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    Brooklyn photographer Dmitry Gudkov's #BikeNYC project is an ongoing series of portraits and profiles of New Yorkers who use a bicycle to get around. Taken together, these images and stories begin to form a portrait of New York as an emerging cycling city.

05-10-2012

Slideluck Bikeshow

The Slideluck Potshow series of food and art related events is holding a bike-themed event on May 19: the Slideluck Bikeshow. It’s slated to be “a celebration of art, food, community – and bicycling.” The event runs from 6-10 and $10 gets you entry, lots of food from local BBQ and soul food restaurants, beer from the Brooklyn Brewery, and later the main event: a slideshow featuring “photography, video and art that is inspired by cycling and bicycles”. And I’m happy to say that some #BikeNYC portraits will be in the mix. Oh, and there’s a raffle.  Sounds to me like an event I’d be willing to pay well in excess of $10 for! Yet there it is!

Unfortunately I will be out of town and unable to attend. If any of you go, I’d love to hear about it after.

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04-25-2012

Dr. Jeff Weiss and his cruiser

Saw this green machine glide past me on 1st and 12th. Caught up with him at 14th Street, took the portrait between 14th and 15th. Turns out that the pilot of this contraption is Dr. Jeff Weiss, chair of Urology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. An avid cyclist with 5-6 different bikes knocking about at any given time, he just finished modifying this Electra Rat Fink cruiser (changing the coaster brake to a hand brake). He digs the relaxed feel and comfortable posture. “I won’t win any races on it, but then I’m not in a big rush right now.”

Dr. Jeff and I ended up riding together for about 40 blocks, chatting about all manner of things bike related. He was returning to his apartment on the Upper East Side after completing one of his favorite city rides – Queens via the 59th St Bridge, Brooklyn via the Pulaski Bridge, back to Manhattan on the Williamsburg Bridge, and finally back home up 1st Ave.

Never know who you’ll meet out in #BikeNYC land — or what they’ll be riding.

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Steffe - Dr. Cool.

04-24-2012

London Bike Share

I got to spend a few days in London last week and was keen to try out their bike share system, Barclays Cycle Hire (commonly known as Boris Bikes, after mayor Boris Johnson). Partly because a bike is by far the best way to explore a city; party because New York will be coming out with its own bike share program this summer and I wanted to get a taste of the bike share goodness. View full post »

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04-13-2012

Bike Portrait: Bilal the Genius Taylor

bilal egilmez tailor bicycle portrait

When I stop someone on the street to do a bike portrait and give them my card, I like when I get one in return. And I’m especially happy when the card has the word “GENIUS” on it. This is Bilal Egilmez, “genius tailor” from Turkey, and, some say, one of the best tailors in New York City. He was riding  home to Queens from the Upper East Side shop where he has done business for the past 30 years. He’s been riding his bike in the city for about as long.

This is the pose he struck, and I wasn’t going to mess with it.

Check out Bilal’s shop at 347 E. 65th Street, between 1st and 2nd.

“Bilal, can we do one with you looking at the camera?”

bike portrait bilal 2

Not really.

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Yves Salmon - Hey

Everything about this picture is perfect. The colours (I have a red bike :)) The richness of the fabric (velvet?) But best of all the subject. Yes I agree sometimes it’s good to let the subject find themselves physically. His stance is old school and beautiful.

Nice shot!

Y

Dmitry - Thank you so much, Yves! I’m very flattered. Wonderful portrait work on your site.