"I've just arrived in New York City. What a place! Just smell those skyscrapers. Had breakfast at a little deli on Ninth Avenue. Cheese Danish and a cup of coffee, black as a moonless night. Hit the spot." -From Twin Peaks 
Me, Coffee At The Diner, 2010
Harold Edgerton, This Is Coffee, 1933
Martin Munkacsi, Fun During Coffee Break, 1932
Nickolas Muray, A & P Coffee Advertisement, 1940's
I don't bowl that often but I do have a tremendous gift for it. This past week I delighted in sharing my gift with everyone at Chatham Bowl. On the Tuesday afternoon I was there "everyone" included me and my immediate family only. The public's loss was my gain as I tore it up with a leisurely wrath.
Eugène Cuvelier, Fontainbleau Forest, 1860's
James Welling, LA-C 33, 1977
I'm off for a break. It's almost spring and I do what the kids do so I'm loading up the car and heading out of town for a bit. Back in 10 days.
I've looked at, or driven across the Brooklyn Bridge every single day for the last eleven years. Sunday was the first time I've ever seen it on fire. 
A few interiors made while peeping and creeping around an empty P.S at night.
It would surprise no one that the George Eastman House has a terrific collection of photographs. The subjects, genres and photographers in the collection are varied and representative of many of the periods from the short history of the medium. What surprises me is that the George Eastman House chose to put much of it on flickr. Will some one please sell Flickr a vowel? You can see the collection on Flickr HERE. If some one can convince me that Flickr is anything but a bottomless, photo soul sucking, over populated, dumping ground, I am all ears.
Anonymous, Portrait of young man in red shirt, smoking a clay pipe, 1850
Anonymous, Portrait of unidentified man wearing unusual hat, 1855
Eli W. Buel, Top Hat, 1870
William M. Vander Weyde, Solid Air Experiments, 1901-1904
Charles C. Zoller, Orchid, 1907-1932
William M. Vander Weyde, Hippos in the new York Zoo, 1900
William M. Vander Weyde, Jiu-Jitsu for Women, 1900
Charles C. Zoller, Foolish House, Ontario Beach Park, 1910
Alvin Langdon Coburn, Gertrude Stein, 1913
Nickolas Muray, Woman in cell, playing solitaire, 1950
The Smithsonian has a quirky and fun blog that showcases samples from it's large collection of photographs. The site, The Bigger Picture, is updated daily and presents an eclectic hodgepodge of pictures dedicated, not surprisingly, to science and natural history. The site has the feel of the great Mike Mandel and Larry Sultan book Evidence.
Nothing sums up the hyperbole, beauty and tragedy that is Hollywood better than the moment below of Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond from Sunset Boulevard as she swims and swoons her way towards her final, fuzzy close-up.
Gloria Swanson, Edward Steichen, 1924
Gloria Swanson
Robert Frank, Movie Premier, Hollywood, 1955-56
Elliot Erwitt, Hollywood, California, 1956
John Waters, Return To Sender, 2003
Fast Food may be destroying America's health but it sure does make for a pretty picture. Click on the images to enlarge them in order to get the true taste of their special sauce.
The Burger Force: Controlled Territory, McDonalds Versus Allied Competitors
The Burger Force: Controlled Territory, The 8 largest U.S Burger Chains.
created by Stephen Von Worley at WEATHER SEALED
I recently discovered that NPR, in addition to that little thing they do on the radio, also has a great online photography site called THE PICTURE SHOW. While they do show work by some of the usual suspects it's also a great pace to discover work by lesser known or unknown photographers.
Self-portrait, radiograph, circa 1930s. Dr. Dain L. Tasker
Two Snails, radiograph, 1930s, Dr. Dain L. Taske
Canterbury Bells, radiograph, 1930's, Dr. Dain L. Taske
Harry Callahan, untitled, 1977
Steve McCurry/ National Geographic
Well before the snow melts or the first crocus winds it's way up through the mud there is baseball's Spring Training! Even if you don't care for baseball there's no better harbinger of spring than the beginning of Spring Training. Below are a few great magazine covers from the 30's, 40's and 50's. Artists unknown. 
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