197. Surveillance

196. Abandonment XXIII

195. Shiny Scrap

194. Blissfall

193. F-step

192. Stripes of Sunset

191. Security Guard Descending a Staircase

190. Resurrection

189. Abandonment XXII

188. Abandonment XXI

187. Abandonment XX

186. Abandonment XIX

185. Partners in Transition

184. Fright Train

183. In Bloom

182. Sales Advocate V

181. Honking is Music

180. Playtime

179. Last Call

178. Particularities and Generalities

177. Sales Advocate IV

176. Sales Advocate III

175. The Americans

174. Bystanders

173. Nocturnal New Hampshire

172. Sales Advocate II

171. Catching Up Before the Downpour

170. Choices, Choices...

169. Nocturnal Parkscape II

The northern end of Manhattan with the Bronx across the water.

168. Nocturnal Parkscape I

The park was empty right after a big summer storm.

167. Pit Stop

166. Heat

165. Nature's Leisure

164. Guard Cats II

163. Useful Memories

162. Abandonment XVIII

161. Left Behind (Subway)

160. Sunscape

159. Branching Out

158. Pigeon Beach

157. Amid the Cobblestones

156. Four Floors Above

155. Skateaway

154. Double Scoop

153. No Takers

152. People Watching

151. Left Behind (pink)

Inwood Hill Park, NYC

150. Left Behind (green)

Inwood Hill Park, NYC

149. Sales Advocate

Esposito's Pork Store, Brooklyn, NY.

148. Abyss

The Apostolic Faith Church reflected in a puddle. Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.

147. Hoping for Fish (or Fishing for Hope)

Shot in Central Park with very high sunlight.

146. Sneaking a Floss

Shot from the hip. I actually didn't notice she was flossing until I saw the picture more clearly. When I walked by, I thought she and her friend were just eating and chatting.

145. Patience in the Sun

144. Minivan Hell

143. Huddle

142. You got it

141. Only Guarantee

140. Abandonment XVII

139. Ferrying Memories

138. Foresight

137. Dueling Gazes

136. Vows Renewed

135. Constant Graffiti

134. Abandonment XVI

133. No Apartment Number

132. Going Uptown

131. Abandonment XV

130. May You Feel Better

129. Urban Jungle

128. Fill in the... gaps

127. Riding in the Hook

126. Guard Cats

125. Abandonment XIV

124. Gathering Place

123. Unimpressed by the View

122. Abandonment XIII

121. Under Control

120. Piece by Piece

119. Adverb Denied

118. Abandonment XII

117. Taking A Breather

116. Abandonment XI

115. Waiting for Darkness

114. Stand Clear

113. Unlimited Nationwide

112. Abandonment X

111. Access Blocked

110. The Xylopholks

http://www.myspace.com/xylopholks

109. Waiting for the Master

108. Proceed Cautiously

107. Abandonment IX

106. PLP 1 2

105. Improving the Platform

From the A train at Columbus Circle.

104. Uniform

103. Commercial (Empty) Space

102. Abandonment VIII

101. Fire Busters

100. Abandonment VII

99. Fly High, Touch the Sky

98. Split Waters

97. Spiraling Stairs II

Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.

96. Densglass Gold and Blueskin

95. Abandonment VI

94. The King of the [concrete] Jungle

93. Abandonment V

92. Father and Son Reflected

91. Tough Measures

90. Recycling System

89. Abandonment IV

88. Monica in the Mirror

87. Feeling Funny

86. Bored Infant

85. Urban Stump

84. Drenched Flight

83. Abandonment III

82. Flying Colors

81. Chimney Monster

80. Rhymes with Erotic

79. Trapped Balloons

78. Train to Philadelphia

77. Drummer Drumming

From last night's concert. He's Dave Turncrantz from Russian Circles.

76. These Pipes I Can Stand

Across from the site of the World Trade Center, NYC

75. Ornamental Spheres

Meatpacking District, NYC

74. Spiraling Stairs

At the New York Design Center.

73. Vending Machine

Outside the cafeteria at the Met Opera.

72. Train Station at 215th Street

If you look closely on the upper right corner, there is a homeless man sleeping there.

71. Between Floors

At The Metropolitan Opera.

70. Walk but Stop

69. At the U.S. Open

68. He was here...

At 207th Street station on the 1 train.

67. Uncle Sam

I took this one just weeks before it was taken down on 57th Street.

66. Say what?

No comment. Yes, they have a website.

65. Urban Landscape

Long Island City

64. Empty Court

Shot last night, in Harlem, after everybody left.

63. People Watching

62. Getting a Tan and some Tennis

At the U.S. Open, two years ago.

61. Wheel of some sort or the other...

I really don't know what this is. I just photographed it.

60. Stairs Abstracted

59. Fancy Dentist Sign

One of the most glamorous signs for a dentist I have seen...

58. Building Ornament

57. Tibor with Bikes

56. Icy Waters

Shot a few days ago at "La Estufa" restaurant on Broadway and 215th Street.

55. Blissful Afternoon

From left to right: Tibor, Otto and Luba.

54. Arrival

At 72nd Street.

53. Free as a...

52. Escape

51. Concert

Arctic Monkeys, Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC, May 15, 2007.

50. Erased Sign

Financial District, New York, NY

49. Many Meters

In the basement of an apartment building in Manhattan.

48. Epiphany

Second floor of a bar in Washington DC. Summer of 2001.

47. Change

This is a detail of Beth Campbell's “Potential Store Fronts.” A public art piece in the financial district of Manhattan where she's created a storefront three times. The reason you can see the neon more than 3 times is because in the last storefront, there's a mirror that multiplies what you see.

46. Restaurant Worker

45. Neon Lights Red and Blue

44. Subway Graffiti

I don't even know if it's still called Graffiti.

43. Birds in Chinatown Window

Get 'em while they're hot!

42. Through The Looking Glass

Don't really remember where I took this one.

41. Strange Creature

Shot from the hip as I was taking the stairs to exit the subway at 207th street.

40. Les Demoiselles d'Chelsea

39. Manhattan Collision

Nice old school sign.

38. Restless Light

A picture of a fluorescent lamp. Taken while in a public restroom.

37. Coffee on Saturday

This was taken at Schiller's Liquor Bar on a Saturday with my friend Len, who was about to drink this coffee.

36. Multicolored Arch Windows

Spotted in Chelsea.

35. Those Orange Things

What are they called?

34. Winter Sun

The sun filtered through NYC buildings was captured from a window of the MoMA.

33. Watching The Master Eat

This funny scene happened in Boston. I was lucky to be there to capture it.

32. Abandonment II

And spray-painted orange. Can life be any harder?

31. Lines, Textures and Ice

More Chelsea goodness.

30. Pollock Uptown

Somebody decided to part ways with this painting and took it outside. It got "installed" between the pilars of this unused building entrance.

29. Tibor On The Rocks

Born to be a model.

28. Towers of Smoke

On the other side of the tracks, near my neighborhood. Sometimes I just like to compose a frame as if I wanted to make a poster.

27. R2-D2 Mailbox

This is part of the way the USPS is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Star Wars. I took this photo yesterday, right outside the Apple Store, on 5th Ave and 59th Street.

26. Abandonment I

Or waiting for the next delivery...

25. Wedding Guests

My attempt to be like Diane Arbus.

24. 401 Broadway Pigeons

Corner with Canal.

23. Truck Stop Restaurant

This place is in New Jersey. Yes, I ate there.

22. Snake Kissing Parrot

Taken during the 2004 Halloween Parade in NYC.

21. Tastes Like...

Taken on 9th Avenue and 15th Street.

20. Anonymous Friendship

Taken on Lafayette Street, close to Astor Place. These kids were all going to see The Blue Man Group.

19. Urban Composition

Taken at... well, you can figure that out.

18. Cousins at the Park

From left to right: Luba, Otto, and Tibor.

17. In-Store Wheel of Fortune

At Toys R Us, Times Square, NY.

16. A Mouse That Didn't Make It

15. Boiler Trailers

These are mobile steam boilers that one can rent for a whole apartment building.

I was at a rooftop party in Brooklyn when I took this one. I think it was a 4th of July party at my friend Cristina's place.

14. Like Father, Like Son (or Daughter)

Taken from the other side of the street (with the zoom, that's why it's grainy) on 5th Avenue in Midtown.

13. Cab Self-Portrait (part 2)

I have another one for this "series" that will be posted soon (and because it was an earlier photo it will be part 1).

12. Some Kind of Discount Store

This was taken in Washington D.C. a few summers ago. It's a little grainy because of the zoom. I love hand-painted signs!

11. Pigeons on the Ferry

This picture was taken on the way back from Staten Island. The pigeon on the right took off right after this moment.

10. Crane in Columbia

This one was taken in the Columbia University neighborhood. I like this composition very much. It's like a poster waiting to happen...

09. Fork in Detail

Although the light is hitting this thing dead on, you can see all the little marks on the metal. There's a full array of teeth marks, collision between other forks, knives and spoons, the occasional drop to the floor, and I'm sure a lot more. History recorded!

08. Mascot for Strikes

That's right, this is what union strikes look like in NYC. This picture was taken on 16th Street and 8th Avenue.

It was raining and as I was shooting away with my little camera, I was lucky enough to get noticed by these tough guys. Notice the one on the right giving me the finger(s)...

Read more about the rat here.

07. La Cucaracha

Here's a little bug in a more than suggestive pose.

06. Midtown Worker

This was taken on my way to the MoMA about three months ago.

I like how the metal barricade on the bottom right, the worker and the steam almost make a diagonal line from corner to corner of the picture.

05. Frankness in Marketing

I don't think you can get more direct than this...

Nice dinner scenes inside.

04. Reflection on Art with LEDs

This was taken in front of "Diamond Sea (2007)" by Leo Villareal at Gering & López Gallery.

Reflected, you can see "Field (2007)." This piece basically provided enough light for a decently-exposed photo.

My head looks somewhat extraterrestrial in this one.

March 19 Update: My friend Jeff decided to use my photo as a platform for his art. Check it out:

03. Tibor waiting

Here's Tibor waiting outside a restaurant on Broadway and 215th Street.

His pose there almost makes him look like Anubis, the ancient Egyptian god of the underworld.

02. Installation of Garbage

This is not really an art installation. They're garbage bags awaiting pick-up at the Isham entrance of the 207th Street station of the A train in Manhattan.

There were two MTA workers next to this "piece" and I asked them about it. They didn't really understand my fascination with it.

01. Elevator of Gallery Building on 57th Street

This was taken on my way to the Marian Goodman gallery where I saw a small show of photos by Jeff Wall.

In this picture, I like that the flash splits the frame in two and that the composition is very diagonal, very dynamic.