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I’ve always had feelings about the whole street style thing. You know, those dozen-or-so professional anorexics who run around dressed in (tens of) thousands of dollars of the day’s latest trends, just happening to bump into photographers as they go about their way. I just can’t put my finger on what makes the whole thing [...]

The Haves and the Have-Nots


Here’s Lookin’ at You

I swear…this woman is ALWAYS staring at me.
Diamond District, March 26, 2012, 6:30 P.M.

Performance Art

…and just in time for Performa 11!

New York U.S.A.

Discovered this video in the new doc Public Speaking, Martin Scorsese’s profile of writer/icon Fran Lebowitz. It’s one of those moves that makes me equal parts envious of the New York that no longer exists and pissed off that people won’t stop talking about it after 40 years. Just the other day I read a [...]

(Don’t Do It)

Growing up, Grandmaster Flash’s White Lines (Don’t Do It) was one of my favorite songs. (I thought the lyrics were “White Lies,” but that’s another story.)
Here’s the origin of that killer bass line, Liquid Liquid’s “Cavern,” a funky, punky New York post-disco track with a badass video to match.

Steinkamp on a Day in September

Working on ART+NYC has given me the chance to reconnect with some favorite artists I haven’t otherwise thought about in a while. Today’s artist: Jennifer Steinkamp.
A few years ago, I had a panic attack. I was at work and I’d gone to lunch and I just couldn’t get myself to go back into the [...]

City Camera

 
It’s images like this that make it easy to fall in love with New York. Not just the images, but the fact that decades after they were snapped they still ring true.
 
Just saw, (via New York mag) that the photographer who shot them, Helen Levitt, died last week at the age of 95. Levitt did a lot [...]