These seemingly expert photos were not taken by professional artists/photographers, but by self-taught Brooklyn courthouse officials who happen to enjoy life behind the lens in their spare time. It sort of makes sense, spending day after day strictly adhering to the technicalities of the law, that at some point these guys would have an inevitable creative eruption.
From one judge’s high-contrast black and white photos of fatigued Turkish iron workers, to a former Assistant U.S. Attorney’s photographic tribute to the streets of her native Brooklyn, to a court clerk’s multi-seasonal photo collage of the courthouse itself, the work all feels genuine and impassioned.
Brooklyn Bridge is the Times Square of bridges. Here are a few artifacts that Joe America has left behind in the from of citizen graffiti, as well as local writers. Nothing particularly fancy. Check back every Friday for a new photo essay. See the photos in the gallery above. (Photos:…
Signage? Who needs signage? Take a tour through Brooklyn, where the bars have no names... on the outside. Check back every Friday for a new photo essay. See the photos in the gallery above. (Photos: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork)
During a brief visit to New York, UK street artist Sweet Toof of the Burning Candy Crew got busy painting the town pink. He also collaborated with graffiti artist SMELLS. His signature gums and teeth and a few squiggly tags are all around Brooklyn -- on the rooftops of Williamsburg,…
