After Sandy.

The aftermath of Hurricane Sandy didn’t really effect my part of the Bronx too much. Lights, water supply and all were fine, no floods either. So I went off to Manhattan to see how much the borough was effected, and so far this is what I’ve seen.

Unofficial Afro Punk After Party @ Tammany Hall [ 8/25/2012 ]

And then there was the after party. During day 1 of the Afro Punk Festival, I saw Drummer Dave Machinist of Shinobi Ninja and he passed a flyer for the after party my way. I didn’t know about it before hand so I was a little surprised, but I knew I was definitely going. There were also three other performances by Gospels, Maffew Ragazino and  Small Axe. Though I’ve never heard of them, they all put on dope performances as well as Shinobi Ninja. Check em’ out when you get a chance.

Afro Punk Festival 2012 [ 8/25/2012 - 8/26/2012 ]

I’ve been waiting for this weekend for two months, and it was well worth the wait. Good vibes and quality spins throughout the day. Performances were great. The Memorials, killed it…Alice Smith, killed it…Phony Ppl, killed it…Erykah Badu, killed it…Flatbush Zombies, killed it…Reggie Watts, killed it…TV on the Radio, killed it. BUT, I missed most of the Janelle Monae performance. Ran into people I haven’t seen in a while including some people I didn’t expect to be interested in the event. I went into the second day planning to get more portraits but, punked out. On top of that,  I don’t have many pictures of other performances because of one or two things, way too far or too busy flowing to the music. Welp!

 

Brooklyn Gates.

 

 

Down New Utrecht.

Swank

Spotted this laid back guy near a ’64 Rambler while shooting for my “Urban BK” series. I was hesitant to approach him but it was eating at me inside, leaving no choice but to ask him. Glad it turned out well.

Arlene.

Michelle.

My sister from another mother and mister.

Sebastian.

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Urban BK for 2012

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