Photographing NYC for 25 years, six of them while driving a New York City taxi. Trying very hard to capture the city as life unfolds, meaning I never stage any of my photos! Also I am a close confidant of the immortal Dave Beckerman, (quintessential NYC photographer) and owner of the first photography blog in the known universe.
What can I say? My old friend VJ was 21 years old when I took this picture and the light was just right. This one makes me look more like Bruce Weber, than Matt Weber!
Spent over an hour cleaning up this dusty negative. I think it was worth the work since it is exactly the type of picture I had set out to take thirty years ago.
This image and most others can be licensed for documentary use and is also available as a signed print…