Kiss Me – In memory of Patricia Fogarty – 1958-2019

Black And White Photography, iPhoneography, Patti, Photography

One of my favorite things to do is make the trip from Long Island into Manhattan. When I do I always reach out to Patti to see if she wants to join me in some sort of photo expedition on the streets of “The Big Apple”. Patti is a transplanted Londoner and is a blast to hang out with. We have met many times and I can proudly call her my friend. Whether she is carrying her Nikon FM film camera, her Fuji X100T, Canon DSLR or even her iPhone she always has a knack for being right in the middle of where the action is. I love watching her work her magic – Joe

Girls in NYC

Kiss Me

Bill Cunningham – In memory of Patricia Fogarty – 1958-2019

Black And White Photography, Patti, Photography

Bill Cunningham at work

Bill Cunningham

1929 – 2016

“I go out every day.

When I get depressed at the office, I go out,

and as soon as I’m on the street and see people,

I feel better.

But I never go out with a preconceived idea.

I let the street speak to me.”

My Bob – In memory of Patricia Fogarty – 1958-2019

Black And White Photography, iPhoneography, Patti, Photography

Nashville Skyline

What to say?  I have always loved my records which were bought back in the day after much scrimping and saving for the absolute favourites, to have and to hold in my hands with love forever, never ever to part.

Solace in moments of delicious loneliness they wear their needle scratches much as I wear now the lines on my face but hear the songs, the tracks of your youth, and the years peel away.  Forever young.

Unbelievably (why do I say this?) Bob Dylan and Van Morrison among others will be playing concerts during the summer out at Forest Hills in Queens.  Do I want to be there?  You bet!   But I’m on the move in and out of NYC over the summer and I can’t commit to tickets, on the assumption that they’re not sold out already.

So Happy Birthday Bob, what’s 75 years when we were all so much older then but younger than that now?