Author Archives: deborahshapiro

5th Avenue and 42nd Street

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Masters of S-X

One of the best corners in Manhattan for street photography.

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Library Lion

The two iconic lions that stand guard outside the New York Public Library were nicknamed Patience and Fortitude by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. I’ve never known which was which. This one might be Patience because he’s putting up with an enormous … Continue reading

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East 42nd Street

  Simply irresistible… This is what the iPhone was created for.

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Mulberry Street

  The San Gennaro Festa was hugely disappointing and hardly Italian any more, arepas being more abundant than zeppole. But I love an Italian marching band. This gentleman from Hoboken has played in the Red Mike Festival Band for 40 … Continue reading

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Mulberry Street

How well do you know New York? The first St. Patrick’s Cathedral isn’t the one on Fifth Avenue, it’s  St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral on Mulberry Street in Little Italy. Not many Italians live in the neighborhood now, but they return … Continue reading

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Contemplation in Times Square

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  As the year comes to a close I will be posting street photographs I’ve made during 2013. This year my intent was to show the motion and randomness of the streets of New York without necessarily aiming for photographic … Continue reading

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Hiding in Plain Sight

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  It was a given that they wouldn’t have wanted me to take their picture, though it was unclear what kind of transactions were taking place on this block of Broadway below Herald Square. I have ways.

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Buddhist Temple, Mott Street

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Recently I stopped in the Buddhist Temple that occupies a storefront on Mott Street in Chinatown, hard by the cheap restaurants and souvenir stands. I have been photographing images of the Buddha in different contexts but was surprised that I … Continue reading

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Goya in Williamsburg

Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuniga, reimagined on a Brooklyn door, tagged with graffiti.

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