Jeffrey Byrnes Photographs New York City

On Oct 30 of 2009, photographer Jeffrey Byrnes spent the weekend in New York City with two Nikon cameras, one point and shoot, 4 rolls of film, and a tripod. See the full series here.

President Paris Hilton

Seen at yesterday's Veterans Day Parade, on 5th Avenue between 26th and 27th Streets. The gentleman holding the sign spoke to NYC The Blog, explaining that Paris "did a political video" and "was involved with the campaign. She's already like America's President and I just want to spread the word."

Photos From 125th And Adam Clayton Powell BLVD After The Results Came In

The set of photos this collage comes from, as well as all of the material collected by NYC The Blog that day and evening, will eventually be collected in one spot here, which has a number of photos, videos, and links. Also collected there will be selected links to content from locals and press from around the world, such as this story from the Examiner.com, which did a superb job of reporting on the events and feelings of the evening. If you've a suggestion for relevant video or press that should be included, please note the link in the comments.

Jon Oliver's Documentary Portrait Project Along 110th

110th & Columbus 82, originally uploaded by jonoliver.

Looking for ways to practice his photography, particularly shooting portraits on the street, Harlem resident Jon Oliver was sitting on a bench along Central Park North and noticed the wide range of people walking by when it occurred to him, these people would be the subjects of his new project.

What followed, on September 7, 2008 at the corner of Broadway and 110th, was the beginning of a documentary portrait series featuring photographs of people shot on the streets of Harlem. One day a week since, Jon has taken his camera and, stopping at each avenue as he works his way east across 110th, stopped to photograph people. 110th and Broadway, Amsterdam, Columbus, Manhattan Ave, Central Park West, Adam Clayton Powell Blvd, and his latest from Lenox Ave each have their own set on his Flickr page.

110th & Lenox 98, originally uploaded by jonoliver.

Taken as a whole, the photos represent an absolutely beautiful cross section of the neighborhood, each photograph silently engaging you as your mind searches for a connection between the the person you see and the person they are. No doubt the series of photos will be a welcome addition the archive collections of any number of community institutions.

Jon told NYC The Blog that 2/3rd to 3/4th of the people he asks to photograph say no, but that some "are really encouraging and enthusiastic about what I'm doing and there are a few people that, against my prejudgments, are really enthusiastic about being photographed."

An exhibition of the photographs might be forthcoming, if the photographer can find a very affordable way to have the photos -a hundred plus at this point- framed, as he has no interest in selling the photos.

You can view the photos in sets here at Jon's Flickr, where he will continue to add a new set every week as he walks east across Harlem along 110th.

110th & Columbus 78, originally uploaded by jonoliver.

110th & Lenox 132, originally uploaded by jonoliver.