Kids and a Playground (in color)

lizzard_nyc

I live in the most ethnically diverse neighborhood in the world--this is a fact. It's a love/hate relationship for me--sometimes it's too crowded, sometimes it's too dirty, sometimes you just don't gel with your neighbors because of cultural divides--but when it works it works so beautifully. The playground is such a place.
BTW, posting in color is killing me! But it was a bright sunny afternoon and I knew my b&w art filters would just not work at all today. So...


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2. Don't know if this was out of necessity or just sheer genius or both---two little girls had a jumprope made out of rubberbands.




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rainbow

Wonderful series. I especially like #1 with all the kids displaying childhood joy in something so simple as racing each other.

I grew up (long time ago...) with those rubber band ropes in the elementary school playground. The girls had a whole series of jumping games to accompany it (not used as a true jump rope). This went along with "Jacks" and "Hopscotch" at recess and lunchtime.

And BTW, you can get used to the color. I think these shots display well in color to help facilitate the diversity theme.

Thanks for sharing such joyous shots!

AndMan

rainbow wrote:

Wonderful series. I especially like #1 with all the kids displaying childhood joy in something so simple as racing each other. ..

I think these shots display well in color to help facilitate the diversity theme.

I like 'em Liz.

lizzard_nyc

rainbow wrote:

Wonderful series. I especially like #1 with all the kids displaying childhood joy in something so simple as racing each other.

I grew up (long time ago...) with those rubber band ropes in the elementary school playground. The girls had a whole series of jumping games to accompany it (not used as a true jump rope). This went along with "Jacks" and "Hopscotch" at recess and lunchtime.

And BTW, you can get used to the color. I think these shots display well in color to help facilitate the diversity theme.

Thanks for sharing such joyous shots!

Hi Rainbow,
I've played hopscotch and Jacks, but the rubberband jumprope was definately new to me. It was actually a better rope than the regular one, nice and heavy.

That first shot was taken during an all out game of "red light green light", I was standing next to the person calling out the red light green light, so it looks like they are running towards me, but their goal is just to the right of me.

It was a day well spent, in the sun, with kids having fun, my kids included, doesn't get much better.

I'm glad you like it.

lizzard_nyc

AndMan wrote:

I like 'em Liz.

Thank you AndMan.

lizzard_nyc

I gotta tell you guys, these really bug the hell out of me in color.

divamum

Colour isn't ALWAYS the anticrhist :lol4 Seriously, right choice on these - the flare, the light, the brightness - bw would actually (for once) take those away. And I speak as a big fan of BW because the colours are usually better in my head than reality, but this time? Colour rocks it out.

Liz, you are posting some seriously awesome stuff - is there a local paper you can bludgeon into letting you contribute? I'd love to see your work published. Again, it's the ENERGY in it - just draws me right in and makes me want to know the story.

Brava!

bdcolen

lizzard_nyc wrote:

I live in the most ethnically diverse neighborhood in the world--this is a fact. It's a love/hate relationship for me--sometimes it's too crowded, sometimes it's too dirty, sometimes you just don't gel with your neighbors because of cultural divides--but when it works it works so beautifully. The playground is such a place.
BTW, posting in color is killing me! But it was a bright sunny afternoon and I knew my b&w art filters would just not work at all today. So...

Damn, but you are really hitting your stride! But you're right - the color kinda sucks...

adbsgicom

Wonderful series. I particularly love #1 and #3. #3 is interesting in how the rope connects the two girls and the interaction between the boy and girl.

lizzard_nyc

divamum wrote:

Colour isn't ALWAYS the anticrhist :lol4 Seriously, right choice on these - the flare, the light, the brightness - bw would actually (for once) take those away. And I speak as a big fan of BW because the colours are usually better in my head than reality, but this time? Colour rocks it out.

Liz, you are posting some seriously awesome stuff - is there a local paper you can bludgeon into letting you contribute? I'd love to see your work published. Again, it's the ENERGY in it - just draws me right in and makes me want to know the story.

Brava!

Awww schucks, lol. Thanks for that boost Diva.
What I want to do is to document my neighborhood, I've done a little of that already, but this is a nice addition and I want to do a whole lot more. I want people to see the other side of NYC, not just Broadway, Statue of Liberty, skyscrapers etc.. been there done that.

My neighborhood is so cool and diverse, within 3 miles of me I can eat any Latin food, Cuban, Bolivian, Colombian etc. I can get a tamale for $1 buck on a corner from a lady selling them out of a a grocery cart, there are Chinese markets, people doing Tai Chi in the park in the morning on the way to the train, a nice influx of people from India with their colorful clothing, a lady across the street that rents her house to Japanese students (they have some seriously modern funky clothing), the illegal majong gambling house across the street from me, a transvestite community, it just goes on and on, this but the tip of the iceberg--My kid's friends are named, Koka, Tashi, Ashoya, Juan, Jumyum and Jacob my son, lol--
I just want to capture some of that--but do what with it, I don't know. . I posted some to flickr, but that's just giving people permission to steal the images and not give me credit--but I like showing them.

Boy Diva you got me on a roll:D .

lizzard_nyc

B.D.
damn, it looks good in black and white. Knew it would.
I like that people are liking it in color though, maybe i should have boosted the saturation. But you know I'm a sucker for the b&w in high contrast--

lizzard_nyc

adbsgicom wrote:

Wonderful series. I particularly love #1 and #3. #3 is interesting in how the rope connects the two girls and the interaction between the boy and girl.

Andrew thanks.
I too like #1--it's my favorite of the ones I posted--the sheer joy just makes me smile.

damonff

lizzard_nyc wrote:

I gotta tell you guys, these really bug the hell out of me in color.

I love your b/w work. These glow in a good way though...I like the treatment.

lizzard_nyc

damonff wrote:

I love your b/w work. These glow in a good way though...I like the treatment.

Thank you,
I'm trying to get a little away from the b&w and I have to say I'm not as comfortable with the color.

I like the glow in the couple that have it though.