Mr. Botox

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

A man in a light-colored suit, wild curly hair, and oversized prosthetic lips raises a hand that playfully extends beyond the frame — a spontaneous moment of interaction amidst the whimsical, high-energy atmosphere of the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade in the mid-1980s. A woman's profile just enters the right side of the composition, adding to the feeling of being immersed in a bustling crowd of revelers. Shot on Kodak Tri-X film with a 35mm Pentax and a powerful professional strobe, the image freezes these eccentric characters against the dark New York City night, emphasizing the grainy, high-contrast aesthetic of the era.