Throwback to the 1960s: Brooklyn and Coney Island
23 Tuesday Oct 2012
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best sights in Williamsburg, Coney Island boardwalk, David Bailey, Gavin Jaymes Photography, Jean Shrimpton, legendary Coney Island, New York in the 1960s, NYC street shots, the 1960s fashion, We'll Take Manhattan
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In an homage to the 1960s and the era of Jean Shrimpton and David Bailey in We’ll Take Manhattan - the duo that created the legendary 1962 images for Vogue - New Zealand’s photographer Gavin Jaymes and I set out to shoot on the streets of New York, on a murky fall day. Building on our own interpretation of the past era in modern-day NY, we chose the stunning waterfront in Williamsburg, and the iconic Coney Island. Although a far cry of what it used to behold, Coney Island remains to this day a magical place, and a real piece of what New York stands for. We got caught in some heavy rain, which felt like an Alfred Hitchcock type of scene; but in the end, the rain proved to be a blessing in disguise.
PS - I did buy and eat those fries from the famous Nathan’s; and add cotton candy on top of that!
