Tag Archives: 1970’s

Windows on Market Square

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A few weeks ago I published The Birdman of Pittsburgh which was taken in the 1970″s. The picture received a few comments and people asked me where that picture was taken in relationship to the current Market Square.

I am not sure but think I was probably standing in what is now part of PPG Place. I believe I was standing off 4th Avenue near Stanwix. The windows and reflections from PPG Place are truly amazing.

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Windows on Market Square

The Birdman of Pittsburgh-Revisited

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I have been editing some old images with my new editing tools and in some cases improving the quality. I originally published this in 2012. It is one of a series of images I took of this gent who you would see around Market Square in Pittsburgh. I would take my photography classes form the Ivy School of Professional Art on field trips to Market Square.

Every day he was there feeding the pigeons and some other gents were sitting at a table playing chess. The square had changed a lot but the chess players are still there and so are the pigeons.

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The Bird Man of Market Square

The 27th Anniversary of D-Day

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OK!. OK! I know that today we are celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion and liberation of France. However to me today is also my 43rd Wedding Anniversary. I am not sure if we realized when we were married that it was the 27th Anniversary of D-Day but it sure makes it easy to remember our anniversary. Below is a picture of my bride shooting cupid’s arrow out of my tripod and some more pictures of us back in the day. Happy D-Day!

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Shot with Cupid's Arrow

Shot with Cupid’s Arrow

Madman

Madman

My Beautiful Bride

My Beautiful Bride

At The Captain Beefheart Concert

At The Captain Beefheart Concert

Stop the World!

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I used this image as the cover of my first book Stop the World!. One of my ex photography students said it made her feel voyeuristic to see this. I took that as a compliment. I believe Henri Cartier-Bresson would like this image after all it was a decisive moment.

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Stop the World!

Stop the World!

The Grateful Dead 1973

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In 1974 I bought my first telephoto lens. It was a Vivitar 135mm lens and actually not very good so later in the year I bought a Nikon 200mm lens. It was good enough however to take this picture of The Grateful Dead at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in 1973. You can see other concert images on my commercial site by clicking here.

Grateful Dead Pittsburgh 1974

Grateful Dead Pittsburgh 1974

Blast from the Past

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I was looking through old concert images to see if I there were still some undiscovered gems and I came across this one. Not at all a good photo but as I looked at it I thought how different arena shows are today. This is at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in 1973. Anybody could just walk up on stage and at this show and someone did during the set break. He went to the microphone and spoke real acid gibberish as security gently escorted him away. Today the stage would be much higher and barricaded and have a line of security people in front of the stage. This is why I like to go to small venues today and tend to avoid arena shows. You can see other images and my quality concert prints at my commercial site by clicking here.

Grateful Dead at Pittsburgh Civic Arena

Rockette Morton

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One reader pointed out to me that I had misspelled the name of Rockette Morton on my T-Shirt, indeed I had, much to my dismay. Just as bad, I had flopped the image and made him left handed! Well everybody needs and editor, so I stuffed my pride and made the corrections. Here is the new T-Shirt which you can buy at my online store by clicking here.

Rockette Morton T-Shirt and Hoodie