Times Square, August 19.

It was a warm evening, thousands were milling around, a friendly crowd giving off a lot of positive energy: two couples, tourist from Germany and Scandinavia asked me to take their pictures with their digital point and shoot. A Latino mother thrust a disposable camera in my hand and, with gestures and a smile, asked me to photograph her and her little boy. I struck up a conversation with two young cops who seemed to be having a good time while making their presence felt. And a guy handing out circulars for two comedy clubs spent a few minutes talking with me. I wonder how many people besides me took notice of the day's headline news?

Russia shrugs off NATO scolding



42nd. Street



700 Rooms With Private Bath





Madison Avenue

Q: What are those green columns?
A: Insulation material not yet covered.

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Manhattan at Night, August 4

Late Shoppers: Corner 5th. Avenue and 57th. Street

(The background for this picture was a couple hundred vertical fluorescent light tubes in the Louis Vuitton window display at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 57th. Street. That window display was dismantled a few days after I took this picture.)

Bus Stop at Columbus Circle



Bus Stop, 5th Avenue. 6PM.



Before going downtown to see the Manhattan lights, I lingered a while at the Dyckman Street station.






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