New York City, 1993
Photos © Ruud Leeuw
New York City, 1993
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 The Big Apple revisited! |
 Another 'quintessential New York' image: the warm air vents in the New York City streets. On the right you can barely see the sign of Tri-State cameras, one of three favourite places of mine in NYC to shop for camera equipment and film. The others are Adorama and B&H. With the latter I have bought the most by far, have been a regular client since 1982 and still am at the time of writing (August 2009). On this trip I bought an Olympus OM-4Ti and plenty of film. |
| I think both of these photos were made from the Twin Towers. Those mighty Twin Towers aren't there anymore, nor does the airline I flew on exist anymore: TWA. |
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 With the weather, the music and a new camera in my hands, I felt sooooooo good   |
 Another 'performer', or in fact just someone showing off.. Central Park is a good place to do that and we were happy just gawking.. |
 Poet O walked the periphery of a wedding, in Central Park. He came up to me and introduced himself. He claimed to be famous and showed me a clipping of an article in the N.Y.Times. I was a little hesitant, aware of a possible scam coming up. He had probably sensed I had spotted his photogenic looks and he offered to declare his poetry and/or have his picture taken. When I asked him 'how much', he replied that was up to me. Poetry isn't in my daily diet, so I thankfully took this picture. He rang his little bell and declared a few lines, which were lost to me. But the picture stayed and I was mighty pleased with it. Considering the pleasure I have of it, after so many years, the few dollars I dropped in his basket were indeed a small price to pay. Googling for 'Poet O' I found a reference to him, written by Marc Fisher (Miami Herald, 1986) and saved it here. So now Poet O is even more famous.. |
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