Photography is a Lie. Seeing is Seeing. And Art is Expressive.

(OPINION) My visits to art museums cause serious fatigue on the extremities, especially my feet. I try to keep my focus from wandering from the art to the pain of walking through the endless rooms of the exhibits. Even when I can focus on the art at hand, my mind should not dwell on its realism. Nobody thinks that the painting of “Washington Crossing Delaware” or the “Mona Lisa” are exact representations of that event or person. Paintings are not considered that realistic. The nature of paintings spans a spectrum from completely bogus (modern art) to realism.

CultureAvian HallMarch 4, 2023Avian Hall, culture, Opinion, Culture Opinion, Art, AI art, Secondary FeatureComment

Escape to Owl's Head

Owl’s Head Park is far from what Pardo, a Bedford-Stuyvesant Heights native and self-described “ghetto rat,” experienced as a child. Owl’s Head caps a string of green parks that runs along the Narrows Straight in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Bay Ridge is known as the setting for Saturday Night Fever, the home of Blue Bloods NYPD commissioner Frank Reagan and the last stop on the slowest subway line, the R. Unlike Saturday Night Fever and its grooves, Owl’s Head is tranquil.

CityAvian HallNovember 14, 2022Avian Hall, City, Owl's Head, Brooklyn, Secondary FeatureComment

Hispanic Day Parade 2022 — A Photo Story

The Hispanic Day Parade NYC 2022 took place up Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue on Oct. 9, 2022. The annual event featured a progression of marchers from a variety of Spanish-speaking countries, often accompanied by each country’s unique flags, music and dancing. The annual parade seeks to celebrate Spanish and Latin American culture and functions as a gathering place in New York City for Hispanic people of all nationalities.

21 Years After — A 9/11 Photo Story

Through the collage of accents and ages, it is clear that everyone from everywhere has come here to share in the memory of the tragedy that changed America forever. However, the atmosphere felt anything but defeated. Through every conversation, the theme was not sorrow but hope.

City, FeaturedMatthew Peterson & Avian HallSeptember 12, 2022City, Matthew Peterson, Avian Hall, 9/11, September 11, Secondary FeatureComment