One day this will all be gone

Shanghai Street Studios

2012-01-27T12:21:00.004-05:00

HK Honey

2012-01-20T14:30:00.001-05:00

Ngau Tau Kok Rooftop Bee Farm, Hong Kong 2011

HK Honey is an organization of beekeepers, artists and designers that was founded by my friend Michael Leung in 2010. Last month I visited Ngau Tau Kok, an old industrial district, to document Hong Kong's first urban bee farm.

CLICK HERE to find out more about HK Honey and urban beekeeping in Hong Kong.

Lei Yue Mun

2012-01-18T14:30:00.000-05:00

Lei Yue Mun Fishing Village, Hong Kong 2011

Lovers Rock

2012-01-11T12:00:00.001-05:00

Lei Yue Mun, Hong Kong 2011

Just outside a 150 year old fishing village in Lei Yue Mun, there are the ruins of stone loading ramps for an old stone quarry. The crumbling ruins that overlook the sea are now covered with the poignant messages of lovers.

Bamboo Scaffolding

2012-01-06T14:30:00.002-05:00

Hong Kong, 2011

On almost all construction sites in Hong Kong, bamboo poles lashed together with nylon are used for scaffolding in place of steel. Click HERE and HERE to find out more about this unique trade.

Hong Kong

2012-01-02T12:48:00.003-05:00

New Year's Day Hike

2012-01-01T17:00:00.000-05:00

Ice, Harriman State Park, January 1st 2012

Beijing III

2011-12-28T11:54:00.006-05:00

Beijing, 2011

Beijing II

2011-12-26T14:37:00.003-05:00

Beijing, 2011

Toy Soldiers

2011-12-19T16:04:00.003-05:00

Forbidden City, Beijing 2011

Beijing

2011-12-15T15:00:00.001-05:00

Phone Booth, Beijing 2011

Forbidden City

2011-12-14T13:00:00.001-05:00

Exterior Wall of the Forbidden City, Beijing 2011

The Great Wall

2011-12-07T17:43:00.005-05:00

Mutianyu section of the Great Wall of China, December 2011

Nature Air III

2011-11-28T12:00:00.002-05:00

Nosara to San Jose, Costa Rica, November 2011

Nature Air II

2011-11-21T14:15:00.003-05:00

Costa Rica, November 2011

Nature Air

2011-11-17T12:43:00.010-05:00

Costa Rica, November 2011

2011-11-01T11:16:00.000-04:00

Physalis

2011-10-25T10:26:00.007-04:00

Dried Physalis (groundcherry) husk. Grown in Brooklyn, 2011

The fruit inside has been left to decompose so that only the seeds remain contained within the delicate, skeletonized husk.

Moon and Stars

2011-10-18T14:48:00.004-04:00

Citrullus lanatus, grown in Brooklyn, October 2011

Watermelons has been cultivated for at least 4000 years and there are more than 1200 varieties. Citrullus lanatus or "Moon and Stars" is an open pollinated Amish heirloom variety that was once thought to be extinct.

Eggs and Honey

2011-10-07T15:27:00.004-04:00

Eggs from Brooklyn and natural cut comb honey.

Confetti

2011-09-23T16:30:00.003-04:00

Negril, Jamica June 5th 2011

Sam Comfort and "The Love Song of the Drone"

2011-09-08T17:33:00.014-04:00

For the last few months, I have been working on a series of photographs documenting urban beekeeping. One of the coolest beekeepers I met this summer was Sam Comfort. Here is a short video of him singing his "Love Song of the Drone" in the Hudson Valley in upstate New York.

Please click here to find out more about Sam and his bees: http://anarchyapiaries.org/

Black Krim

2011-08-29T12:39:00.005-04:00

Organic Black Krim tomatoes grown in Brooklyn, NY 2011

Butterfly

2011-08-22T11:35:00.005-04:00

Newton Farm, Catskills NY 2011

Cherry Pie

2011-08-10T11:22:00.004-04:00

Catkills, NY 2011

The Snake and the Fly

2011-08-01T11:42:00.002-04:00

Catskills, NY 2011

Killing Your Meal for the First Time

2011-07-27T13:24:00.009-04:00

I recently had the opportunity to photograph Meg Paska, a part-time farmer and full-time backyard homesteader, as she attempted to humanely kill and process a chicken for the first time. An article she wrote detailing her experience was published by the Huffington Post. Please click on the above image to read the complete story as well as to see more pictures. Warning: Some readers may find some of the images upsetting.

From The Garden

2011-07-26T11:28:00.006-04:00

Raspberries, July 2011

Milky Way

2011-07-07T10:03:00.006-04:00

Milky Way, June 4th 2011

Northern California

2011-04-21T12:00:00.013-04:00

Shelter Cove, Lost Coast CA 2010

Black Sands Beach, Lost Coast CA 2010

Point Reyes, CA 2010

Sand Dollar Beach, Big Sur CA 2010

Big Sur, CA 2010

2011-03-18T10:14:00.003-04:00

Lake Skannatati, NY 2011

Urban Beekeeping

2011-03-04T10:23:00.005-05:00

Bright Magazine, Vol. 7 #37

Big Sur

2011-02-24T14:43:00.005-05:00

Big Sur, 2010

2011-02-17T12:45:00.003-05:00

Owl's Nest

2011-02-11T17:10:00.006-05:00

Owl's Nest, Highmount NY, 2011

Vader Volkswagen Commercial

2011-02-05T14:41:00.004-05:00

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Gung Hei Fat Choi!

2011-02-03T14:44:00.002-05:00

Goldfish Market, Tung Choi St, Hong Kong 2009

Smoke Bomb

2011-01-27T17:50:00.002-05:00

More Vader

2011-01-20T14:50:00.006-05:00

Monster Children magazine Issue #29

Midnight walk

2011-01-17T12:36:00.005-05:00

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1/12/11 1.44 am

Sad Vader on ABC News

2011-01-06T15:36:00.005-05:00

Click here to watch the video:

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2010-08-03T18:51:00.002-04:00

2010-07-10T14:15:00.005-04:00

Tulum, Mexico 2009

2010-06-30T13:02:00.003-04:00

Tulum, Mexico 2009

20x200

2010-04-15T16:26:00.010-04:00

A few months ago I was contacted by Jen Bekman in New York about doing a limited edition of one of my images for her 20x200 Project. The print was released yesterday. Please click here for more info:

http://www.20x200.com/art/2010/04/untitled-sad-vader.html

http://www.20x200.com/email/edition-announcement-alex-brown.html

Live Poultry

2010-04-06T21:04:00.003-04:00

Mr Rooster Live Poultry Inc, Brooklyn NY 2009

Ortiz Fun Home

2010-03-31T10:09:00.001-04:00

Brooklyn, NY 2009

Rainbow II

2010-03-22T16:57:00.003-04:00

Brooklyn, NY 2009

2010-03-15T11:15:00.003-04:00

Barn, Upstate New York

Bear Mountain

2010-03-12T10:30:00.003-05:00

Bear Mountain, NY 2009

2010-03-11T10:59:00.001-05:00

Olana, NY 2009

2010-03-10T20:15:00.003-05:00

Ice, Bear Mountain NY 2009

Palm Trees

2009-11-05T12:06:00.004-05:00

Tulum, Mexico 2009

The End of Summer

2009-09-29T12:30:00.008-04:00

Tulum, Mexico 2009

The Day Michael Jackson Died

2009-09-09T12:14:00.006-04:00

New York, June 25th 2009

Ominous looking Mammatus clouds form over Manhattan. This meteorological term describes a cellular pattern of pouches, mostly composed of ice, that hang underneath the base of a cloud. Despite popular misconception, mammatus clouds usually are an indication severe weather has passed and thunderstorms are weakening. They are not a sign that a tornado is about to form.

Rainbow

2009-08-28T21:26:00.003-04:00

Long Beach, NY 2009

Rear Window

2009-08-05T11:41:00.003-04:00

Untitled, NY 2008

Agathe Snow

2009-05-28T21:25:00.012-04:00

Park Avenue Armory, New York 2008

For the Whitney Biennial last summer, the artist Agathe Snow created a 24 hour dance-a-thon at the Park Avenue Armory. You can find out more about Agathe in the June/July 2009 issue of Art World magazine. Please click below to read the article:

Take Aim

2009-05-13T18:53:00.007-04:00

Take Aim Gun Range, Florida 2008

Earth Day

2009-04-22T10:56:00.015-04:00

Tulum, Mexico 2009

Each year around 100 million tonnes of plastic are produced and 10% of this ends up in the ocean. At this moment there is a million pound mass of garbage, known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, that is bigger than Texas and it is slowly accumulating in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii. To highlight this growing problem of marine pollution, these letters were made from actual trash collected on a small stretch of beach in Tulum, Mexico. Please click here to learn more:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_debris

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/magazine/22Plastics-t.html

www.oceanconservancy.org

2009-03-30T17:55:00.004-04:00

Kent Ave, Brooklyn, NY 2007

Chinatown

2009-03-23T12:30:00.009-04:00

Guo Liang's Co. Herbs Shop, 156A Hester St, NY 2008

Nam Wah Tea Parlor, 13 Doyers St, NYC 2008

Columbus Park, Bayard St, NY 2008

Dreams

2009-03-19T13:26:00.004-04:00

White Horse, Catskills, NY 2008

Long Island, NY 2008

Tulum, Mexico 2006

Friday the 13th

2009-03-13T11:21:00.003-04:00

Cats, NYC 2007

NYC 2006

Daddy Loves Baby Girl

2009-03-12T12:21:00.003-04:00

Manhattan Marriage Bureau, City Hall, NY 2005

Kiss

2009-03-12T12:05:00.005-04:00

Catskills, NY 2008

Pump Iron

2009-03-11T11:03:00.005-04:00

Queens, NY 2008

Fake Moustache in back of Taxi, NYC 2008

Showgirls

2009-03-10T11:47:00.006-04:00

Jamaica, Queens, NY 2002

Miss Big Blue, Giants Stadium, Meadowlands, NJ 2006

Son of Sam

2009-03-09T10:38:00.009-04:00

Encore presentation of 1999 Larry King interview with David Berkowitz, Sullivan Correctional Facility, Fallsburg, NY 2002

Click here for more info

Stars and Stripes

2009-03-06T15:54:00.007-05:00

National Anthem, Madison Square Garden, NY 2005

NYC 2008

Long Island City, NY 2007

Greetings from Asbury Park

2009-03-05T11:27:00.006-05:00

The Paramount Theatre and Convention Hall Complex, Asbury Park, NJ 2007

Click here for more info

The Metropolitan Hotel, Asbury Park, NJ 2007

Click here for more info

Coney Island

2009-03-04T15:52:00.007-05:00

Coney Island, NY 2007

Dead Rat

2009-02-25T21:28:00.024-05:00

Dead Rat, NYC 2006

Pigeons, NYC 2007

NYC 2008

Long Island City, NY 2007

Lafayette St, NYC 2007

Boca Chica, Dominican Republic 2005

Happy Birthday

2009-02-25T21:21:00.010-05:00

NYC 2006

Catskills, NY Summer 2008

Memorials

2009-02-25T21:14:00.008-05:00

Ten Eyck St, Brooklyn, NY 2008

Brooklyn, NY 2008

Graffiti

2009-02-25T19:45:00.019-05:00

3rd St and Ave B, NYC 2003

209 Elizabeth St, NYC 2003

130 Baxter St, NYC 2008

Lower East Side, NYC 2007

37 Kenmare St, NYC 2008