John Albok stayed in his neighborhood to photograph street life.
By Paul Goldfinger, MD, Editor @Blogfinger.net
When I was working in Manhattan at Mt. Sinai Medical Center, that part of town, at around 100th St and 5th/Madison Avenue was still an old fashioned neighborhood. I would walk up Madison Avenue to get there, and on the way I passed diner style restaurants, a bakery, a flower shop, a newsstand and other similar mom and pop businesses.
One shop that always captured my attention was a tailor shop at 96th St. and Madison Ave. I could see the tailor working in the back, but mostly my gaze went to his front window where he displayed, one at a time, a changing exhibit of black and white photographs shown mounted on a board and sitting on an easel.
These images were mostly about his neighborhood. They had warmth, emotion, and beauty. …
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I love how his front window became his exhibit.
So captivating. He was very creative on so many levels.
Do you have more of his photographs Paul?
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Sorry Jean. I got those samples from the Net.
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