Nor Treat

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

Two participants in the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade stare directly into the lens, their gritty, DIY aesthetic perfectly preserved in the grainy silver halides of Tri-X film. One figure wears an expressive, weathered monster mask with wild, dark hair, clutching a hand-lettered sign that reads "NOR TREAT," while their companion dons a sleek, dark eye mask and a patterned scarf. The sharp burst from a portable commercial flash reveals the intricate handmade textures of the scene—from the tactile fabric of a polka-dot glove holding a small mask to the collection of political and social buttons pinned to a hooded sweatshirt. Captured with a 35mm Pentax between 1982 and 1986, this black-and-white study in high contrast isolates the duo against the pitch-black night, documenting the raw, confrontational, and deeply personal creativity of mid-eighties New York City street theater.