Happy to learn that two of my entries to the 2022 Lensculture Street Photography Awards were chosen as editor’s picks and are featured in the online competition gallery. Both were taken this year. The first photo is a street scene in Chinatown, Manhattan and the second the annual Easter Parade…

The Coney Island Mermaid Parade was back in full force this year after a two year hiatus due to the pandemic. The largest art parade in the U.S., it is typically held in June during the weekend closest to the summer solstice.

Scenes from this year's annual Easter Parade in New York City. The tradition started in the 1870s when New York’s elite would don their finest on Easter Sunday while attending services at one of Fifth Avenue’s grand churches. After they would stroll up the avenue, a 19th century red carpet…