On the Way Home: Spring 2023

Musician in Central Park

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Winter time can be rough in the city. The days are short, the weather cold (for the most part in this time of global warming), and the subways crowded with sleepy commuters in heavy down coats. Which is why when Spring rolls around, I like millions of others can't wait be outside to enjoy the parks, or just walk a few extra blocks before descending into the tunnels to catch the train home.

For me this is the time of year when I enjoy taking pictures in the streets, and being around my fellow New Yorkers and the tourists who visit us all year round. In this post you'll see pictures I've taken this spring. They've all appeared on my Instagram and Flickr feeds, but I thought it would be nice to collect them all here. So while we look back at this spring, I wish you an enjoyable summer.

If you'd like to check out my street photography in real time, you can find me on Instagram @jbasma3, and Flickr @jbasma.


Everyone has to go to work...

Grocery shopping in Chinatown


Tourists do the strangest things...

Ancient eyes at the Met...

...while at MOMA the gaze is more surreal

B-sides at MOMA

In Central Park

On Second Avenue

Waiting for the train home

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Diamond Way

(Click on images to make them larger) Since the 1920's New York's diamond district has called the one block stretch of 47th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues home. It's one of the few places along with Chinatown that seems to keep its character over the decades. It hasn't changed much since the early 1970's when I first moved to New York City.

Alone in the Crowd

(Click on images to make larger.) The holidays can be an especially lonely time in the city. People bustling about the streets of Manhattan, looking to partake in a holiday spirit that seems ever more elusive. It's not really how they show it in movies, and perhaps it never was. And yet there is something touching to me about these millions of loners seeking connection, as we all are. Wishing you a warm holiday this season.

American Wing

(Click on any image to make larger.) I've always enjoyed the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and it's always been fun to take my sons there every couple of years to see the Egyptian temple, the classical Greek statues, and the paintings of the Dutch Masters. A few years back when my older son needed to go to the museum to complete a school project, I asked him which section he wanted to concentrate on; his school project was to sketch a work of art in the Met. I fully expected him to choose either the Temple of Dendur or the medieval suits of armor. To my surprise he chose The America Wing. It seemed like an odd choice to me (for reasons I don't really understand), wasn't that a bit boring when you had mummies on the other side of the building? But he insisted, and we went up to the third floor where he selected a sculpture of a cavalry chase. Since that day I've grown to like The American Wing more and more, and to appreciate its homegrown treasures. Cherubs and da...

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