Photography

We stopped by famed local photographer Alice O'Malley's festive opening at Strange Loop Gallery on Friday.  "Kenny Kenny 13" is a collection of portraits of one of New York's original 'Club Kids,' Kenny Kenny.  The show is curated by...

Thanks to jdx for this fabulous photo. Keep your rain gear handy -- a few showers are possible today, but we'll see a high of 51 degrees.  Springtime is teasing us!

It was cold and windy yesterday afternoon, but that didn't stop New Yorkers from coming out to watch the annual Chinese Lunar New Year Parade.  Crowds lined the streets in Chinatown and the Lower East Side to celebrate the...

It was time to celebrate the Year of the Snake at Sara D. Roosevelt Park yesterday morning.  The Better Chinatown Society put on quite a show for the 14th annual Firecracker Ceremony.  Local dignitaries were there, including Assembly Speaker...

Thanks to H. Spencer Young for some nice shots from the not-so-big storm. TLD contributor Giacinta Frisillo sent these along (below). And here are a few from our own late night ventures:    

Look who's back -- the "Chinatown Snowman," just in time for the Year of the Snake.  Check him out in front of the corner grocery at Essex and Canal streets.  

The crowd at Broome Street Gallery's private reception for Bob Gruen seems famous. Flashbulbs pop and people pose by a golden saxophone statue pouring water in the center of the room. Perhaps it is the electrifying energy of Gruen's...

Thanks to Lo-Down reader and L.E.S. local, Jessica Delfino, for sending us this shot she took on the Bowery this morning.  More holiday light installation in action! Send us your photos here.

Ah, yes -- post some photos of a red-tailed hawk and you're pretty much guaranteed to get a reaction.  After we published some images of a hawk hanging out near Seward Park, Max Nova recalled this drop-in guest on...

Over the weekend, Bahram Foroughi spotted a red-tailed hawk hanging out near Seward Park.  These photos were taken at East Broadway and Clinton streets.