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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.

In this wide-angle 35mm Tri-X photograph from the mid-1980s, the camera looks back down West Tenth Street toward Sixth Avenue as anticipation builds for the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade. The iconic Jefferson Market Library clock tower stands as a glowing sentinel in the background, its illuminated face overlooking the historic neighborhood. Below, dense crowds of spectators line the sidewalks, their figures cast in the high-contrast glow of streetlamps and the gritty grain of analog film. The deep blacks and silvery highlights perfectly capture the raw, electric energy of the New York City night, a moment of quiet excitement before the surreal procession begins its journey through the streets.