The Long Good-byeThe pounding heart of Gotham, the center of the concentric circles that define New Y

Considering the Life of Lin ZexuI'd missed her.?By the time I saw her she was out the door and quickl

Shooting Shoes?I was virtually dead, a moody, dreary kid of thirteen. No dreams only nightmares, I sa

A Few Minutes With Andy WarholSo this guy emerges from subway safari with wife and kid into exotic lo

Incident at Broadway and LafayetteIn the new New York crime is down and the subways are free of graff

The First Guerrilla Girl Was a GuyWhat you see above is a single?moment in a tragedy that played out

Survival SkillsOften I think about how it was the first time I was there—wandering the park's pathway

He As MeOnce upon a time there was no Chipotle. Verizon was a typo. Steve Madden wore Keds to Kinderg

A Goose, a Saber and a Bag Full of Bull Shit

Cautionary TailI've been thinking about that film lately, recalling how it was when I landed in New Y

Mean Streets ReduxI once knew an old time New York flack and reporter by the name of Harvey Fondiller

Indecisive By NaturePapa papa papa papa ooom mow mow mow mow mow, papa ooom mow mow?pounds through th

Flash Master FinkTo whom it may concern: ?Although it is unlikely that I am the applicant you might b

Down Sized UpHe looked ten but didn't have enough strut in his stride to pull it off. I would say he

White God

Jet ScreamSeptember 11, 2001, 9:03AM??I’ve told my 9/11 story to family and friends a couple dozen ti

Like It WasI met Smith just once, very briefly. He'd come to our office at Popular Photograhy to see

Channeling Gene SmithWhen I was shooting this piece several weeks ago I was struck—not the first time

Fountain ServiceThe goofy human parade passing on Sunday art streets of Greenwich Village.?That's how

Union Square BluesFor more than a decade I worked in an office at Park Avenue and 33rd Street overloo

Dead Man's CurveThere is no place in New York City that draws crowds like Times Square and I’m not su

To Lean OnThere’s?something I’ve wanted to write about but since it’s a sensitive subject I chose to

Sixty HoursI had a lot of fun with this one, clearly two interesting stories unfolding at once. At fi

Phillip Roth Says It Best

Whitney Sideshow #1I'm seated on a hot slab of stone, facing north, roughly equal distance from where

The Future of PhotographyI’ve been to the Met a few dozen times in my life but I never really did it.

The Art Ark (with Sheep and Would-be Shepherds)?

A West Side Story"Memory is an imaginative act; first we imagine what we'll want to keep and then we

Psalm 23:4The Little PrinceLooking west from East Sixtieth Street and First Avenue a hundred years ag

Perhaps you recognized the three guys in the photo? They were once members of a 1980s interracial boy

Phishing and FotographyMy father went to Portugal, my mother went to France, my brother went to Fourt

The Fall of the King of CanalThis was my beat—all points in walking distance of Lafayette and Houston

Where Bill BummedIf you can imagine Manhattan as a reclining nude with a generous figure, I’m settled

The End of History (Eldridge near East Broadway)This, from my off again, on again diary.? 1/4/18 The

Eisie's IconAs God as my witness I did not knowingly intrude on anyone’s privacy. But upon discovery,

At the Edge of the Sun (Ghost Shadows)He wandered along 42nd Street then started across Broadway.?But

Girl at the CrossroadsHow old do you think this kid is, ten or eleven? I’d say he’s about the age I w

Inside Outsider

Tony Who?I’m no authority nor fanatic but I can say in all sincerity I believe that for most of his c

Tom Thumb and Johanna's Desolation Prose (Looking Back)

Basketball Never StopsI don't know why but?I never really got behind the Brooklyn Bridge thing. In fa

Brooklyn Bridge BluesIn these troubled times where truth is under attack by none other than the presi

Confabulations?Truth is, the truth has always been imperfect,?concocted after the fact from testimony