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This black-and-white long-exposure photo was taken in the Amtrak waiting room in Hudson. It was shot with a 1960 Brownie Starmite camera that has an unpredictable slow shutter. Sometimes it works perfectly, and other times you get a shot like this as a gift. I love shooting with old, lensless, slightly off cameras.

Waiting Room, 2010
Hudson, New York
Camera: 1960 Brownie Starmite
Film: Arista EDU Ultra 400 B&W hand-cut & respooled to 127

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This black-and-white photograph shows workers hanging on ropes while cleaning a large glass facade.

Window Washers, 2011
W. 33rd Street
Manhattan, New York
Camera: 1940s Argus C3 The Brick
Film: Arista EDU Ultra 400 B&W

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This black-and-white photograph depicts the misty Hudson River with distant Catskill Mountains obscured by fog. This Brownie Starmite's shutter is slightly off, some would say broken.

Catskill Mountains, NY, 2010
Camera: 1960 Brownie Starmite (shutter misfire)
Film: Efke R100

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The Oyster Bar restaurant. It was closed during the pandemic, and it seemed to take a really long time to reopen.

I had a work lunch there once. The restaurant was visually stunning, straight out of Mad Men. The arches and the tables were just fabulous. I think they remodeled or were sold recently.

Congratulations! Hope you had a great opening. Really great work.

This black-and-white photograph depicts a peaceful natural scene, specifically a view of the Hudson River at Stony Point, NY. The camera is from 1953, and the imperfections are due to its lens.

Stony Point, NY, 2022
Camera: 1953 Bilora Bella 2
Film: Ilford 120 HP5 Plus cut and re-spooled to 127

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This black and white photograph shows a narrow, snowy alleyway behind a brick building, possibly a garage or old fire station, featuring a large door with many small windows.

Prison Alley, 2022
Hudson, NY
Camera: 1939 Falcon Miniature
Half-frame
Film: Ilford 120 HP5 Plus re-spooled to 127

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This black-and-white photo captures a busy moment at Grand Central Terminal in New York City. A figure slightly to the right of center appears as a dark blur.

Twirl, 2017
Grand Central Terminal
New York, New York
Camera: Olympus XA
Film: Arista EDU Ultra 400 B&W

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This black-and-white photograph shows a rainy street scene in Midtown Manhattan. The tall, cylindrical building on the left is the Lipstick Building, located at 885 Third Avenue. The Falcon Miniature 127 half-frame film cameras were manufactured in New York by the Utility Manufacturing Company. The camera bodies were made of Bakelite and resembled the 35mm Argus A. The image format was 3×4 cm, with dual red windows to advance the film. Most cameras included a compartment for an extra film roll. When B&H began charging over $15 to re-spool 120 film into 127, I started buying cheap Arista.edu film, hand-cutting it in a camera bag, and then re-spooling it onto 127.

Midtown, 2012
3rd Ave. NY, NY
Camera: 1939 Falcon Miniature
Film: Arista Ultra 120 hand cut then re-spooled to 127

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Lovely

This black-and-white Slim Devil plastic camera photograph shows the exterior of the Oculus, a transportation hub and shopping mall at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Designed by architect Santiago Calatrava, the structure is intended to resemble a bird in flight. There are three main points about this from a New York perspective. You are either traumatized by it, but you have to use it. You use it every day, and it doesn't bother you at all because you weren’t here, or you were here and have no reason to ever go down there, so you don’t. I’ve been shooting in Lower Manhattan since 2000. I see a few other street photographers down there now and then, mostly of my age. We all have a hollowed-out look. 3,000 people died here, and now it’s full—really full—of tourists walking around a graveyard, shopping, and lining up to see a crushed firetruck. This location is on the other side, away from everyone.

Lunch, 2019
The Oculus, New York, NY
Camera: Slim Devil
Film: Ilford 400

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This black-and-white Polaroid was taken with a 1973 SX-70, which captures a high-contrast view of pine tree branches against a bright, hazy background.

The Pines, 2014
North Truro, Massachusetts
Camera: Polaroid SX-70
Impossible Project B/W

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This black-and-white Holga photo shows cattails in a snowy winter landscape. The picture captures a marsh scene in early winter with snow and frost on the plants.

Cattails, 2012
Kinderhook, NY
Camera: Holga 120N
Ilford Delta 3200

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This black-and-white holgapan is part of the 51st Street Pedestrian Walkway, which crosses over the FDR. The bridge starts at Tudor City and extends across to the walkway along the East River. The tall, curved fencing is meant to prevent people from throwing objects into traffic or jumping over it. This photograph was taken in the pouring rain.

Cage, 2018
E 51st Street Pedestrian Crossing
New York, NY
Camera: Holga 120 Pan
Film: Ilford Delta 3200

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This black and white holgapan captures one of the iconic marble lion statues, named Fortitude, which guards the entrance of the New York Public Library's Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. The two lions, named Patience and Fortitude by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia during the Great Depression, have become beloved symbols of New York City. They were placed on their pedestals in May 1911, just days before the majestic Beaux-Arts building opened to the public at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street in Manhattan. The lion on the north side, pictured here, is Fortitude, which is lightly dusted with snow.

Fortitude, 2016
New York Public Library
5th Ave. NY, NY
Camera: Holga 120 Pan
Ilford Delta 3200

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This Holgapan black-and-white photograph was taken of the fountain in Washington Square Park, New York City, on a very hot summer day. The person on the right is pointing to a group of people off camera. The group had been arguing, and he was telling them to "Shut the fuck up."

Bully, 2016
Washington Square Park
New York, NY
Camera: Holga 120 Pan
Film: Ilford Delta 3200

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This handheld triple exposure holgapan was taken on a very crowded day at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Flutter, 2016
Lincoln Memorial
Washington, DC
Camera: Holga 120 Pan
Film: Ilford Delta 3200, Hand-Held Triple Exposure

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This black-and-white Holgapan photograph captures a moment on the CN Tower's outdoor observation deck in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Standing at 553.3 meters (1,815.4 feet), the CN Tower was the world's tallest free-standing structure until 2007. The area shown is the SkyTerrace, located at an elevation of 342 meters (1,122 feet), offering visitors outdoor breezes and panoramic views through security mesh. Directly below this level is the famous Glass Floor, which was the first of its kind when it opened in 1994. Visitors at this height can see across Lake Ontario and, on clear days, catch glimpses of the mist from Niagara Falls or the skyline of Rochester, New York

CN Tower in Toronto, 2014
Ontario, Canada
Camera: Holga 120 Pan
Film: Ilford Delta 3200

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This cross-processed color photograph the Days' Cottages, an iconic row of 22 identical beachfront rental units located on Beach Point in North Truro, Massachusetts, near Provincetown. History: Built in 1931, these historic "shacks" have become a legendary landmark of Cape Cod. Color cross-processed photographs are often characterized by unnatural colors and high contrast.

Days Cottages, 2012
Shore Rd, North Truro, MA
Camera: Holga 120 Pan
Film: Kodak Portra 400 Color
Cross Processed

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This cross-processed color photograph shows the pedestrian walkway of the Manhattan Bridge in New York City. Color cross-processed photographs are often characterized by unnatural colors and high contrast.

Manhattan Bridge, 2012
New York, NY
Camera: Holga 120 Pan
Film: Kodak Portra 400 Color
Cross Processed

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