Motley Crue Invitation
Technically, that’s two shots, but who’s keeping track.
Aegean Nocturne
This picture was conceived as an illustration from Homer’s Odyssey, complete with an ancient Greek sailing ship and possibly a temple or garden.
Another artist persuaded me to leave the landscape unembellished, and today I think the picture gains an air of mystery from its simplicity. I still call it an illustration from the Odyssey; but whatever happened here is past, and the participants have moved on.
A Day with New York City’s Pothole Repair CrewEach morning, at a small depot tucked away under the Williamsburg Bridge, the New York City workers who call themselves the “pothole gang” pore over a giant spreadsheet known as “The Daily Pothole.” On it are thousands of potholes all over the city: giant gorges caused by rain and sleet, small interconnected divots that can flatten tires, and pretty much every other roadway wound you can imagine. The sun is barely up, and yet for these men — members of a street maintenance team tasked by the Department of Transportation with roadway repair — the race has already begun.