About a year ago I declared that instagram was making me a lazy photographer. I stopped carrying my camera with me and was just taking some cheap and lazy shots. But lately I have been playing a bit with the Hipstamatic app on the iPhone. My favorite settings are the D-Type plate. Some photos I have taken with it look like they could have been taken 100 years ago.
South Street Seaport
Brooklyn Bridge
Another of the Brooklyn Bridge (my favorite)
I went out to Coney Island today and got some photos of the interior of Playland. Playland was an arcade that closed around 1982 and has been boarded up every since. Over the last few years, the "Playland" letters have been dropping off. I've always been fascinated by what was behind the sealed doors and someone got access to it about a year ago when the wind blew down one of the doors.
Today I noticed that the side doors have been torn down so I was able to get a quick look and snap some photos. These photos had to be taken rather quickly because I was pretty sure I wasn't supposed to be there. I also wasn't able to walk into the structure because it definately was not safe. When I first arrived I startled a cat who bolted accross the place.
Some old murals..
There was a forgotten mirror ball..
I got an iPhone, and I am really liking Instagram
On July 24th 2011 a candlelight vigil was held in Kensington Brooklyn for a murdered boy named Leiby Kletzy. Kensington is one of the most racially diverse neighborhoods in the United States, perhaps the world. Leiby was a child from an Orthodox Jewish community. But on this night people came out to honor Leiby regardless of their religious background or culture. It didn't matter. He was a child in the neighborhood. It is a neighborhood that has pulled together under extremely sad circumstances.
If diverse cultures can live peacefully in community in Brooklyn, why can't we live in peace throughout the world. I think Leiby would have wanted that.
You can see more photos here.
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