Because a Trash Can is Undignifed

May 12, 2008, Southeast Corner of 86th Street and 4th Avenue, Brooklyn

Umbrella and Puddle

95th Street, Between 3rd Avenue and Marine, May 9, 2008

Losing Nemo

Imagine the scene: the umbrella ripped from the child's hands by the wind. How cruel is Mother Nature?


May 12, 2008, 7th Avenue, Fashion Institute of Technology

Corpse Pile

Southwest Corner of 31st Street and 7th Avenue, May 9, 2008

Body Bags

Midtown Manhattan, May 9, 2008

Umbrella at the Garden

Madison Square Garden, May 9, 2008

Up Periscope

Southeast Corner of 33rd Street and 7th Avenue, May 9, 2008

Umbrella Suicide

DeKalb Avenue Subway Station, May 9, 2008

Impaled Trash Can

Penn Station Plaza on 7th Avenue, May 9, 2008

A Septet of Saturday Umbrellas

We had a dry Saturday after a stormy Friday. Here are seven Brooklyn crime scene photos.

92nd Street, between 3rd and 4th Avenues:


92nd Street, between 4th and 5th Avenues:

In front of P.S. 104, 5th Avenue:

4th Avenue, between 91st and 92nd Streets:

Also 4th Avenue, between 91st and 92nd Streets:

4th Avenue, between 86th and 87th Streets:

82nd Street, Between 4th and 5th Avenues:

Northeast corner of 91st Street and 4th Avenue:

If this umbrella looks familiar, scroll up. I believe it is the same umbrella that was resting against the front bumber of the car at 9 AM. 12 hours later, some soul had tried to give it a proper burial, but others have disregarded the gesture, and heaper more trash on the sad, blue carcass.

Umbrella and Taxis, 12th Floor Perspective

May 9th, 2008, 370 Seventh Avenue, Manhattan

Umbrella and the Puddle on 7th

I like this shot so much, I made it the banner.


May 9, 2008, 37th and 7th Avenue, Manhattan

Flat Green Umbrella Viewed from 12 Stories Up

May 8, 2008, 370 7th Avenue, Manhattan

Umbrella Handle Gleams in the Gloom

May 9, 2008, 38th Street and Broadway, Manhattan

Still Life with Umbrella and Bicycle

May 9, 2008, 370 7th Avenue, Manhattan

Prisoner Umbrellacide

95th Street, Parking Lot of the Fort Hamilton Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library (Currently Closed for Remodeling) Brooklyn, May 16, 2008

Crushed Blue Blossom

82nd Street and 4th Avenue, Brooklyn

Two for Tuesday

Corner of 28th Street and 6th Avenue

Without a Handle

Manhattan Mall, 32nd Street Entrance

Umbrellacide III: Spring Edition

(This post originally appeared here.)

Don't worry, just a couple of what I think are artistic shots:


And I like this one with some spring colors in the background: