Hershey

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

Captured on an analog 35mm camera using Kodak Tri-X film, this black-and-white frame highlights the playful ingenuity of the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade between 1982 and 1986. A powerful professional strobe light cuts through the night to reveal a parade participant encased in a giant, handcrafted Hershey's Chocolate with Almonds bar costume, his face peeking out from the silver foil top. As he and his companions tilt their heads back in a collective shout toward the sky, the man positioned on the right side of the frame breaks the fourth wall, looking directly at the camera with a steady, candid expression. The stark contrast and gritty grain of the film perfectly preserve this slice of New York City street theater, capturing the raw energy and DIY spirit that defined the mid-eighties Parades.