Clown

16x20 inch Black & White print on Epson Art Cotton Smooth 250 gram paper. From the NYC Village Halloween Parade, 1982–86.

A wide-eyed pierrot clown glides through the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade in the mid-1980s, holding aloft a glowing umbrella that cuts through the night. This black-and-white analog frame, captured on 35mm Tri-X film, highlights the whimsical yet eerie costume, complete with a ruffled collar, patterned cone hat, and exaggerated makeup. A powerful professional strobe light illuminates the figure from the side, while the umbrella's interior glow adds a secondary source of brilliance against the dark NYC street. Behind the barricades, a crowd of bundled spectators watches the spectacle, their faces partially obscured in the soft shadows. It is a quintessential moment of the annual NYC tradition, preserving the raw, grainy energy of a 1980s street performance in high-contrast detail.