Andrew Kolker
Photography
70's BLACK AND WHITE
There was a time an eon or two ago when people would actually argue about whether shooting anything but B & W was "artful". Here are a few images that I took in my salad days with glorious Tri-X...
Soho, NY 1979
Clearly, Old Man Kochendorfer (that’s his hardware store he's napping in front of on West Broadway) didn’t feel the need to follow his own edict…but who could blame him. Your mother’s Soho was so different...before the mallification. And the now ghostly twin towers…
New Orleans 1975
There are varied species of 'wildlife'. And this jolly species was primed to be immortalized on Mardi Gras morning.
New Orleans 1975
Yes, angelic visitations and the like happened in New Orleans…probably still do, but now there are 20 cameras filming it and the ‘angel’ has an agent…
Bayou Gauche, LA 1976
The very simple life is being led on a bayou in southeast Louisiana...although electricity would probably help...
New Orleans 1975
This couple lived across the street from me. She had a nice 8- track tape deck and she liked to dance...
New Orleans 1979
There were still some vestiges of the Bad Old Days back then, but these kids could clown around without memory...
Bayou Gauche, LA 1976
Some nice fish and a cold one...that's how we live, cher...
New York, NY 1978
To sleep, perchance to dream. Maybe he dreamt the whole thing up, I don't know.
New Orleans 1978
The face of religion. It looked to me like a friendly alien.
New Orleans 1979
Everyone came out for Big Jim Robinson's funeral. It was back in the days when Jazz Funerals were not announced on social media--you just had to know.
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