Into the Sun – In memory of Patricia Fogarty

New York City autumn afternoon . . .

What Clouds ? – In memory of Patricia Fogarty

Black And White Photography, Patti, Photography

After the long warm summer, a thin crowd potters at peace under the dark clouds of oncoming autumn along the boardwalk from Brighton Beach to Coney Island.

Warm Words – In memory of Patricia Fogarty

Black And White Photography, Patti, Photography

The actor Neil Patrick Harris has so many fans! Here are some of the many who waited recently in line outside Barnes and Noble for him to autograph their copies.

Or, as one adorer stated, “I just want to breathe to breathe the same air as him for 30 seconds!”

Vista Cruising – In memory of Patricia Fogarty

Black And White Photography, Patti, Photography





   This car is a reasonably familiar sight to me but always, 
   it takes me by surprise.  A stealth car, it cruises by in
   silence as though on a visit from the past and still I am
   yet to catch a glimpse of the driver. 

   Under the glare of the mid morning sun I caught the 
   cruiser in action, not at all sure of what I might get, 
   in the full road rays of a quiet New York City moment.

Sunrise Shadows – In memory of Patricia Fogarty

Black And White Photography, Patti, Photography


                   Early morning New York City

Smoking – In memory of Patricia Fogarty

Black And White Photography, Patti, Photography

Innocently striking a light down at Union Square when someone comes along and sticks a camera in her face.

Shot in the full light of day using a Nikon FM2, Kodak 400 TX, it really did feel as though I were shooting in the dark.

Black Coffee – In Memory of Patricia Fogarty

Black And White Photography, Patti, Photography

Calling it quits after a long day. . . . coffee to go, coffee all gone.

New York City nightscape.

Chinatown – In Memory of Patricia Fogarty

Black And White Photography, Patti, Photography

Sitting it out on the sunny side of the street in Chinatown . . . .

New York City lunchtime.

Steam Noir – In memory of Patricia Fogarty

Black And White Photography, Patti, Photography

A dark night of shadows, rain and rising steam in the streets of Philadelphia.

Photo from iPhone via strange experience of posting from iPad. As with Robyn from days before, laptop is now being repaired – the touch pad seized up and said very firmly “No More!”

Passing through – In memory of Patricia Fogarty

Black And White Photography, Patti, Photography

We will be reposting ALL of Patricia Fogarty’s (aka Patti Kuche) contributions to our site starting with her first that was originally posted on July 7, 2014. There will be six posts per day and these will run through January 15th 2020. We miss you Patti but your images and the indelible mark you left on us will remain forever.

It would give me every amount of pleasure to say I picked up the photography bug through the childhood influences of a parent, friend or relative who owned a half decent camera, let alone a dark room or even the tickle of the bug. Economic circumstances limited my childhood photographic experiences. Film and its development were luxuries, clicks to be taken on special occasions, our family photos almost all a set of poses. Yet my memories of such photos all belong outside the frame, to events before and after. How cute we were, sitting on the grass dressed in our Sunday best in the grounds of the hospital where my father took us to visit my sad, unhappy mother.

That was then. It was also a time when photojournalists sent shots over the wire of hyper-reality, from a man bouncing about on the moon to the burning highways of Vietnam and everything in between. Every expression, every feeling known to man, woman and child. Photography could be an adventure, a learning experience, a window into life, anything we wanted it to be. I so wanted to be a part of it.

This is now. After years of recording family adventures, smiles, tears, the whole kit and caboodle on film, I finally moved to digital along with a move from London to New York. Where I knew no-one. Where I now walk the streets shooting people. Where with my camera I am never lonely.

Through the digital process and accumulation of posts at Nylon Daze I have been so grateful to have connected with so many talented photo-bloggers and I thank Joe from The Visual Chronicle for the invitation to be part of this exciting adventure. With the play of light and shadow, the intriguing visuals of Black & White photography lure us in to absorb and reflect. To make of it what we will. To make it our own.

Or so we hope, but then, what is the fun of photography without hope!