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Bay Ridge, Gowanus Expressway

Low-tech version.

Staten Island Expressway

High-tech version.

Through the Roof

The combination of fine weather and frequent traffic stops creates photo ops. Starting out on Roosevelt Avenue, under the El:

The Baxter Avenue cut across to Woodside Avenue:

On the BQE!:

Scarfie

My neighbor on the R train. He wore his mother's scarf over his head most of the ride.

The Rise of the Roadie

Couple in Convertible, Los Angeles (1964)

I caught the last day of the Garry Winogrand retrospective at the Met. Cars appear often, however, as in the photograph above. More interesting, to me, are those taken from behind the wheel--or seeming to have been done so.

Albuquerque (1957)

This shot  feels as if it's taken through the driver's-side or passenger-side window (rolled down) from a car pulled over momentarily at the driveway's end.

Wyoming (1964)

A bit later, we have a full-on "roadie," sun streaks on the windshield and all. Winogrand shoots and steers as a creature of some sort crosses the road.

Los Angeles (1980-83)

The perspective in this L.A. photograph from the early 80s is more puzzling. Is the photographer rushing into the street to capture the horrific image of a woman lying by the curb? Or is he passing by, like the Porsche in front?

Slice of Sky

Elmhurst (Sept. 2014)

Slice of Life

82nd St. & Roosevelt Ave. (Sept. 2014)

Right on Red

After Stop Right Turn Permitted On Red.

Clove Road & Howard Ave., Sunnyside, S.I.

He stopped first. By the way, this is an excellent right turn to take if you want a great view of the New York harbor and lower Manhattan.