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6×6 is the blog of editorial and commercial photographer Tait Simpson. Brooklyn, New York creating artistic environmental portraits and landscape images.


Archive for the ‘Brooklyn’ Category

Share Pickup

A couple of images from a winter share pickup day at the local farmer’s market. Apples Winter Share Boxes

Celebrating in BK

I’m very excited to announce that I will be participating in some small way at the upcoming Dumbo Arts Festival. Check out all the programs at the link above, but keep a special eye out for the happenings at the powerHouse gallery. My image, The Reader (below) will appear in the Capture Brooklyn show put [...]

Yellow Bag in Brooklyn

Are you a man or a yellow bag with a phone book inside? I’ve been listening to the new Frightened Rabbit LP a lot lately. It is fantastic and reminds me of my time living in Edinburgh. Anyway, this picture makes me think of the lyrics from Man/Bag of Sand. Yellow Bag

Paramount

When the circus comes to town I get similarly excited. Paramount

Manhattan Ave

Here are a couple of images from a recent walk down Manhattan Ave in Greenpoint. I love this street and will often take a walk to visit the bank or post office rather than make the trip into the real Manhattan. There’s always a lot of activity, as anyone familiar with the area will know [...]

This Could Be Our Joint

I’ve been shooting a lot of reflections lately, like the Hotel Delmano series and Ghost in the Machine. Here’s another much different from those, made in the open door of a bar around the corner. It is never open for business, but the shelves are stocked. Occasionally the doors are flung wide open, the televisions [...]

Scouting

During a recent location scouting trip to Coney Island and Brighton Beach. Soft Serve

Gathering Storm

I found this security guy asleep on the job the other day just after stopping to admire this dark and ominous cloud formation heading in my direction. Sleeping Security Guard Gathering Storm

Palettes

Below are a few new images taken here in the neighborhood at this wood palette recycling center. I’ve never seen so many palettes in one place, and as exciting as that sounds it certainly doesn’t smell nice in July. Palettes #1 Palettes Worker Palettes #2

Puerto Rican Day

A few images from the Puerto Rican Day celebration at McCarren Park a few weeks ago. Flags 1982 Balloons