Alberto holds the mirror — © Brian Rose Been going to Astor Place Hairstylist forever. Only in New York. Alberto has one of the most personalized work stations in the shop. When I go to Alberto I always point to the George Clooney picture. That’s what I want.

Vesuvio Bakery, Prince Street, Soho — © Brian Rose Apple Soho, Prince Street — © Brian Rose Two storefronts, the classic breadmaker Vesuvio, now closed, awaiting its fate. And the Apple store, once a post office, built in the days when government buildings conveyed civic virtues. Within two blocks of each other on Prince Street.

View from our balcony — © Brian Rose As I walked across lower Manhattan on my way to pick up my son from school I passed by Sonia Sotomayor’s apartment on Bedford Street a little west of Sixth Avenue. Sotomayor, of course, has been nominated by Barack Obama for the Supreme Court. Sonia Sotomayor’s building […]

Opening reception for Journal/Brian Rose — photo by Chris Gallagher A picture sent to me by Chris Gallagher of Friday’s opening. That’s his dog Murphy on the floor. That’s me, back to the camera, on the right. Art Presson in the blue shirt at center, Cervin Robinson to his right. No pictures, unfortunately, of my […]

The opening and performance at the gallery in Williamsburg went well. Scroll down for more information about the show and gallery hours. A decent crowd considering it was the beginning of the Memorial Day weekend. I performed a batch of my songs after the reception, the first time I’ve played in public in several years. […]

This evening is the opening of my exhibition, Journal, based on this blog. I spent most of yesterday hanging the prints–54 11x14s and one 40×50. The space, which is a storefront gallery, is beautiful, has good lighting, and looks especially nice after dark from the street. After the reception, at 8pm, I will be performing […]

Sleeping Soldiers by Tim Hetherington — © Brian Rose One of the strongest pieces in the show curated by Jon Levy was a three panel video installation by Tim Hetherington showing sleeping soldiers juxtaposed against a tense and emotional exchange on the battlefield in Afghanistan. Unlike so many video pieces that seem designed primarily to […]

Robert Walker and William Ewing — © Brian Rose Within five minutes of arriving at the New York Photo Festival I ran into Bill Ewing, one of the curators, walking down the street. I know Bill from a long time ago when he was the curator at ICP. He was the first person to show […]

Dumbo, Brooklyn — © Brian Rose The New York Photo Festival was held for the second year last weekend in Dumbo, the atmospheric neighborhood under the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges in Brooklyn. My visit was fairly short because of a busy personal schedule, but I managed to see two of the main exhibits, and ran […]

The New Museum — © Brian Rose I’ve been busy putting together my show that opens in Williamsburg, Brooklyn next Friday, the 22nd. Scroll down for the announcement. The exhibit will–most likely–consist of 54 11×14 panels, each presenting an entry from my blog, running chronologically. These will be push pinned to the wall in two […]

Apple Store, Soho Finally succumbed to desire–and T-Mobile contract finally outlived–cashed in some American Express points for his and her iPhones. Life is now complete.

Prince Street — © Brian Rose Without comment.

Second Avenue and Houston Street — © Brian Rose There are not many places in New York where you look directly up or down one of the avenues–without standing in the street, of course. When the Whole Foods mega supermarket opened a couple of years ago at the foot of Second Avenue, it was a […]

Tenth Avenue — © Brian Rose The past few Sunday mornings I’ve been taking my son Brendan to Little League baseball practice at park near the Hudson River in Chelsea. Today was a washout, but on previous days I’ve wandered around the Chelsea gallery district–utterly devoid of people. Tenth Avenue and W21st Street — © […]