yeeehaawwww

: i’m gonna pretend that her jacket says “apple blossom” cause a 5 year old with an “apple bottom” jacket just seems wrong

: school’s out

: this roach coach is always at the same spot almost every day. and they’re usually always busy.

: another store of religious stuff. who is that random guy in the middle with the hat?

: he built this RC car from scratch. that sucker was fast.

: rat poison in use. keep out.

: i see a few of these portable mechanic trucks around. if your car is busted, they’ll come to you and fix it right there on the street. it’s pretty awesome.

: i love this pizza. i’ll even go out of my way to get it. the crust is really salty and it makes it delicious.

: pizza palace

: this girl was playing peek-a-boo with me

: nueva york

: fresh sqeezed OJ is bomb diggy

: it’s a minimum security playground

: sandals, white socks and checkers

: closed for renovations/court order. before this hood was dominican it was really irish – so there are a ton of irish bars around still

: chillin on the corner

: street food

: there’s so many beautiful things about this shot. i mean, maybe its the girls braids with the blue beads, the motion of the throw, the girls vs. boys, the open courtyard, the trash in the corner… something about this is really beautiful to me.

: sidewalk fruit and lottery tickets

: he made a clean catch and took it in for the touchdown

: the fellas dragged an old couch from the sidewalk trash and got some more use out of it. at one point, they had a huge blue tarp tied to street signs to give them some shade. love it.

: i like these colors.

: swingsets and buttcracks

: the MTA buses are built like tanks. ask that guy’s bumper.

: broadway

: a couple games of bones at the end of the day

: pow pow powerwheels

: the 1 train in all of it’s glory

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krissy drier in the rain

Posted by mareadyphotography in fashion on August 8, 2009

so we’re up on the roof taking shots in the rain. it’s cold and dreary but everything looks awesome. after i think we got the goods and before she’s about to freeze to death in that itty bitty dress, i call it a wrap. we head back to the door and pull it. nope. pull it again – notta. that sucker was locked up tight. so here we are on the roof, it’s cold, raining and krissy is nearly naked. i spot some ladies smoking way over on the roof of the building next to us and i’m yelling over to them, “hey! help! we’re locked on the roof!!” and they don’t budge. they yell something back, but i couldn’t hear em. i try to get them to come over to me, but they just wave their hands and go back inside. so i hand over my umbrella and camera and start climbing down the rusty fire escape. i make it all the way to the bottom and go back through the front door and take the elevator back up. but by the time i got there, the nice ladies had come to krissy’s rescue. thanks, nice ladies.

beauty, drier, dyckman, fashion, fire escape, hood, inwood, krissy, location, manhattan, natural light, new york, nyc, photo, photography, portrait, rain, roof, studio

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my hood #2

Posted by mareadyphotography in documentary on June 16, 2009

more shots of my hood

straight chillin on the stoop

: there were about 30 people playing basketball on the street to the left of these guys that i wanted to shoot, but one guy got nervous and started saying i was a cop so everybody got sketched. these dudes were cool, though. i actually have 5×7 prints of this picture in my bag ready to give to them when i see em next.

: the moms make the kids sit there and listen.

: i friggin LOVE this.

: sidewalk preaching happens a lot in the summer.

: it was hot that day

: this guy saw me taking a photo of this lady and started hamming it up.

: this trannie was with the telemundo crew. the kids had no idea what to think.

: painting toe nails on the sidewalk

: this got painted over. kinda sad.

: straight chillin on the stoop

: they filmed something for telemundo on our corner for a few days

: on holidays, there are grills as far as the eye can see

: this guy is super nice

: girls hang out as the adults play quarters

: playing soccer in the middle of people next to the sidewalk sale. there’s something awesome about this scene.

: cards and coconut water

: heated game of pokemon or yu-gi-oh or somethin

: girls just being girly

: concrete baseball

: they were just chillin on the mailbox. they saw my camera and jumped down to pose and i was like, no no no! hop back up!

: this is the famous iron cross left at the world trade center

: this girl was crying until i came up with my camera

broadway, child, documentary, dyckman, hood, inwood, manhattan, natural light, neighborhood, new york, nyc, photo, photography, photojournalism, portrait

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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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: walked up on a friendly wrestling match at the park. the guy on the bottom just wouldn’t give up.

: i can’t even take it how cute these kids are

: i love all these colors

: she was kinda shy at first

: this is another favorite

: long day

: chillin at the corner store

: cute as a button

: 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.

: 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.