A new scan from an old negative which I am happy to have…
©Matt Weber
December 18, 2011
November 22, 2011
September 28, 2011
Upper West Side 1989
If the economy doesn’t improve soon, the homeless population may increase to the levels of the 1980s when the rents almost tripled in just three years from 1982-1985…
© Matt Weber
September 19, 2011
Coney Island 2011
John Wayne Handy Jr. 46 years old. He was very upset and we were discussing why god has let him live, while just a day earlier god took the life of an eight year old boy. The boy was from Brooklyn and he was dismembered. He kept moaning “Why didn’t god take me instead” “I’m just a fucking Wino!” Yes, god was very busy rooting for the Yankees since he is also their pitching coach…
© Matt Weber
August 22, 2011
Central Park 1993
As you can see, the homeless had chosen this spot as a place to sleep since it offered a tiny bit of shelter from the tough New York city winter…
Street Photography © Matt Weber
August 21, 2011
“In The Fade”
Ain’t gonna worry. Just live till you die, wanna drown,
with nowhere to fall Into the arms of someone.
There’s nothing to save, and I know you live till you die…
(Qotsa)
Street Photography © Matt Weber
