Tag: Thoughts
Self Promotional Post
Two items to pass along to those following this blog:
On May 1st I will be having my next photo show at Capital Hill Hair. The display will run for 6 weeks. The business doesn’t have a website, but is located on 19th and Republican(522 19th Ave E) on Capital Hill, Seattle.
#2: Today I started an account on a photo sharing site called 500pix.com. I have a few photos uploaded and plan to do more soon. I believe you can purchase prints from the site at this link:
http://500px.com/search?utf8=✓&q=fred+king
I think if you do a search using my name (Fred King) that might be enough to get you to my store.
I’ll be Your Waiter this Afternoon
Don’t mind my missing thumb…
A Sunny Morning in the Lower East Side

Modernity, with people. I don’t recall the purpose of this building, but I’m not sure I care for the look. Maybe it does serve a function, other than looking like it is going to tip over?
LES Street Art

As opposed to the previously posted street vandalism on the Lower East Side here was a couple of examples of something akin to Street Art.
Passenger
In a departure from the photoblog content I have been posting for the past three years I thought I would take a moment to present an idea with the support of a song:
I think, if all 7 billion of us on this planet could thing of ourselves as ‘passengers’ on planet Earth, we and the planet might create a better future.
How Jay-Z Got His Name

Disclaimer: I know nothing about rap or hip hop music, therefore, I am ably qualified to propose the following theory: the popular ( and very rich) rapper/hip-hopster Jay-Z ( formerly known as Shawn Carter) chose his nom de rapper from the NYC subway station of the same-well, similar-name. I submit, in evidence, the two photos in this posting as well as this link.
Leaving Dumbo
My exit from Dumbo, as witnessed by these two inanimate images.
L&H Stern Company in the background. A fading ad through the prism of an archway.
One Girl Cookies
Located in DUMBO, even the outside lighting sends a less than subliminal message: “Cookies“. Yum 🙂

Autumn, Prospect Park
Taken this Fall in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. The leaves were just beginning to turn colors. I had to walk for some time to discover this tree.
Flowers from Red Hook

Thought I would end the year with a couple of images from Van Brunt St. in Red Hook ( Brooklyn). This area was hard hit by Sandy. These images were taken a few blocks from the waterfront so maybe they survived. Taken 10 days prior to super storm Sandy.
East Side, Northward
This is from the Roosevelt Island Tram as it nears the Manhattan Island station. I don’t recall the exact ave. (E. 60th St.), but this view is looking northward on the East Side. I carry a small digital voice recorder with me, but I tend to use it to remind myself of general geographical areas that I have shot in during the course of a day. I probably should consider using it for the details as well.
Vespa Spotted
In my walks around the five boroughs of NYC I always stop when I see a Vespa. I shoot them in all colors, ages and degrees of wear/damage. Brownstones and Vespa’s seem to go together. Something about the timelessness of the design, perhaps?
















