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!

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

 

HEADS UP: Is it Graffiti or Art?

The streets of New York are a Museum………..and the entrance fee is “O”.

A faux Picasso…………a poor attempt.