Archive 2016 · Pigeon Man, Washington Square Park

Bob Kane
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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Pigeon Man, Washington Square Park

This guy is a regular in the park, not the only pigeon feeder but probably the most interesting.

Jul 05, 2016 at 10:27 AM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Pigeon Man, Washington Square Park

Not sure why, but this shot interests me. I would like to have more story behind it to flesh it out some.

Jul 05, 2016 at 06:10 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Pigeon Man, Washington Square Park

Studying it, the photojournalistic merit is the story for me. So many things to appreciate about this image. For starters, the DOF is mesmerizing. Such fantastically framed zones of blur in back and in front too, apparently thanks to the atypical grace of pidgeon wing movement. Great tones.

Lots of homeless in my city. I tend to dislike images taken of the homeless in general. It's complicated why, but this image transcends my normal level of aversion to homeless folk pics. I see zero exploitation, I guess is what I'm getting at. We are watching him deep in his own interaction with life.

So thanks for sharing this. I wonder what Fred would say?

Jul 05, 2016 at 11:42 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Pigeon Man, Washington Square Park

I like this picture. It tells me a story and this character is intriguing.

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Jul 06, 2016 at 04:52 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Pigeon Man, Washington Square Park

Great capture. Post needs a bit of level adjustment IMO. A tad muddy for my taste.

You definitely captured the moment and conveyed a lot about the man. He is very interesting for sure.

Jul 06, 2016 at 05:10 AM

Bob Kane
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Pigeon Man, Washington Square Park

Daniel Moore wrote:
Studying it, the photojournalistic merit is the story for me. So many things to appreciate about this image. For starters, the DOF is mesmerizing. Such fantastically framed zones of blur in back and in front too, apparently thanks to the atypical grace of pidgeon wing movement. Great tones.

Lots of homeless in my city. I tend to dislike images taken of the homeless in general. It's complicated why, but this image transcends my normal level of aversion to homeless folk pics. I see zero exploitation, I guess is what I'm getting at. We are watching him deep in his...Show more →

I cross-posted this in the BW forum, and noted that I don't ordinarily photograph the homeless or disturbed, either. But this fellow is a park regular, just to feed pigeons, and is photographed all the time. In the moment, one might consider him a street performer before realizing his circumstances.

Jul 06, 2016 at 05:35 AM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Pigeon Man, Washington Square Park

Ha! Great stuff.

Funny enough, we have both a Washington Square Park and a Pigeon Man, in San Francisco. I have photographed him many times.

Pigeons, winged-rats as they are often called, are fascinating creatures and the people who appreciate/understand them, even moreso.

Jul 07, 2016 at 02:15 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Pigeon Man, Washington Square Park

good pic

Jul 07, 2016 at 01:13 PM


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