What to do? What to do?

For a project I've been working on, I have to edit a collection of thousands of images down to twenty that will tell the story well. Incredibly difficult because I really love so many of them.  In the past I've done major edits down to about fifty or so images and then asked people I trust to have a say. But being able to do the selections alone and independently is really essential, so I struggle on. It may not be my twenty  most favorite images, but the series will certainly tell the story.

In the meantime, I've been trying to get out and shoot unrelated stuff just to clear my mind. On Monday I took a walk through the Lower East Side and Chinatown. The weather was beautiful, but way too sunny. Very harsh contrasts, even in late afternoon. Winter light is so much more forgiving. But we work with whatever G-d gives us, eh?

So, here's the stuff:

Going Back In Time

Every so often I like to browse through my catalog of photos just to review what I was shooting one or two years ago compared to now. Often I find images that I may have passed over, or meant to work on but never got to. Since I've been a bit out of commission for the past week I had the chance to look back, and found stuff that I thought was worth working over. So here it is, no particular order or subject. I just wanted to see how they looked on the blog.