Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
This colorful design was painted on the side a building (I don’t remember exactly where it was). It’s pretty impressive. I have a mask that’s very like it, but I don’t remember where I got it. Maybe Sri Lanka?
Taken with a Sony RX10 IV.
I can’t imagine what attracted me to this. Must have been the bright colors.
I thought it fitted in well with the pictures of the demonstration.
Taken with a Sony RX10 IV.
As is often the case I arrived at Ossining station very early. So, after purchasing my ticket I went down to nearby Here Coffee and Beer to pick up some water to take with me on my walk, and to wait comfortably until it was time for me to take the train. While I was getting the water from a cooler, I perused their excellent collection of craft beers. One in particular caught my eye: Samuel Smith’s Nut Brown Ale. I like brown ales, and I knew that this was a nice one made in Yorkshire, UK. It was way to early (even for me) to be drinking beer but remember this. I’ll get back to it later.
Anyway – back to the poster. I came across this poster in the men’s room at Here Coffee and Beer. It’s looks quite old. If so it’s an early example of “bait and switch”. The large, red and somewhat provocative headline catches your attention, as does the rather threatening person. However, if you read the text, you find that it has absolutely nothing to do with Bolsheviks. It is, in fact, an advertisement for paper towels.
I have no idea if this poster dates back to the days of the “red peril”, or if it’s a recent poster trying to get a laugh.
Taken with a Sony RX10 IV
My younger daughter recently visited New York, and we decided to see a show: Sunset Boulevard. I was to meet her at the St. James theater where it was showing. My plan was to take the train to Grand Central Terminal and then walk west until I got to the theater at 246 West 44th Street (between 7th Ave./Broadway and Eighth Avenue. If I saw anything interesting, I’d try to take some photographs. It was a very cold day, made worse by the strong winds and I didn’t expect to get much…but you never know – particularly in New York City. I expected to be early and planned to get some lunch before the performance. If she had any time after the show, we’d figure out what to do later.
I hesitate to finish this short walk around Peekskill, NY with a skull seen outside Taco Dive Bar, but it was the last picture I took before boarding my train back home. And, after all, it’s not a very scary skull with all of its bright colors.
Taken with a Sony RX10 IV