Max

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

A festive participant perfectly channels the glitchy, high-tech persona of Max Headroom, his face framed by a makeshift cardboard television screen during the Village Halloween Parade in the mid-1980s. Wearing iconic Wayfarer-style shades and a leather jacket over a formal tie, the costume captures the staccato energy of the decade's favorite digital character. Shot on high-speed Tri-X film with a 35mm camera and a portable commercial flash, the image highlights the diagonal-striped backdrop and the subject's manic grin — documenting the era's unique intersection of television culture and the spontaneous performance art found on the streets of New York City.