Category Archives: New York

Here come the freaks

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  Looking at the work of one great New York photographer, Weegee, has made me read a book about another. ‘Diane Arbus’ by Patricia Bosworth is a fascinating look at one of post war photography’s most influential figures. Born to a wealthy Jewish family that owned a furrier in Manhattan, Arbus spent much of her …

Life Below

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  I love it when i come across a new street photographer previously unknown to me. Such a man is Chrisophe Agou, a French photographer based in New York . From 1997 to 2000 he took a series of images from the New York Subway collected in a book called ‘Life Below’. The last time …

Clean Up New York. Or Else.

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The recent Meth commercials by Darren Aronofosky got me thinking about other public service ads directed by A-list Hollywood directors. The best is undoubtedly this old Anti-littering spot from the late 80’s/early 90’s (I think) by none other than David Lynch