Category Archives: New York City

Tricks of the Eye

Posted on March 8, 2019 by Traveler

Normally I am quick to correct people (even if only in my mind) who say “All is not what it seems.”  The reason I am so quick to correct is because usually what they mean by that statement is that … Continue reading →

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Church cemetery

Posted on August 5, 2018 by Traveler

As a kid I watched the Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows daily and, like many, was obsessed with Barnabas Collins, the resident Gentleman Vampire. In this video, actor Jonathan Frid, known for his role as Barnabas Collins, narrates verse in … Continue reading →

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What the Hell Am I Doing Here?

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Traveler

Shortly before Halloween 2017, I took a little bit of video in midtown Manhattan near Macy’s and Herald Square, right on the border of Koreatown.  It was a crowded rush-hour time of day on a Friday. I set the short … Continue reading →

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Following Lovecraft

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Traveler

On a narrow tree-lined street in Brooklyn, at a residential corner a block away from a main thoroughfare, is a building where famed American writer of horror fiction H.P. Lovecraft resided for a short time in the mid-1920s.  This was … Continue reading →

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Visions of Christmas

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Traveler

I’ve put together a couple of videos set to pretty holiday music and tossed them up on YouTube: here (an old-fashioned Perry Como take on a familiar tune set amidst a display at a doughnut shop) and… here (another visit … Continue reading →

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Oculus at the World Trade Center

Posted on October 22, 2017 by Traveler

I’ve been absent for a couple of months but will be posting again soon. Stay tuned. In the meantime, a video:  The World Trade Center has been rebuilt (and continues to be), and it is now a massive transportation hub … Continue reading →

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Morgan Library video montage

Posted on August 19, 2017 by Traveler

Addendum to last week’s post about the Morgan Library:  I’ve created a short video, now uploaded to the YouTube channel. View it here.  

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A voyage through time

Posted on August 12, 2017 by Traveler

Blood red walls.  Long, deep crimson curtains draped from high above. Vintage portraits of subjects in severe poses. Black alabaster statues of Grecian figures. Spot-lit corners. Sounds like it could be a Gothic castle in the hinterlands of eastern Europe. … Continue reading →

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Cemetery hearts

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Traveler

“Behold and See as you Pass By As you are Now so Once was I As I am Now you soon will Be Prepare for Death and Follow Me.” On the grounds of St. Paul’s Chapel in lower Manhattan, New … Continue reading →

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Vintagio* mini-films

Posted on July 22, 2017 by Traveler

A few years ago I got really into making little mini-movies with an app I was playing around with at the time called Vintagio*.  I would find something of interest to shoot with my iPhone camera, record a few minutes … Continue reading →

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