Garry Winogrand. 'Fort Worth, Texas' 1974-77

Shooting street life is a passion of mine and at every chance I get I look for inspiring photographers (past & present) who are doing it well or built the foundation for what we see today. I'm looking forward to the upcoming exhibit at The Met on Garry Winogrand who took his ground-breaking street photos of NYC and beyond in the 1960's. Exhibit opens June 27, 2014.

On-going project featuring curated Instagram images (no retouching) shot with an iPhone 3. This collection was taken January 2012 while on the Amtrak to D.C.

​Apartments, Columbus, Ohio, 1998-1999

Photo collage by Kari Hansbarger. 

​Playing with Light, by Kari Hansbarger, 1999.

Polaroid, 1998. by Kari Hansbarger

I have recently been going through 25 years of images I've shot since I was 13 yrs old. The quality of older printed images has a rawness that really appeals to me right now.

Vacations, ​1990-1998. by Kari Hansbarger

I love to curate and tell stories visually using images to create something that inspires or conveys a mood. This set are all vacation images I took on trips between 1990-98, using anything from a disposable camera to my Pentax K1000. 

​Polaroids, 1998. by Kari Hansbarger

I discovered these amazing collage-photography pieces from Ernesto Artillo (fantastic work) over at Trendland and immediately fell in love with them. They're a beautiful, slightly dark and sensual mix of religion, art and nature that reminds me of Francis Bacon paintings. 

Piel 

Here in NYC we're due for a big snow storm that may or may not be named Nemo. Who names these storms? Anyway, we really haven't had a good, old-fashioned Nor'Easter in the city for a few years and I'm excited to pop outside and take pics or stay inside in my jammies all day. If you're in the Northeast this weekend be safe. x

Big Snow, 42nd Street
Andreas Feininger (American, born France. 1906–1999)
1956. Gelatin silver print, 10 1/4 x 11 3/4" (26 x 29.8 cm). Gift of the photographer. © 2013 Estate of Andreas Feininger
296.1965

It's a been a while. I blame Superstorm Sandy, or "Sandra" which is what my friend calls the storm and I find much more fitting. I haven't blogged since a week before the storm, which flooded my neighborhood and took my power/heat out for a while. We had it good though. Many are still cleaning up. There are still generators running and stories told in line waiting for your morning coffee.

I am happy to be back here. Until next time, and what I am hoping is a far more frequent updating of the stuff I like, I leave you with some images from Sandy...

Boarding up the subway.

The Weather Channel setting up.

The surge begins flooding the neighborhood.

Power out, flooding.

Lot's of trees down after the storm.

Brooklyn / Battery underpass flooded day after storm.

Food being delivered after the storm.

Cleaning out 4 feet of sand, salt water and mud out of the basement.

Water line.

Emergency power.

At&t store on Water Street.

W Hotel cleans out basement.

High School kids leave signs pasted up around the neighborhood!

I instantly fell in love with the “Flying Houses” series by French photographer Laurent Chehere. So fantastic. 

Source: Trendland