Balaniferous Records

Cycle Covers

2008-12-16T02:03:00.000-08:00

Avenue B and somewhere on 12th St.

2008-12-16T02:01:00.000-08:00

Along Avenue C

2008-12-16T01:58:00.000-08:00

10th Street Avenue A

2008-12-16T01:54:00.000-08:00

Holy hiatus

2008-11-16T23:21:00.000-08:00

A photograph of Bubbe and Al.

New Year

2008-01-10T23:51:00.000-08:00

2008. More jazz. more improv. more photography.

comments these days

2007-12-12T22:08:00.000-08:00

Been a little lazy these days. fighting cold. Fighting rain. fighting encroaching sickness. I bought the 5d so should be uploading some digi pics sooner or later.
peace and love.

ari

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2007-11-06T17:30:00.000-08:00

Coming soon...

2007-11-04T21:47:00.000-08:00

up next will be some photographs of my neighborhood in NYC. hell's kitchen has an interesting past, specifically with the landscapes of the playgrounds. A lot of drama has been played out on the asphalt of these multi colored grounds.

I also decided to take a step in the direction of exploring empty spaces that are meant for gatherings. For instance, I will be photographing an empty city pool, uncovered, in the cold weather we are experiencing now. Also, I will be photographing more playgrounds throughout the city in order to understand them as permanent structures and the space that they exist in.

2007-10-28T12:21:00.000-07:00

2007-10-28T12:18:00.000-07:00

Back from Europe

2007-10-27T15:44:00.001-07:00

Alright, so I have not posted anything in a long time, but will have some new stuff pretty soon. It will be some music photography of my friends band down in Brooklyn! Cheapest beer in town at Freddy's backroom.

2007-03-30T21:09:00.000-07:00

New York City

2007-03-30T20:45:00.000-07:00

As I prepare to leave the city I am taking more street photography to investigate the real city versus the beautiful image of it in my mind.

Senegal

2007-02-28T10:14:00.000-08:00

I was in africa for two weeks. Here are some pictures from Senegal. Specifically Dakar. Dakar is a wonderfully backwards place, where the dollar stretches, and the streets are dirt.

The picture at the top is of our cab driver Saleem. A very funny and surprisingly loyal guy.

The bottom picture is of a shoe shiner at the pier of Isle de Gurry.

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2006-10-31T16:51:00.000-08:00

my father's house

2006-10-31T15:55:00.000-08:00

color photography with the RB67

2006-10-31T15:45:00.000-08:00

a new era has dawned.

New Black and White photographs

2006-10-18T22:25:00.000-07:00

Portrait of Friend of a Friend

2006-10-02T23:16:00.000-07:00

People who share my abode.

2006-09-25T21:34:00.000-07:00

These two guys, Ricky and Brian, are great folk. They also live in my apartment with me. For some time I have not photographed. No particular reason why I started now, probably because I spent three hours photographing bags for work.

I am also working on a new website that will be snazzy for everyone to devour on a more regular basis.

cheers mates,
Ari

Photographs from Lower East Side "Price is Right"

2006-09-21T07:16:00.000-07:00

Here's to the freedom of the children of the night. The games we play, the games that need to be, and to the boredom of idle distraction. The fat man knows no song sweeter than that of laughter, so here is to him. Let it ride amid the chaos of the grime of NYC. ---The Whirling Dervish of '78 in his latest autobiography "To the Stars"

BW Photographs

2006-09-06T14:02:00.000-07:00

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2006-08-29T23:23:00.000-07:00

Acts of Love

2006-08-29T23:15:00.000-07:00

2006-08-27T18:01:00.000-07:00

rock and roll photos.

2006-08-22T18:18:00.000-07:00

until I get the new website up and running we shall dine on these.

2006-08-16T22:36:00.000-07:00

2006-08-13T15:21:00.000-07:00

Fringe festival: www.silenttheatre.com for Lulu

2006-08-11T13:55:00.000-07:00

2006-08-11T11:28:00.000-07:00

Music at the Greenmarket. Eat Jazz series inaugrated by myself to allow Jazz musicians to expose their talents while providing a greenmarket with entertainment.

new music photography

2006-07-16T21:31:00.000-07:00

these are some photographs from the other night near my apartment.

2006-07-10T22:05:00.000-07:00

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new music photography

2006-07-10T21:32:00.000-07:00

new music photography from the Coda, Coda34.com. Doc Ellis, Crystal City, and Jounce. Quite the show.

2006-06-28T14:50:00.000-07:00

A linear amplified example of music photography.

Back Bay train station-commuter rail

2006-06-01T14:09:00.000-07:00

One of the most interesting places in Boston, the Back bay train station, is located near some swanky hotels. But inside it is a myraid and complex layer of intriguing indviduals, some out of luck and some just hanging out. Why do places of transportation bring us near? The sound of the train acting as a beacon of hope for those who need change. We are on the move. going and coming, but never quite there.

2006-05-29T19:00:00.000-07:00

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memorial day

2006-05-29T18:48:00.000-07:00

A day to remember, a day to forget, a day for war. Sometimes I forget that I am living in America since I live in community that is mostly sans americana, but every once in a while we get a little taste of the American lifestyle, with no k.
One of those days was memorial day. I went down the street to observe the goings on of my veteran neighbors. very interesting all the pomp and circumstance, but it was mostly old people as the later wars don't seem to count. No gulf war, and only a handful of Iraq present day veterans, of whom I presume were veterans since I didn't ask them, shame on me for that.

anyway here are some images.

Adam and a cigar

2006-05-19T21:23:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of my brother when he graduated high school this friday. He is smoking a cigar given to him as a gift by our neighbor. What is he thinking right now? Is the future on his mind? Perhaps, but maybe he is just thinking of what is at hand, our conversation of smoking cigars. and girls.

2006-05-07T19:40:00.000-07:00

one of the most heartwrenching stories. a man photographed eloquently already by Eugene Richards, and that I noticed during a press conference at the Massachusetts state house. He tried to kill himself in a Marine van after they told him that his son died in Iraq. He presented himself to the state house with a simple picture of his son in his casket in full Marine Dress.

2006-05-07T19:37:00.000-07:00

Immigrants

2006-05-07T19:34:00.000-07:00

Writing and discovering things are the benefits of this profession. I found myself in Boston on may day and met some interesting people. Socialists paranoid about the government, immigrants wanting to be american, and Americans just wanting to do about their daily business. One native american protesting told me that he was there because his co-workers were immigrants and to see them disappear he would be very sad. It was a good day in America to reflect on what we are, who we were, and what we are becoming.

new photographs from boston streets, newbury st.

2006-04-23T15:07:00.000-07:00

adam 2

2006-04-07T22:40:00.000-07:00

my brother adam

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2006-04-07T18:44:00.000-07:00

one pineapple one plate

2006-04-07T18:38:00.000-07:00

mugshot

2006-04-07T18:32:00.000-07:00

I went to the Fogg today and was amazed at the ability of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. His study, I forget the exact title of it, but it included several men in different positions, was amazing. I could not believe the detail and the expressive postures of the men in his drawings. I highly recommend looking him up. I included this early photo of margot. a special girl I know.

2006-04-07T18:31:00.000-07:00

still life

2006-04-07T18:25:00.000-07:00

this next few posts are an example of still life photography that I am currently working with.

2006-04-03T18:59:00.000-07:00

A little about the pictures. my boss over the earlier parts of the year, sasson tiram, took me down to the Dead Sea and let me loose on some landscape meditations.

hey everyone

2006-04-03T18:40:00.000-07:00

New computer now so bare with me as I adjust with the logistics and post new and interesting pictures. I hope everyone is having as good a time as I am having in the weird wonderful world of Planet Earth.

2006-04-03T18:34:00.000-07:00

2006-03-27T08:53:00.000-08:00

first oil work

2006-03-21T12:09:00.000-08:00

hand of a bride

2006-03-14T04:41:00.000-08:00

chef

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soho walk

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my daddy smokes

2006-03-08T04:20:00.000-08:00

prozac self portrait

2006-03-08T04:19:00.000-08:00

a dancing man

2006-03-08T04:18:00.000-08:00

mother leaving for the last time

2006-02-21T06:30:00.000-08:00

hands of the dhali lama

2006-02-21T06:22:00.000-08:00

hey hey, its the beatles

2006-02-21T06:20:00.000-08:00

glass landscape from the view inside my head

2006-02-21T06:19:00.000-08:00

screen fantasy

2006-02-20T02:41:00.000-08:00

astronaut walk

2006-02-19T05:44:00.000-08:00

his holiness making a trip to hebrew university. done while working for sasson tiram.com.

2006-02-12T01:20:00.000-08:00

a puddle a biot over exposed

2006-02-12T01:18:00.000-08:00

more leaves in the garden

2006-02-12T01:14:00.000-08:00

check out these crazy buggers

2006-02-12T01:00:00.000-08:00

two kids, a car, and abandoned train tracks

2006-02-12T00:58:00.000-08:00

bamboo wall from my garden

2006-02-12T00:49:00.000-08:00

I aim to do what all came to do, connect with the land that bore them.

2006-02-05T20:29:00.000-08:00

more demolished building, in nachalot in jerusalem near the Ben Yehuda open market

2006-02-05T20:26:00.000-08:00

demolished building

2006-02-05T20:18:00.000-08:00

demolished building remnants

2006-01-31T06:05:00.000-08:00

sullen man with wine glass

2006-01-31T06:02:00.001-08:00

trash dumpster with chaos

2006-01-31T06:02:00.000-08:00

Israeli advertisements

In Israel

2006-01-31T05:54:00.000-08:00

I have been doing some interesting work for Sasson Tiram. Check out his website at sassontiram.com and enjoy. I will be posting some pictures later when I get the chance to have a lan hookup as this computer is slow when using wireless.

2006-01-27T03:23:00.000-08:00

king david st 2

2006-01-27T03:21:00.000-08:00

king david street

2006-01-22T03:47:00.001-08:00

pesky donkey riders

2006-01-22T03:47:00.000-08:00

jerusalem sun

2006-01-22T03:42:00.000-08:00

automobile on hillel street

Israel

2006-01-22T03:41:00.000-08:00

for the time being I have relocated to Israel!!! To work as an assistant photographer and writer, under Sassontiram.com, and to play and live in an absorbtion center! That means, tons of funs with fellow immigrants and the like. It should be a very interesting next few months. I hope everyone enjoys the next pictures, as they will all be from Israel.

Ari

2006-01-22T03:35:00.000-08:00

barren landscape

2006-01-22T03:34:00.000-08:00

golan shack