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2020 in 20 Photographs
The year we would all rather forget, the year from hell, the year of shock and loss and pain is nearing its end. With vaccines and a new president, change is in the air for 2021.
The fourth annual Women’s March in January took place while impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump were underway.
Columbia University students enjoying springlike weather on campus, February 23. The university shut down soon after this photo was taken.
A beloved neighborhood diner on Broadway, closed during the pandemic.
Street vendors selling masks on Broadway in June
Posted in 2020, Manhattan, New York, Protest March, Women's March
Tagged 2020, Bethesda Terrace, Biden, BLM. Black Lives Matter, Central Park, Central Park Lake, Chinatown, closed restaurant, closed storefront, Columbia University campus, Coronavirus, Election 2020, Harlem protest, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Masks, Pandemic, Presidential Election 2020, Protesters, Riverside Park, Voting, Wuhan
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Christmas in New York in a Pandemic Year
Everything is different this year, but the quintessential feature of Christmas in New York is still the tree in Rockefeller Center. Crowds were strictly limited, tourists were absent, but visitors still found joy at the beautiful sight.
Posted in 2020, Manhattan, New York
Tagged Christmas, Christmas season, Christmas tree, Pandemic, Rockefeller Center
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A Walk on Rivington Street
The Lower East Side of Manhattan is usually a lively neighborhood of young people, bars, restaurants, street art, and shopping. Not in 2020 in the midst of a pandemic, not even on the last Sunday before Christmas. Rivington Street was bleak with most restaurants and storefronts closed and shuttered. In the spirit of the neighborhood, murals decorate the metal shutters. We need our government to support small businesses or all of the remaining restaurants will disappear.
Posted in 2020, Manhattan, New York
Tagged Economic distress, Graffiti, Lower East Side, murals, Pandemic, Rivington Street, Small business, Storefronts, street art
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Aftermath
The election is over, and with it the elation that erupted on the streets of New York. These two photos of stores on Broadway on the Upper West Side of New York were taken on the afternoon of Election Day. One shows a shuttered storefront of a business that closed permanently during the pandemic. The other survives, selling cleaning supplies, masks, and gloves that were impossible to find during the early months of the pandemic. Together, the two photographs show the challenges that lie ahead for the Biden administration in the coming months and years: control of Covid and repairing the economy.
Posted in 2020, Manhattan, New York
Tagged Covid, Covid-19, Dollar Store, Pandemic, Storefronts, Upper West Side
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Celebration in the Streets of New York
On Saturday, November 7, 2020 New Yorkers poured into the streets to celebrate the news that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris had won the election. Today, nearly a week later, Biden and Harris are projected to win 306 electoral votes, well over the 270 needed.
Posted in 2020, Manhattan, New York
Tagged Biden, Broadway, Celebration, Columbus Circle, election, Election 2020, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, New York City, Presidential Election 2020
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My photo in the ICPConcerned Exhibit at the International Center of Photography, New York City
My photograph of a Manhattan doorman saluting front line workers of the pandemic with a spoon and pan is now on exhibit at the International Center of Photography, 79 Essex Street, New York. I am proud and honored to have my work shown together with so many amazing photographers from all over the world. The exhibit is online at icpconcerned.icp.org
Posted in Manhattan, New York, Uncategorized
Tagged Doorman, ICP, International Center of Photography, Manhattan, New York City, Pandemic
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New York Faces 2020
More of the most memorable faces I have seen in New York in this pandemic year. Somehow, people express their essence even while wearing a mask.
Posted in 2020, Manhattan, New York
Tagged Central Park, Faces, Masks, Pandemic, Portraits, Protesters, street faces, street photography, Street portraits
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New York Faces 2020
Looking back over 2020 so far, these are some of the faces that have stayed in my mind the most after many months of photographing New Yorkers.
Women’s March, January 18 
NYPD Marching Band, Lunar New Year Parade, February 10 
Girl on Mott Street, Chinatown, February 10 
Firefighter on West 101st Street, May 7 
Protest in Harlem, June 14 
Doorman saluting front line pandemic workers, West End Avenue, June 18 
Tattoo artist on Riverside Drive, June 24 
Young man at the Stonewall National Monument, June 28 
Demonstrator on Fifth Avenue near Trump Tower, July 12
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Tagged Demonstrations, Faces, firefighters, Masks, New York, New York City, NYPD, Pandemic, Portraits, street faces, street photography
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Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Memorials to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sprang up all over New York City, including at her alma mater Columbia University.
People left flowers and notes for Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the statue of Alma Mater on the Columbia University campus
The iconic statue of Alma Mater on the steps of Low Library, Columbia University with a sign saying “When There Are Nine.” That was Justice Ginsburg’s answer to a question about when there would be enough women on the Supreme Court.
The law library at the Columbia University School of Law, where Ruth Bader Ginsburg graduated first in her class
