By Vladimir Brezina
Express yourself!… especially if there are photographers around.
A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Express Yourself.
By Vladimir Brezina
Express yourself!… especially if there are photographers around.
A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Express Yourself.
Posted in Photography
Tagged Central Park, Express Yourself, Manhattan, New York City, Photography, Photoshoot, postaday, postaweek2015, Weekly Photo Challenge, Winter
By Vladimir Brezina
In Winter—
and in the Spring—
Where are Summer and Fall? Clearly, I have work cut out for me this year!
A second contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Shadowed. The first contribution was here.
Posted in New York City, Photography
Tagged New York City, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2015, Reflections, Shadowed, Shadows, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Seasonally appropriate: sunny days after the big snowstorm in NYC’s Central Park—






(More photos are here, here, and here)
A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Shadowed. A second contribution is here.
Posted in Nature, New York City, Photography
Tagged Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2015, Shadowed, Shadows, Snow, Weekly Photo Challenge, Winter
By Vladimir Brezina and Johna Till Johnson
Picking Vlad’s photos for our calendar is an annual ritual for us. It’s harder than it sounds, because you’re looking both backwards and forwards at the same time: remembering the past while wondering about the future. And, like most artistic endeavors, you’re never sure how it will turn out.
This year the task was particularly challenging, for various reasons. So we were both pleased and surprised at the result. Our theme, as you can see, was “water”. But the selection of photos carried a greater-than-usual sense of whimsy. It also included some of our favorite photos (you’ll probably recognize at least one).
See what you think:
(Story and more photos are here)
If I were called in
To construct a religion
I should make use of water.
Philip Larkin, Water
Posted in Life, Photography
Tagged 2015, Calendar, Kayaking, Nature, New Year, New York City, Photography
By Vladimir Brezina
...The one red leaf, the last of its clan,That dances as often as dance it can,Hanging so light, and hanging so high,On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky.
Last light over the Central Park Reservoir—
Posted in Nature, New York City
Tagged Central Park, Milkweed pods, New York City, Photography, Red berries, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Sunset, Winter
By Johna Till Johnson
“Ya gotta have ideas,” the cab driver said, followed by an uproarious belly-laugh. “Money’s not worth nothing unless you have ideas.”
I laughed along with him. It was impossible not to: the man had the most contagious laughter I’d ever heard. And he had ideas. Boy, did he have ideas.
He wasn’t what I expected when I got into the cab on that overcast, dreary December day a few days before Christmas. All I could see of him was a dark face, beard streaked with a bit of gray. He was eating a late lunch when I got in, and didn’t return my greeting.
So I figured I wasn’t going to hear much from him—and that was fine. I had errands to get done, and worries on my mind. After I told him the destination, I figured that was the last exchange we’d have. Wrong!
Posted in Culture, History, Life, Travel
Tagged Cab conversations, Cab driver, Fish recipes, Haiti, New York City
By Vladimir Brezina
I mean, of course, the ancient turn of the year, the Winter Solstice—not that newfangled, artificial New Year on January 1st.
The Winter Solstice occurs today, December 21st, at 6:03 PM EST (New York time). This year, especially, we look forward to the days finally getting longer…
… and we are still waiting for our first real snowstorm, which at least for a day or two makes everything brighter :-)
Happy Winter Solstice from us in NYC!
Posted in Nature, New York City
Tagged Central Park, Central Park Reservoir, New York City, Seasons, Winter, Winter Solstice
By Vladimir Brezina
Golden light in New York Harbor…



From the Hidden Harbor Tour, September 2013.
A contribution to Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Golden.
Posted in New York City, Photography
Tagged Golden, Hidden Harbor Tour, New York City, New York Harbor, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Ships, Sunset, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge
By Vladimir Brezina
Gone…
… but not forgotten.
But memories are not enough—the new Tower has risen!
A contribution to this week’s Photo Challenge, Gone, But Not Forgotten.
By Vladimir Brezina
It’s not even winter yet—even though in the US Northeast it feels otherwise—but our thoughts are already turning toward the colors of the coming summer—
All photos from one of the most colorful events of the summer, the Coney Island Mermaid Parade.
A contribution to Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge, Colourful.
Posted in Art, New York City, Photography
Tagged Brooklyn, Colorful, Colourful, Coney Island, Mermaid Parade, New York City, Parade, Photography, postaweek, postaweek2014, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge