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March 23, 2015March 23, 2015 Matt Weber (Street photography), Color, homeless, Men of New York

East 9th Street 1986

This man was often seen panhandling on 9th St. just east of 3d Ave. He never said a word…©Matt WeberRED-Hat-Hobo-EAST-9th-St-1986 copy

February 14, 2015March 29, 2015 Matt Weber (Street photography), Color, homeless, Kids & Teens, Old New York, Urban Landscape

“Alphabet City” 1986

This image and most others can be licensed for documentary use and is also available as a signed print…

©Matt Weber
"Alphabet City" 1986 urban-blight

December 22, 2014December 22, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), Color, homeless, Men of New York, Subway

Rush Hour 2014

Sub-Litter-Man!-2014 copy

December 11, 2014December 11, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), Color, Coney Island, homeless, Kids & Teens

“A Carny comes to Coney” 2014

homeless-teenagersThe kid on the right said he was a carny from Texas…

©Matt Weber

November 22, 2014November 22, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), homeless, Men of New York

Eric Smith 1950-2014 R.I.P.

EricHomelessNight-1995 copyThere is a very touching article on how some of the people who knew Eric paid to have him buried properly in Harlem…

©Matt Weber 1995

November 14, 2014November 14, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), Cars & Buses, homeless, Old New York, Women of New York

COLUMBUS CIRCLE 1988

 MOTORCYCLE-PARKING-COLUMBUS-CIRCLE©Matt Weber

November 12, 2014November 12, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), homeless, Old New York

Self Titled 1990

homeless-nyc-matt-weber

©Matt Weber

October 10, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), homeless

Untitled 2014

homeless-nyc-matt-weber©Matt Weber

September 17, 2014September 17, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), homeless, Men of New York, signs

“A Drinking Life”

alcoholism-matt-weberPete Hamill’s book “A Drinking Life” describes old New York’s drinking culture as well as any book ever could…

©Matt Weber 2014

September 4, 2014September 4, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), Color, homeless, Men of New York, Times Square

42d Street 2014

42dStreet-matt-weber©Matt Weber

August 1, 2014August 1, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), homeless

East 9th Street 1988

lower-east-side-matt-weberIf you were in the vicinity of 9th St & 3d Ave. back in the late 1980’s you may remember this fellow who was usually panhandling on the east side of third Ave…

©Matt Weber

July 30, 2014July 30, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), Color, Men of New York

Old Globetrotter

globetrotter-matt-weber©Matt Weber 2014

July 9, 2014July 9, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), Color, homeless, Urban Wildlife

Homeless 2014

homeless-kitten-cat-matt-weber©Matt Weber

May 31, 2014May 31, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), homeless, Old New York

TRAGEDY 1989

Too-High-Drunk-matt-weber©Matt Weber

May 30, 2014May 30, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), homeless, Men of New York, Old New York

Madison Ave. 1988

Homeless-Cart-Madison-Mannequin-matt-weber©Matt Weber

May 15, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), homeless, Men of New York, Old New York

“Vital Signs” L.E.S. 1989

vital-signs-homeless-drugs-matt-weber©Matt Weber

May 12, 2014May 12, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), Cars & Buses, homeless, Old New York

“Trolley Entrance Queensboro Bridge” 1985

trolley-queensboro-bridge-matt-weberThere was a group of homeless fellows living on the 59th Street bridge thirty years ago, and the trolley entrance was yet to be removed for reasons unknown to me…

 

©Matt Weber

May 5, 2014May 5, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), homeless

Bowery-Cropped

Bowery-Bums-matt-weberThere is a focal point to almost every picture and I think the way her body curves around his face as he looks up at her is it…

©Matt Weber

May 5, 2014May 5, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), homeless, Old New York

“The Bowery Boys” 1988

bowery-winos-matt-weberDoes my never ending nostalgia also include the last of the Bowery boys? I don’t know, but the ugly glass buildings they have built for the rich on the Bowery will disgust me forever…

©Matt Weber

April 29, 2014April 29, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), homeless, Old New York, signs

NYC 1987

wines-liquor-store-matt-weberStill finding old negatives. By accident I hit the invert button and decided to leave the picture this way. It was too drab an image in the first place!

©Matt Weber

April 28, 2014April 28, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), homeless, Old New York

St. Marks Pl. 1987

homeless-indian-east-village-matt-weber“Indian Joe” enjoying a smoke…

©Matt Weber

April 27, 2014April 27, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), 9/11 Related, homeless

“Panhandling in Times Square” 9/13/01

panhandling-9/11-matt-weberIt didn’t take long for this guy to come up with an angle…

©Matt Weber

April 26, 2014April 26, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), homeless, Old New York

“Veselka” 1989

veselka-coffeeshop-matt-weber©Matt Weber

A mural from 1984 by Arnie Charnick…

April 17, 2014April 17, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), homeless, Men of New York

“Lonesome Traveler” 1990

homeless-matt-weber©Matt Weber

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