22 PORTRAITS of New Yorkers

When I see a New Yorker with an interesting face………….

I snap a photo.

ARTIST………MODEL………..STUDENT……….DANCER…………POET…………

WRITER…………ANTIQUE DEALER…………and

 

 

 

LOOK ME IN THE EYE

I often take photos of people who look directly at me……..”is that guy taking my photo” ?

YES !!!

Has anyone ever socked me in the eye??  Not yet !!!

JOS draws a portrait of TOM

The cutest artist ever…….. stopped me today in Washington Square Park………..and asked me if she could draw my portrait.

 YES said I !

I LOVE her antler………..but I didn’t ask why she chose it.

It’s called a “BLIND PORTRAIT”………..drawing the subject without looking at the paper.  JUST DRAW.

 I took the same class years ago at The School of Visual Arts…….the instructor was Jack Potter [recently deceased].

These two are art students at NYU.

TOM!  Thats me.

NY FASHION WEEK • Fall 2014 • Beautiful Ladies

Fashion Week n New York brings out the beautiful ladies.  Foxy…….Stunning……Gorgeous…….Elegant….Charming………..Bewitching………Dazzling………Statuesque……. and all of them dressed to the “nines”.

Isn’t she “LOVERLY”!

CLICK ON your favorite

I snapped over 1000 portraits…….. here are the first 69 .

THE FACE THAT LAUNCHED A THOUSAND SHIPS

Can the face of any of these New Yorkers compete with HELEN of TROY?  Would PARIS abduct any one of them?  Would a thousand ships get launched to get her back?  Possibly…………. one of them!

This is the FACE that could launch a thousand ships.

 ILONA ROYCE-SMITHKIN.

 

 

 

NY FASHION WEEK SPRING 2014 • My 55 faves for Tues.

Today on my way down to Lincoln Center to photograph street savvy New Yorkers……….. I met Cassandra on Broadway.  I asked her to pose………..and as you can see…..she did.  Isn’t she loverly……..with her Lulu Guiness Red Lips clutch.

CLICK ON YOUR FAVE….and it will enlarge.  Catch VIVA LA JUICY Tee.

I shot over 2000 photos this morning…….more will follow later in the week.

 

 

Fun in the sun SUNDAY in Central Park

Sundays in Central Park are always a delight……..New Yorkers and tourists……….all “doing their thing”…..or trying to “out do” one another.  Sunning……boating……..running……..bicycling…………reading……eating…………walking the dog………..and slumming.

IT IS ALL THE ENTERTAINMENT ONE COULD POSSIBLY ASK FOR.

Tonight on the great lawn is Movie Time!  HORROR!  THE SHINING.  Thousands will gather for a picnic………wine and fine dine for some.  Others will just bring buckets of popcorn.  It is a warm night…..the stars will be out…….and New Yorkers will get free entertainment.  How great is that!

39 PEOPLE and 1 Dog…….look me in the eye

I often snap subjects that are unaware of my camera.  Others “look me in the eye”……..and have a quizzical look……..”did that guy just take my picture”?  Yes I did.

Others pose when I ask them to.  No one has ever ever “no”.

10 studies in LIGHT

I walked around my apartment this morning shooting anything lit up by the early morning sun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I did this painting years ago when I was 18.  Oil on paper.  The sun is providing the prism.Cas

 

55 PORTRAITS of New Yorkers

55 PORTRAITS of ………strangers…….friends ……..and relatives………..some who posed for my camera……….and some who didn’t.  All NEW YORKERS  “doing their thing”.

Models……actors………..chefs……….sales clerks……….singers…………musicians

city workers…….students……and various sundry other interesting people.

CLICK ON THE PORTRAIT OF YOUR CHOICE……………and Voila……….it will enlarge.  Have fun viewing my Gallery.