Floppy

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

In this classic black-and-white scene from the mid-1980s Village Halloween Parade, a young boy's ingenuity takes center stage as he navigates the NYC streets in a hand-crafted computer costume. Peering out from a cardboard monitor complete with "Yes" and "No" options, his face is framed by the era's burgeoning digital imagination, while a meticulously drawn QWERTY keyboard hangs below. The image, captured on a 35mm Pentax using Kodak Tri-X film, possesses a rich, authentic grain that defines the street photography of that period. A portable commercial flash cuts through the October night, isolating the child's creative handiwork against the dark, bustling energy of Greenwich Village, preserving a fleeting moment of childhood whimsy in high contrast.