Honey

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

A playful swarm of parade participants dressed as bees circles a woman wearing a sash labeled Honey, their antennae and wings shimmering in the high-powered light of a Norman 200B flash. Shot on black-and-white Tri-X film, the 35mm Pentax captures the swirl of motion around this central dance while two celebrators to the right hoist a massive eighties-style boombox to their shoulders. The man on the far right stands in sharp focus, looking with a knowing smirk behind his dark sunglasses. The grainy, silver-halide texture of the print preserves this spontaneous moment of New York City street theater, highlighting the raw energy and creative costuming that defined the Parade during that era.