flatiron building

walking to the next coffee shop on my list, i saw in front of me one of my

favourite buildings in new york... the flatiron

i always thought it was regarded as the first skyscraper... but not according to a pub

quiz i was at a couple of weeks ago

( supposedly the first skyscraper was in chicago )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscraper

another self-portrait in my pod

sporting a bathing ape long sleeved reversible ape-head camo t-shirt

i decided it was time for another self-portrait in pod 1103

i  hadn't slept, i hadn't shaved, but that n.a.s.a. hair wax was giving me something to smile about. it was doing an outstanding job with my barnet.

www.markwhitfieldphotography.com

levi's photo workshop

maybe on wooster street in soho last week i spotted this

levi's photo workshop... hmmm... interesting...

i took a closer look

what's it all about ?

the sign on the left explained it.

good old levi's

free camera hire. these were a few of the cheaper efforts available

but they also had a few leicas and some decent medium format cameras

this appealed to me very much

a free photo booth...

game on !

this is me photographing the booth. on the left is a preview of how my photos will appear.

naturally enough i had a few goes on this machine.

the studio space was very impressive

lots of shoots going on in different areas

these people checked their shots on a nearby mac

while i checked my reflection in a nearby mirror

or as they say in the states 'a nearby mirrrr'

fair play to levi's. this whole operation must be costing them a fortune.

i left these people to it while i wandered off into soho to buy some evisu jeans.

what ?

on the streets

walking around soho the other day i saw these two dogs waiting patiently.

they weren't tied up outside a shop or a cafe, they were just tied up.

i went in a nearby cafe for a drink, then went to a number of shops, had a good walk 

around a few blocks and about an hour later i came back down this same street and 

these dogs were still here, tied up but seemingly quite happy. hmmm...

i've noticed before how anything in soho that is a fixture, gets covered in stickers

or graffiti. look at these pedestrian lights...

and this

and this...

i like the 'i love pizza' sticker, and the panda sticker but who the hell went to the trouble of getting some stickers made up that just say 'roger' ?

it was good to see an obey piece kicking around

and i thought this was a good effort too

oh... i just found a flickr site for the artist...

www.flickr.com/photos/guy_on_the_streets/

very stylish eh ?

ps. what are the chances ? i really like this pic, so i just did a bit of poking about on the internet. i found the flickr site which i posted above, then i found elbowtoe's
website...
www.elbow-toe.com

then i found out that he has a show opening ( bearing in mind he's from brooklyn )
on december 10th... in a museum...

in warrington museum !

http://museum.warrington.gov.uk/Whats%5FOn/

( warrington is my home town by the way )

hmmm...

patrick earl

on the streets of soho last saturday i bumped into one of my favourite artists...

patrick earl.

i was given one of his pieces of art earlier in the year...

http://markwhitfieldphotography.blogspot.com/2010/01/snow-porridge-art.html

i think he was on lower broadway. it was a big road parallel with 

mercer, broome and greene anyway.

i took a few photos of patrick's work...

they are paintings and collages, mainly on scrap pieces of wood

you have to see them close up to be honest. perhaps have a look at his website.

he told me the stories behind the candy sales kids

and the story behind his signature piece... the shirt and tie.

here's a close up shot of one piece

and another here

i did a portrait of patrick in front of his shotgun houses

and another with his whole collection

finally i did a shot of him with his shirt and tie piece with the new york street behind him.

i bought one of patrick's collages. it's a real beauty. i wonder if anybody

can guess which piece it is ? you may have to click on the pics to see them

bigger, but if you know me, it should be easy to tell which piece i bought.

patrick is a top man. he's talented and intelligent and one of those people who brightens up your day when you meet. please check out his website...

www.patrick-earl.com

you can buy his work from his website, or if you're in new york, keep an eye out for him

on the streets of soho and say hello from me.

patrick earl's friend anthony

a friend of patrick's was selling paintings just around the corner.

they weren't really my cup of tea but they were very interesting.

they were quite dreamy, vivid portraits of jazz musicians.

the artist was anthony and i had a good old chat with him.

i also took this one frame of him

if you're ever in new york's soho and see him, his paintings are well worth a look.

maybe say hello from me too ?

missed opportunity

i chanced upon the hundreds' new store in soho last saturday.

it's a cracking space, much larger than their original san francisco venue.

while i was waiting for one of the staff to fetch me a bobble hat, i took

this photo of a big sofa infront of a white wall which had 'the hundreds'

sticking out of it in bricks. it looked very impressive.

it would have made a cracking self-portrait but i didn't have a tripod with me.

grrr !

www.thehundreds.com