Sad Snowgirl
Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Slushapocalypse 2010 – East Village
Friday, February 12th, 2010
I wrapped my camera in plastic wrap and took it out into the wet blowing snow.
Though I purposely let the drops accumulate on the plastic in front of the lens, for the cool light effects, next time I’ll wipe it off more often. The camera remained dry under the Glad food wrap, which had the additional benefit of acting as a wind screen for the microphone.
Blizzard Saturday Night
Sunday, December 20th, 2009
A walk around my East Village neighborhood during last night’s snowstorm.
Very Little Devil
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
Tompkins Square Park this past Sunday.
Artists
Saturday, September 12th, 2009
A lucky composition, as the artists working on the right skateboarded in front of my camera, as I was shooting the spraypaint action of the artist on the left. This was last Saturday at the Howl Festival.
Taikoza at the Howl Festival
Monday, September 7th, 2009
Japanese drumming troupe, Taikoza, at the Howl Festival in Tompkins Square Park on Sunday.
Hoopin’ Bikini Babes of November
Sunday, November 9th, 2008
55º Fahrenheit in Tompkins Square Park this afternoon. Probably an NYU student film. It had a large crew, even more than you can see in the video.
Northeast Blackout 2003 – NYC
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Northeast Blackout 2003 – NYC from GammaBlog on Vimeo.
It’s coming up on the fifth anniversary of the August 14th, 2003 electrical blackout. On that evening I took my compact VHS camera out on the streets of the East Village, and kept it on while I wandered the neighborhood. Much of the tape consists of a dark blurry mess as the camera searches for something to focus on. But I did manage to extract some interesting video and audio. And though the walking footage may make those susceptible to motion-sickness nauseous, I think it does capture the spirit of the night. I combined this with recent interviews in Tompkins Square Park, where I asked people to tell me their 2003 Blackout stories.
