Greetings once again, to one and all. Here are the images that my friend, Chris sent to me from his communications tablet, while staying in New York City. The pics, though small, pack a pleasing visual punch, quite reminiscent of Shorpy photos, I think. I enjoyed too his tales from the streets, and from the bars that he visited. He clearly had a great time; especially considering he was there to work.
Chris and I have been friends since 1969. We have played in the same bands, achieved Black Belts, camped in the wilds, and climbed mountains together. We have also helped each other to get through tricky times. So I am delighted to feature his photography. And I am also a little bit surprised, because once long ago, he declared that photography was a branch of ‘jiggery pokery’. “A Black Art” he opined, though to be fair, he wasn’t being in the least bit serious.
As for me, I have just endured my final visit to hospital for this year, and I need a few days more to recover from the aftermath of all that has just passed. But for now, I am grateful to be back with my friends on WP. I sincerely hope you have enjoyed Chris’s pics; and, thanks to the prayers and good wishes which I have received, I hope to be back again very soon.
Peace, and Namaste, from Amras.
In order to be sane and adjusted as a human being,
an individual must realise that he cannot know all there is to know.
It is not enough to understand this limitation intellectually;
the understanding must be an orderly and conditioned process, ‘unconscious’ as well as ‘conscious’.
Such a conditioning is essential to the balanced pursuit of
knowledge of the nature of matter and life.
A.E. van Vogt.
Photography ©Christopher Hammond.
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Amras888 
That is where I grew up! Quite surprising to get over to your blog and see photos of those streets there =)
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Thank you Adriaen, I’m very happy to hear from you. My last thought before posting was if anyone should be familiar with the places depicted. Also, I would like to take this opportunity to say that I always hold your work in the highest regard. Thank you for sharing.
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I so appreciate you letting me know that you hold my work in high regard. That means a great deal to me. Given the nature of the things I look in to and write about, I visit your blog to restore peace to my mind. You post such beautiful photos, so sublime. It helps to keep me balanced, diffuses my outrage Thank you so much for being at the other end of the spectrum.
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That is wonderful of you to say Adriaen, because that has always been my intention for this blog, that it should be a peaceful little oasis. Thank you.
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Beautiful, loved it,sometimes I think who would be living inside those windows or buildings or house, nice way of knowing people, culture and more….
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Thank you, me too, it’s a pleasant way to daydream.
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