"Singin’ in the Rain" captures the profundities and mischief of New York. The children are focused on a profound point at the tip of a finger and yet, as they sit like some philosophers in Raphael’s "School of Athens," the sheer mischief of their romp in the rain is inescapable. "Singin’ in the Rain" was taken in the midst of a brief, heavy summer shower in a playground in Riverside Park. We were out with my daughter and 2 of her girlfriends when the storm blew up. While the parents sheltered from the rain, the kids continued to play in the rain and a little boy came over to talk with them. Photographed digitally in color and converted to B&W with minimal en­­hance­ment and some vignetting applied.

In "Making It in America," the quietness of the hidden, homeless woman contrasts with the tumult of the young people portrayed in the poster and the harsh message to "Go to hell." I hope the ironic juxtaposition will have the same effect on viewers as the iconic depression era picture of a breadline under a billboard proclaiming America's bounty by Margaret Bourke-White. "Making It in America" was taken on a cold, January day last year on 57th Street west of Seventh Avenue. The hopeful message of the poster on her right is answered by the one on her left providing a bitterly ironic commentary on the plight of the poor and homeless. This is a straight digital shot, converted to B&W. I also increased the contrast on the "How to Make It in America" poster to make it easier to read and lightened the people in the poster so they wouldn't distract from the homeless woman who was my subject.

FILIAL LOVE is one of many photographs taken in the subway. The father's slightly menacing glare at the camera is belied by the tenderness of the children's heads upon his knees. This was taken with a digital camera and converted to B&W. Minor darkroom work was performed to enhance local contrast.

"IDC NY" has a haunted, brooding beauty, I hope.The sprawling suburban blight of an industrial neighborhood is bathed in the warm golden orange sunset light while cold, dark tempest clouds swirl above. A squalid, commercial scene is transformed into a Mediterranean scene connoting, perhaps, El Greco’s" View of Toledo" or some other idyllic view of a town from a hillside.