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Death Rays

2011-11-18T14:49:00.002-05:00

Occupy Wall Street arrest
Pine and William, NYC

Day of Action

2011-11-18T14:38:00.002-05:00

Occupy Wall Street
Lower Manhattan, NYC

Reoccupy

2011-11-16T23:43:00.003-05:00

Occupy Wall Street
Zuccotti Park, NYC

Cold Break

2011-10-31T14:12:00.001-04:00

Occupy Wall Street
Zuccotti Park, NYC

Occupy Times Square

2011-10-17T17:13:00.001-04:00

Occupy Wall Street
Chelsea, NYC

Still Occupied

2011-10-16T16:05:00.002-04:00

Occupy Wall Street
Zuccotti Park, NYC

Welcome to the Boogie Down

2011-10-07T15:51:00.002-04:00

Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NYC

All Day, All Week

2011-10-01T14:44:00.003-04:00

Occupy Wall Street
Zuccotti Park, NYC

Occupy Wall Street

2011-09-27T15:39:00.001-04:00

Financial District, NYC

9/11

2011-09-12T16:30:00.000-04:00

World Trade Center site, NYC

Come On Irene

2011-08-28T20:01:00.002-04:00

Rockaway Beach, NY

Long Night

2011-07-26T19:53:00.002-04:00

First same-sex marriages in New York City
Civic Center, New York City

ManhattanHenge

2011-07-21T23:31:00.002-04:00

Once a year the sun sets along the centerline of Manhattan's gridded streets, illuminating both sides of the urban canyon in a short but impressive spectacle akin to the solstice at Stonehenge. I heard about this last minute so it's not executed perfectly, but I figured I'd put it up, call it a trial run, and be in better position next year.

Untitled from Steve Bartel on Vimeo.

72nd Street, NYC

STS-135

2011-07-14T21:13:00.002-04:00

Cape Canaveral, FL

On Deck

2011-07-13T21:11:00.000-04:00

Story in progress
Florida

Fingerprints

2011-07-13T21:06:00.000-04:00

Browning, painter of alternate realities
Ruskin, FL

Boompop

2011-07-13T21:04:00.000-04:00

Riverview, FL

Waiting

2011-07-13T21:03:00.000-04:00

Titusville, FL

Florida is Weird

2011-07-13T21:00:00.000-04:00

Gibsonton, FL

Bombs Bursting in Air

2011-07-05T23:22:00.002-04:00

4th of July. Alternately, a preview of what Manhattan will feel like under invasion. Always creeps me out.

11th Avenue, NYC

Worst Job in the World

2011-06-23T23:07:00.002-04:00

Telling a mob of young girls they weren't going to be seeing Justin Bieber today.
Only person on 34th Street breaking more hearts than the Biebs.

34th Street, NYC

Long Night

2011-06-23T12:37:00.006-04:00

8 PM, Lower East Side

3 AM, West Village

High School

2011-05-16T14:49:00.003-04:00

Found this while pulling some original files from the archives for a portfolio re-edit. Think it's going in.

Guy's an injured player for the Rock Bridge High School football team, forced to watch from the sidelines with his girlfriend, who doesn't seem all that upset with the arrangement.
Columbia, MO

Burials

2011-05-06T16:49:00.003-04:00

President Obama lays a wreath at Ground Zero after the death of Osama bin Laden.
World Trade Center Site, NYC

Decisions

2011-04-08T11:50:00.001-04:00

6th Avenue, 3 A.M.
NYC

Weather Underground

2011-04-08T11:49:00.000-04:00

34th Street
NYC

Old Friend

2011-04-08T11:43:00.002-04:00

Resurrection Cemetary
Staten Island, NYC

Of, By, For

2011-03-30T16:05:00.002-04:00

Crowd outside Obama's first visit to Harlem in years. Outside because they didn't have 30 grand to get inside.
Harlem, NYC

Outer Space

2011-03-21T15:25:00.003-04:00

"O brothers who have reached the West," I began,
"Through a hundred thousand perils, surviving all:
So little is the vigil we see remain
Still for our senses, that you should not choose
To deny it the experience - behind the sun
Leading us onward - of the world which has
No people in it. Consider well your seed:
You were not born to live as a mere brute does,
But for the pursuit of knowledge and the good."

Canto XXVI, Inferno

Outside

2011-03-10T23:33:00.001-05:00

Harlem, NYC

Superb Owl

2011-03-10T23:32:00.000-05:00

Dallas, Texas

Imprisoned Lightning

2011-03-10T23:25:00.002-05:00

Staten Island Ferry
New York Harbor

More Than Meets the Eye

2011-02-21T23:16:00.002-05:00

Transformer blew up underneath my block. Lady was calling up to her elderly neighbor to make sure she got out when FDNY evacuated the building.
Harlem, NYC

Over Before It Started

2011-02-10T20:38:00.002-05:00

Egyptian-Americans in Little Egypt react to Hosni Mubarek's refusal to step down after rampant speculation it would finally happen all afternoon. Pretty dour mood since everyone was expecting a party.

Little Egypt
Astoria, Queens

Trial Run

2011-02-10T01:13:00.002-05:00

New York, NY

Again

2011-01-28T00:17:00.002-05:00

Harlem, NYC

Snowstorm in Harlem

2011-01-16T23:59:00.001-05:00

Harlem, NYC

Unsilent Night

2010-12-19T16:55:00.003-05:00

Unsilent Night
Greenwich Village, NYC

Around We Go

2010-12-19T16:50:00.005-05:00

Wollman Rink, Central Park, NYC

Ho Ho Ho

2010-12-11T19:04:00.002-05:00

SantaCon 2010
Upper West Side and Central Park, NYC

Hi Ho

2010-12-11T19:00:00.002-05:00

Brother Jimmy's BBQ
Upper West Side, NYC

Liu's Day

2010-12-10T23:21:00.002-05:00

International Human Rights Day
Outside the Chinese consulate, NYC

My Thoughts Exactly

2010-12-09T12:30:00.002-05:00

"This is what acid will look like when you're a teenager"
Washington Square, NYC

The Great Northern Invasion

2010-12-06T10:12:00.002-05:00

Lisa
6th Avenue, NYC

Bounce

2010-12-06T10:10:00.001-05:00

Dallas, TX.

Lone Stars

2010-12-06T10:09:00.000-05:00

Hilton Anatole
Dallas, TX

AIDS

2010-12-06T10:07:00.001-05:00

World AIDS Day
Washington Square Park, NYC

Curious Greek Habits

2010-11-17T16:01:00.002-05:00

Bryan & Jenny
Nassau County, NY

Long Island Indeed

2010-11-17T15:19:00.003-05:00

Adam & Sari
Long Island City, NYC

So Long

2010-11-17T15:13:00.001-05:00

Until next year.
Hempsted, NY.

My Little Friend

2010-11-10T11:46:00.002-05:00

Tony Santana, cigar roller.
Northern New Jersey.

Still Interested

2010-11-10T11:40:00.002-05:00

Jose & Erika
Hoboken, NJ

A River Runs Through It

2010-11-10T11:36:00.002-05:00

Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece
Mill Run, PA

Bottoms Up

2010-10-25T15:28:00.003-04:00

Carroll Street subway stop
Brooklyn, NYC

Front

2010-10-21T19:06:00.003-04:00

Company XIV
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

Back

2010-10-21T19:02:00.001-04:00

Backstage at Brave New World Repertory Theatre
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

The Heart of Saturday Night

2010-10-18T12:56:00.002-04:00

MTA Metro North tracks
Harlem, NYC

Eddie Adams Workshop Edit

2010-10-13T20:01:00.002-04:00

Just got back from the Eddie Adams Workshop in upstate New York, one of the best and most exhausting weekends I've ever had. It's very heartening to know there are so many people still passionate about all this, and what they were willing to do because of that is heartwarming on a level that goes well beyond photography. Thank you all.

This is the edit from the story I was working on. Raiquawn Malloy is a fairly recent transfer to Liberty High School from Jamaica, Queens, one of the rougher neighborhoods in New York City. He's taken the upheaval in his life and channeled it into productive and fulfilling pursuits. Running every day builds dedication, writing when it's quiet sharpens the mind, and perhaps both will pay off with a dream job tuning cars.

Observation Platform

2010-10-13T19:56:00.002-04:00

Raiquawn Malloy, Transplant
Outside Bethel, NY

FYE

2010-10-13T19:53:00.001-04:00

Christina, Lunch Breaker
Middletown, NY

Bench of the Unknown Loved Ones

2010-09-28T20:46:00.001-04:00

Long Beach, NY

Billy & Erin

2010-09-24T19:54:00.002-04:00

Billy & Erin
Long Beach, NY

Elements

2010-09-20T20:34:00.000-04:00

If a bridge between Harlem and the Bronx that no one seems to know the name of catches on fire, does anyone see it?

138th Street Bridge, Harlem River, NYC

David & Naomi

2010-09-18T20:00:00.000-04:00

David & Naomi
Manhattan and Brooklyn, NY

Mandy Gonzalez

2010-09-13T20:31:00.002-04:00

Mandy Gonzalez, Elphaba in Wicked
Put your name in the title in case you ever Google yourself and, you know, are interested in marriage or something

Broadway on Broadway

2010-09-13T20:27:00.002-04:00

Broadway on Broadway
Times Square, NYC

Gene & Caroline

2010-09-10T20:15:00.000-04:00

Gene & Caroline
South Street Seaport, NY

01101100 01101111 01101110 01100101 01101100 01111001

2010-09-08T20:44:00.001-04:00

Bryant Square Park, NYC

NYSE

2010-09-07T20:51:00.003-04:00

Team USA Ryder Cup Captain Corey Pavin visits the New York Stock Exchange.
Wall Street, NYC

Kostek & Suzi

2010-09-05T20:23:00.000-04:00

Kostek & Suzi
East Village, NYC

Conclusions

2010-05-17T20:40:00.000-04:00

Jenny V
Harlem, NYC

Until We Meet Again

2010-05-16T22:33:00.002-04:00

Marytown, WI

Water and Oil

2010-05-16T22:28:00.002-04:00

100th Street - Harlem, NYC

Sunset in the 20's

2010-04-19T10:50:00.005-04:00

Calumet, Wisconsin.

Snow Day

2010-04-19T10:46:00.002-04:00

Willets Point, Queens, NYC

The Odd Twin

2010-04-07T21:57:00.002-04:00

Jeff and Elizabeth
Rockwood Music Hall, NYC

This Side of the Other Side

2010-02-22T00:24:00.001-05:00

Outside Provincetown, MA

Business

2010-02-22T00:12:00.004-05:00

5th Avenue, NYC

Eroticism

2010-01-14T16:37:00.004-05:00

Le Royale, West Village, NYC

Found: Late

2010-01-06T13:12:00.002-05:00

Justin, reveler.
Actually from last year, found this while filing old negatives.

Winds

2010-01-05T01:05:00.003-05:00

For Herb Zane and Saint Anthony Carpentier, gone and forgotten.

Original photographers unknown, photographs recovered from the Windermere.
Hell's Kitchen, NYC

Crop Rotation

2010-01-04T00:33:00.003-05:00

Marytown, WI.

The Long Roll North

2010-01-04T00:29:00.001-05:00

Amtrak platform
Springfield, IL

The Greatest City In The World

2010-01-04T00:20:00.003-05:00

Willets Point, Queens, NYC

Still

2009-12-04T01:02:00.001-05:00

Willets Point, Queens, NYC

Why?

2009-12-04T00:58:00.001-05:00

Willets Point, Queens, NYC

The Iron Triangle

2009-11-20T20:18:00.003-05:00

Willets Point, Queens, NYC

Still Life

2009-11-20T20:16:00.001-05:00

Mexican Diner on 6th Avenue
NYC

Mazel Tov

2009-11-11T14:02:00.002-05:00

Bat Mitzvah
Riverdale, Bronx, NYC

New Project

2009-11-11T11:19:00.001-05:00

Willets Point, Queens, NYC

The Burden of Being Whoever You Want to Be

2009-11-11T11:10:00.002-05:00

6th Avenue NYC
Central Pennsylvania
America

Archaeology

2009-11-11T11:06:00.003-05:00

NYC subway.

Mere Observations

2009-10-19T21:46:00.002-04:00

Side note: I needed iconic photographs in color for this, restricting me to the last 30 years of so of photographic history. In the process of the search I started to realize that, well, there aren't many in the traditional sense - by that I mean a composed photograph by a photographer during a live event. Pre-color is easy: V-Day kisses, flag raisings on Iwo Jima, executions in Saigon, terrified Vietnamese girls, Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston, the Hindenberg, Kent State, the list goes on and on. Universally recognized photographs from the modern era? Afghan Girl obviously, and...??? I think Marlboro Marine's probably a bit of a stretch, maybe the starving girl and vulture from Sudan (though sadly controversy fed its ubiquity as much as content), Ground Zero, perhaps the Exxon Valdez bird (for which, by the way, Exxon has yet to pay restitution for as of earlier this month), or Elian Gonzalez in the closet.

This is not to say there are no universally recognized photos from the modern era, but that most of them don't seem to resemble our traditional cherished photographs. Most are reminders of events rather than a gripping event summarized in one photograph. Many of what I would call universally recognized photographs from the modern era are taken by amateurs in the right place at the right time, astronauts, robots, satellites, security cameras, frame grabs from video cameras, everything except a professional photographer composing a shot. And that's fine, I don't have a problem with it at all as it's just the changing nature of how we distribute information amongst ourselves, but its got me thinking about how our self-perception might be different in the future if our children see our world through the imagery we leave them in their history (e-)books. WWII was Robert Capa at D-Day and Joe Rosenthal at Iwo Jima, Vietnam was Nick Ut at Trang Bang and Eddie Adams in Saigon, Iraq was... off-color amateur shots of Lynndie England? Whats the iconic image from Iraq? Afghanistan? Do we need one? Has the decline of traditional media left us without the resources to adequately pursue these images? Do the conflicts not lend themselves to photographers operating freely? Have they been politicized to the point where they can't be encapsulated in a single frame? Can I end eight consecutive sentences with question marks? Yes.

High Above

2009-09-29T13:46:00.002-04:00

Sunny and Julianna
Le Parker Meridan, Manhattan
Courtesy Jayd Gardina

Window Lit Wedding

2009-09-14T18:02:00.003-04:00

Al and Vittoria.
Long Island City, NYC

If I Ever Get Back

2009-09-14T17:57:00.002-04:00

Citi Field, Queens, NYC

For All Those Killed By Cops

2009-08-09T18:56:00.002-04:00

In perhaps the only time the Internet has ever failed to deliver for me, I had a very tough time finding a Mike Ladd album for a few months. Finally got the CD, and the last track is pretty breathtaking. Perhaps not surprisingly, the lyrics don't seem to be on the web anywhere, so I decided to try my hand at transcribing and create what may very well be my only contribution to the collective digital knowledge of the planet. It's a coincidentally topical song coming off the Henry Louis Gates affair. There's a couple bits I can't make out, help is very much welcome.

Mike Ladd
Feb. 4, 1999 (For All Those Killed By Cops)

It's all confused and beautiful
Like Cambridge Mass
Like Roberts upon Roberts and Sylvias and bushes and pawns and projects and steeples
Sweet Ivy with acid leaves
Like (?)

And at 16 I saw the snows turn purple at the top of the world
and the green carpet of the plateau went so warm the sight alone could feed children
Old men and women pray with their whole bodies in dust, length by length around temples

And I couldn't play basketball for shit so my friends made me toss a glass bowl in the dark to test my coordination skills
The sting on my knuckles when it slipped through, everything slipped and dropped (?)

In the Himalayas five boys and a pound of gee for Ramadan omelettes at 4 AM with Rahan
Coaxing God in my ears, the mullahs' song bouncing off mountains, down to plains and off to horizontal stars

I don't wear saffron
and I won't cheat my feet out of a pair of soles

Kraft macaroni and cheese all week long tastes better in the company of cousins
Uncle Jimmy joking about spaghetti and peanut butter
His Laz-E-Boy all duct taped and plastic
Luke and Lauren learning how to get it on in front of my little face while I'm waiting on Easy Rita

All I know is when its cold, hazy, and you're high
the Great Zimbabwe looks as if it's being born in this morning
Stretching out of the mists like the world was an egg to emerge from

That keef, and fez, and the wet of two lovers making room for me,
allow we to be cradled in folds that should be eternal

If I could be cradled in a boat of wombs within a womb
Odysseying through the worlds
I'd be there now, fully drenched

All I know is Jesus, Vishnu, (?), Taurus, Osiris, Odin, Muhammad all wait in line for seconds just like me
That we are put together by masses of eternal trinkets of matter from the cosmos in the bathroom
And that they disappear and reappear like worlds between matter
That mountains, seas, and sidewalks won't justify this
But they will serve
Serve like universes

Somehow bullet holes in steel doors look like a collection of constellations trapped to catch the wrath of idiots
And we are the size of constellations in the path of wrathful idiots
And all these heroes we will map the sky with come across arcane next to off duty demons in denim

And you would think that Cambridge would finally buckle under its own ego
That the Himalayan stones would melt and somehow drown the right people
That (?) ghosts would rise and fly vengeance
That the very matter from every crossed path would turn resolute and shatter themselves for justice

(Interlude)

But no, the world is too beautiful for that
Too beautiful to let go pain
Too confused to leave out the stain
But if days are numbered, the day will come, and they will serve.

Rebirth

2009-08-08T22:48:00.002-04:00

in a nondescript corner of New York City.

Photo Fetish: Airports

2009-08-07T22:06:00.002-04:00

Baltimore Washington International Airport.
Baltimore, MD.

125ubway

2009-08-07T22:04:00.001-04:00

125th Street subway stop, NYC.