Night Riders

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

An elongated tandem bicycle carrying four riders in futuristic, glowing spherical helmets glides up Sixth Avenue during the NYC Village Halloween Parade in the mid-1980s — years that marked a significant shift for the event as it moved from the intimate side streets of the Village to the broader expanse of the avenue. Captured on Kodak Tri-X film with a 35mm Pentax, the scene is frozen by the crisp light of a portable commercial flash, which makes the intricate details of the custom cycle and the metallic sheen of the costumes pop against the night — a unique moment of performance art from the final years of this photographic collection.