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© Christopher Peterson
The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden at the Metropolitan Museum in New York offers one of summer’s true pleasures: stunning views of Central Park and the city’s skyline. Go at dusk so you get to watch the skyscrapers around Central Park flick on their lights. The Met has two bars set [...]

© Christopher Peterson
A sexy flute player at the 5th Annual Kingston Latino Festival at the historic Rondout waterfront district in Kingston, New York. What caught my eye first was seeing this woman from the rear of the stage. She was dancing to the music and all you could see was her booty shaking in rhythm [...]

© Jason Defillippo
A great shot by photographer Jason DeFillippo of a graveyard shift pilot that operates out of the Mojave Desert. Now this is a man who looks like he has stories to tell!!

© Hellopoe
Graffiti on the wall sometimes says it all (although I might have substituted “women” for “words”).

© Christina Villaflor
Photographer Christina Villaflor calls this photo “Everlasting Friendship”; we call it a brilliant image that perfectly reflects the true nature of humanity. You know, the one where people respect, admire and love one another. This sure made my Friday!
Now if only Americans would learn to build public spaces that are within [...]

© Annie Leibovitz
Queen Elizabeth supposedly was bitching about Annie Leibovitz’s request to remove her crown during a recent photo shoot for her 80th birthday. Why this woman hasn’t stepped down so Prince Charles can have a go as King of England is beyond me. Power seems to have its own needs. Looking at Annie’s portrait [...]

A sad day: John Szarkowski, director of photography at the Museum of Modern Art, recently died. I remember the first time I picked up his book, Looking at Photographs, and studied every image for its telltale details that made it great, according to Szarkowski.
John Szarkowski, 81; photography curator
Photo Op: John Szarkowski’s Art Vision
John [...]

© Christopher Peterson
While riding the Steamship Authority ferry from Nantucket island to Hyannis, I snapped this young couple with their arms around each other at the bow of the boat. How romantic! You see, love still exists in the world.

© Christopher Peterson
A classic shot of the Brant Point Lighthouse on Nantucket.

© Dina Goldstein, Ice Cream
Photographer Dina Goldstein snaps some pretty saucy portraits. They have a murky surrealism that grows on you. Here’s one of an older woman eating an ice cream cone. It seems innocent enough and yet there’s something about the make-up, hat and smile that makes for a delicious image!
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© Christopher Peterson
A familiar face keeps an eye on a visitor at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles.

Study the photograph above. It’s being sold on Ebay. It’s an old CDV of an elderly woman. Is it me or is there something bizarre about this image. The woman looks like she has a white mustache and what’s with those gloved hands! Weird.

© Elsie Flannigan
Photographer Elsie Flannigan snapped this pic of her grandpa. Now this is what we love to see in a person’s face: joie de vivre! Life really is short…but not too short that you shouldn’t haul your butt to the polls in Election 2008 and clean house of all the crooks in office.
Otherwise [...]

© Joyce Tennyson
Now here’s a good coffee table book: Joyce Tennyson’s Wise Women. It’s described as “a celebration of the power and beauty of women in the third phase of their lives.” Her photographs make you feel like you’re an invisible guest sitting inside the temple of an Egyptian queen. Stunning!
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© Shen Wei, Jackie
Shen Wei is a Chinese photographer born in Shanghai. His images skew toward Diane Arbus morbidity, but fall just short of complete freak show. This image is entitled “Jackie.” Remember, beauty is in the eye of the camera holder.

© Christopher Peterson
One advantage of being young is acting oblivious to those around you. Take for example this young lady reading a book in Central Park. You wake up. You throw on a two-piece bathing suit. You grab your favorite book. You head to the park for a day of relaxation. Who cares if those [...]

© Blue Chameleon
A sad photo I spotted on Flickr. It sure makes you pause and ponder what the end of your own life might be like.
…”Just when I think I’m winning
When I’ve broken every door
The ghosts of my life
Blow wilder than before”…
Ghosts
-David Sylvian

© Christopher Peterson
If you plan on grabbing a hamburger at Danny Meyer’s Shake Shack in Madison Square Park, then you better budget about an hour of wait time. It can take that long to place an order. There’s lots of good people watching though. I spotted this older couple enjoying the shade nearby as I [...]

© Patricia Araujo, Age
There’s something about the fact that this older woman is NOT sitting in her rocking chair, along with the island blue colors, that makes this photograph delicious to the eye. The photographer is Patricia Araujo from Brazil and the shot is entitled, Age.
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© Dacian Groza
Photographer Dacian Groza entitled this shot, “Nothing Happens.” The description reads: “I pass by this house sometimes on my way to work and this old lady is almost always there. Just sitting and watching people go by.”
Hey Dacian, why not stop and say hello! People are more than good subjects for a photograph. [...]