Ready to ride
Yes, helmets are required these days, even in the West Village.
Leica M7 with 50mm Summicron-M on Kodak Portra 400
Who else?
I was surprised to see one of the few people in fashion I might actually recognize during NYFW S/S 2012.
Leica M7 with 50mm Summicron-M on Kodak Portra 400
Outside Milk
Outside Milk Studios for NYFW S/S 2012.
Leica M7 with 50mm Summicron-M on Kodak Portra 400
Occupy
There two women got out of their car to watch the march down Grand last Saturday. Of course, they didn’t have much choice because the marchers had shut down the entire street.
Leica M8 with 40mm Leica Summicron-C, processed in
Nik Silver Efex Pro
Resting before Rafa
This woman and her family—three sons and a husband—had come from Mexico to watch Rafael Nadal play in the U.S. Open final. On the 7 train to Flushing Meadows, they caught a few minutes of rest.
Leica M7, 50mm Summicron-M with Kodak Portra 400
Smoke and jealousy
Perhaps, the man on the right wishes he had an aperitif instead of a coffee.
Leica M7 with 50mm Summicron-M on Ilford XP2
Evening letters
While walking back from a exhibition opening at la Petite Poule Noire in Paris, I saw these two boys spending a Saturday evening playing outside their doorway on the boulevard Beaumarchais.
Leica M7 with 50mm Summicron-M on Kodak Portra 400
Biking by
I love this intersection at St. Germain and rue Bonaparte with the city’s best known cafes in the background. Late one night, this woman rode by. She was fast, but by shutter was slow, producing the motion blur.
Leica M7 with 50mm Summicron-M on Kodak Tri-X
Sunset, Dolores Park
I’m in the process of reviewing the Yashica Electro 35 rangefinder for Steve Huff’s website. It has a fixed 45mm f/1.7 with a tendency to flare—usually inelegantly. Fortunately, it behaved itself here and produced some nice flare.
Yashica Electro 35 GSN with Kodak Ektar 100
What Leica users look like: Anthony Suau
I was in lower Manhattan on 9/11 taking photos as people protested against the building of a mosque near Ground Zero. I noticed someone else shooting with a Leica and took his photograph. It turned out to be Anthony Suau, one of the best photojournalists in the world. You can see Suau’s photos from the same scene here. Here’s a short promotional video he did for Leica.
Leica M7 with 50mm Summicron-M on Ilford XP2
My year in photos: 2010
This was the first year of my life that I documented more with my photography than with my writing, especially if that whole picture = 1,000 words equation is true. Here are some of the things I saw in 2010, arranged, more or less, chronologically. For those of you who are curious about gear, I took most of the shots with a Leica M7, Leica M8, or Panasonic GF1. And I’m still waiting for my roll of Kodakchrome to be processed.
Flying the flag
This man was sporting two flags on 9/11 next to ground zero.
Leica M7 with 50mm Summicron-M on Ilford XP2