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

This black-and-white 35mm composition, captured on classic Kodak Tri-X film, presents a jovial yet ghoulish dinner performance at the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade. Shot with a Pentax camera combined with a powerful Norman 200B flash, the image illuminates a dapper vampire laughing over a macabre centerpiece. The background is filled with a lively crowd leaning over small wooden police barricades, many sporting the thick moustaches that were a hallmark of 1980s style. A police officer stands watch in the distance, completing this 1982–86 era scene that perfectly highlights the neighborhood's original artisan-centric creative spirit.