Shades

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

The eclectic energy of the NYC Village Halloween Parade between 1982 and 1986 is frozen in time in this black-and-white 35mm street scene. On the right, a woman with a large lace bow in her hair raises an arm in celebration, her knit top and heavy jewelry catching the sharp light from a portable commercial flash. Beside her, another reveler in dark sunglasses and a short, stylish haircut smiles toward the edge of the frame, while a figure with voluminous, teased hair stands in profile to the left. In the background, the black-and-white tones of the Tri-X film reveal a masked participant with a tall, feathered headdress, adding to the dense layers of the crowd. This high-contrast snapshot captures the spontaneous, individualistic spirit of the mid-eighties at the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade.