Marcella

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

A clown in a polka-dot bow tie and tall conical hat stands beside a laughing woman in a bright wig, the two merrymakers radiating joy against the nighttime energy of the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade in the mid-1980s. Their exuberance is illuminated by the sharp burst of a portable commercial flash, while a dense crowd of onlookers and fellow celebrants fades into the grainy shadows behind them. Shot on Kodak Tri-X film with a 35mm Pentax, the image captures a pivotal moment in the parade's evolution — from a local neighborhood walk into a major cultural institution drawing massive, diverse crowds.