Photo of the day: THE SPECIAL FATHERS DAY THAT MARILYN MONROE CAME TO DINNER

What is so haunting about it, is that it is not ‘wet lip Marilyn’, or ‘skirt blowing Marilyn’. It beautifully sad reflective 1962 Marilyn portrayed as a human being – not symbol. Notice the painting goes from light (right side) to the dark side (on the left).
June 16, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: "WHITEWASH", 1962 Marilyn Monroe, 5 Pointz, 5 Pointz Graffiti Museum, arts, Hans Von Rittern, Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Long Island City, Manhattan, Marilyn Monroe in art, Marilyn Monroe painting, New York City, New York photo, Photo of the day, photography, reflective Marilyn Monroe, See TF, Sunnyside, Ursula Von Rittern | 4 Comments
Photo of the day: THE PHONE CALL
June 10, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: 7 train, 7 train local, cell phone chatter, cell phone user on subway, Court Street Station, Hans Von Rittern, love talk on cell phone, Manhattan, New York City, New York photo, Photo of the day, photography, Queens, subway, subway window, Sunnyside, transportation | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: OMG! YOU KNOW YOU ARE OFFICIALLY OLD WHEN…PINE LAWN CEMETERIES SENDS YOU AN INVITE!
May 7, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: baby boomers getting older, cemetery invitation, Hans Von Rittern, Manhattan, New York City, New York photo, Photo of the day, photography, Pine Lawn Cemeteries, Pinelawn Cemeteries, Pinelawn Cemetery memorial park and garden mausoleums, Queens, Sunnyside, you know you're old when... | 1 Comment
Photo of the day: MORNING REQUIREMENTS: STALE TOAST AND TWO PEANUTS
Photo of the day: MORNING REQUIREMENTS: STALE TOAST AND TWO PEANUTS – This is Oscar my ‘pet’ squirrel who comes by every morning to have his breakfast served by me. Every morning he has 2 unsalted peanuts and 1 pecan waiting for him on my third floor windowsill, but nothing gets him going more than a good old fashioned piece of stale toast! (But no coffee, it’ gets him too wired.)
April 16, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: city squirrel, Hans Von Rittern, New York City, New York photo, Oscar the Squirrel, Photo of the day, photography, Queens, Squirrel eating breakfast, squirrel eating toast, squirrel on fire escape, Sunnyside, Sunnyside Gardens | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: TAX DAY ! Even drunks file their taxes . . .
April 15, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: dollar sign and trash bags, drunk guy filing taxes, filing taxes, Hans Von Rittern, IRS, New York City, New York photo, Occupy Wall Street dollar sign poster, Photo of the day, photography, post office, Queens, Sunnyside, Sunnyside post office, TAX DAY, Waiting in line at the post office | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: THE CAVEMAN’S PREGNANCY COMPANION
What’s a clueless caveman about to become DAD to do? After all, it’s tough carrying a child for nine months—for him as well as for her. He’s just not sure how to behave. But help is on hand, in the form of a reassuring (and hysterically funny) course for the totally perplexed. Along with a large dose of humor, it provides the father-to-be with all the know-how he needs to become a well-prepared, well-heeled partner who’s really ready to stand upright and embrace his new responsibilities…rather than cowering from them. Every cave-student will find out how to support his mate through this emotional time, cope with his own feelings, deal with baby-related projects, and perform admirably during labor and delivery. So whether it’s catering to his exhausted companion’s needs by preparing a nutritional and tasty meal or engaging in a snuggle session when she craves a little cuddling, with the help of this book a guy will become the proud Cro-Magnon caregiver he longs to be!” Book written by David Port and John Ralston.
April 10, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: 7 train, A three-trimester evolutionary crash course to guide the prehistoric papa-to-be through the prenatal, David Port and John Ralston, fist time dad coping, funny read home on subway, Hans Von Rittern, Long Island City, Long Island City Queens, man reading pregnamcy book on subway, Manhattan, New York City, New York photo, Photo of the day, photography, pre-parental wilderness., Queens, subway, Sunnyside, The Caveman's Preganacy Companion | Leave a comment
Photos of the day! 5 POINTZ “WHITEWASH” GRAND OPENING TONIGHT! Come meet Hans 6-9pm
Leder Gallery: 2135 45th Road, on the street of the Court Street #7 and G subway station.
April 5, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: "WHITEWASH", 5 Pointz, 5 Pointz Graffiti Museum, 7 train, art event, arts, Auks, Cortes, entertainment, gentrification in Long Island City, graffiti, Grand opening of Whitewash exhibit, Hans Von Rittern, Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Jeffrey Leder Gallery 2137 45th Rd. Long Island City, Jerms, Jerry Wolkoff, Jonathan Meres Cohen, Leder Gallery, Long Island City, Manhattan, Marie Cecile Flageul, Meres One, New York City, New York photo, Orestes Gonzalez, Photo of the day, photography, photos, Poem, politics, Queens, See TF, SHIRO, Sunnyside, Topaz, whitewashing of 5 Pointz, Zimad | Leave a comment
Phot of the day: TWO DAYS TILL “WHITEWASH” April 5, 6-9pm !
Jeffrey Leder Gallery: 2137 45th Road, 2 blocks from 5 Pointz and PSI MOMA.
Long Island City, New York 11101
Gallery 212-924-8944
April 3, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: "WHITEWASH", 5 Pointz, 5 Pointz celebration, 5 Pointz Graffiti Museum, 5 Pointz wake, 5 Pointz white washed, 7 train, arts, Auks, Brooklyn, Cortes, Gold Coast Arts Center, graffiti, Hans Von Rittern, Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Jeffrey Leder Gallery 2137 45th Rd. Long Island City, Jerms, Jonathan Meres Cohen, Long Island City Queens, Manhattan, Marie Cecile Flageul, Meres One, mourning 5 Pointz, New York City, New York photo, Orestes Gonzalez, Photo of the day, photography, Queens, Queensboro Plaza, See TF, SHIRO, street art, Sunnyside, Topaz, whitewashing of 5 Pointz, Zimad | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: DESTROYED WITH PRIDE – 4 days still “Whitewash” !
Contributing Artists: Auks, Cortes, Hans Von Rittern, Jerms, Meres One, Orestes Gonzalez, Poem, Shiro, See TF, Topaz, Zimad.
April 1, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: "WHITEWASH", 5 Pointz, 5 Pointz Graffiti Museum, 5 Pointz white washed, 7 train, arts, Auks, Brooklyn, Cortes, Gold Coast Arts Center, graffiti, Hans Von Rittern, Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Jeffrey Leder Gallery 2137 45th Rd. Long Island City, Jerms, Jonathan Meres Cohen, Long Island City Queens, Manhattan, Marie Cecile Flageul, Meres One, New York City, New York photo, Orestes Gonzalez, Photo of the day, photography, Poem, Queens, See TF, SHIRO, Sunnyside, Topaz, whitewashing of 5 Pointz, Zimad | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: ‘SEE’ “WHITE WASH” !
Contributing Artists: Auks, Cortes, Hans Von Rittern, Jerms, Meres One, Orestes Gonzalez, Poem, Shiro, See TF, Topaz, Zimad
Curated by Marie Cecile-Flageul
April 5 – June 8, 2014
Opening reception April 5, 6-9pm! Come join me – you’re invited!!
To read more click http://www.jeffreyledergallery.com/whitewash.php
March 28, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: "WHITEWASH", 5 Pointz, 5 Pointz Graffiti Museum, 5 Pointz white washed, 7 train, arts, Auks, Cortes, entertainment, graffiti, Graffiti art exhibit, Hans Von Rittern, Jerms, Jerry Wolkoff, Jonathan Meres Cohen, Long Island City, Long Island City Queens, Manhattan, Marie Cecile Flageul, Meres One, New York City, New York photo, Orestes Gonzalez, Photo of the day, photography, Poem, Queens, See TF, SHIRO, Sunnyside, Topaz, whitewashing of 5 Pointz, Zimad | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: GET READY TO GET ‘WHITEWASHED’!
March 27, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: 5 Pointz, 5 Pointz Graffiti Museum, 7 train, arts, entertainment, graffiti, Hans Von Rittern, Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Jeffrey Leder Gallery 2137 45th Rd. Long Island City, Long Island City, Long Island City Queens, Manhattan, Marie Cecile Flageul, Meres One, New York City, New York photo, Photo of the day, photography, Queens, street art, Sunnyside | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: MERELY THE BEGINNING!! APRIL 5, 2014, Hans in “Whitewash” exhibit!
Contributing Artists: Auks, Cortes, Hans Von Rittern, Jerms, Meres One, Orestes Gonzalez, Poem, Shiro, See TF, Topaz, Zimad
“Whitewash, is an answer to the violent act of G&M realty on November 19th, 2013 in Long Island City Queens. Overnight thousands of murals adorning the building known as 5 Pointz were destroyed. It‘s a story of pain, sadness, and anger at times and reflection – An epic of an art community and its home coming apart under the pressure of economical trends and waves of gentrification.
Bringing together a cluster of resident graffiti artists and two Queens photographers, the exhibition enables the artists to express their true feelings and thought process since loosing their work to a white layer of paint, and their home to the pressing demands of real estate development. For the first time since the whitewash we will witness how affected this collective is by being eclipsed from their 11 years home.
The works in Whitewash aspire to such: Laying feelings on canvas, and letting go of the pain, the show brings together artworks that can be interpreted as confession, lessons, or reflection but also aspirations and hopes.
Whitewash is an obvious requiem for 5 Pointz the building but also maybe the beginning of a rebirth of 5 Pointz the community and its true core: the people.“
Marie-Cecile Flageul
http://www.jeffreyledergallery.com/whitewash.php
March 26, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: "WHITEWASH", 5 Pointz, 5 Pointz destroyed, 5 Pointz Graffiti Museum, 7 train, architecture, art destroyed 5 Pointz, Art exhibit, arts, Auks, Cortes, David Wolkoff, entertainment, G&M realty, graffiti, Hans Von Rittern, Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Jeffrey Leder Gallery 2137 45th Rd. Long Island City, Jerms, Jerry Wolkoff, Jonathan Meres Cohen, Long Island City, Long Island City Queens, Manhattan, Marie Cecile Flageul, Meres One, New York City, New York photo, November 19th 2013, Orestes Gonzalez, Photo of the day, photography, Poem, politics, PS1 MOMA, See TF, SHIRO, street art, Sunnyside, Topaz, Ursula Von Rittern, Zimad | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: 15,000 HITS ON MY PHOTOGRAPHY WEB SITE – THANK YOU !
March 24, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: 5 Pointz Graffiti Museum, arts, Gold Coast Arts Center, Hans Von Rittern, Hans Von Rittern photography, Jeffrey Leder Gallery 2137 45th Rd. Long Island City, Manhattan, New York City, New York photo, Photo of the day, photography, Queens, Sunnyside, Sunnyside Gardens, Von Rittern web site | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: VANISHING VIEW
March 19, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: 7 train, architecture, Chrysler building, Court Street Station, disappearing skyline, gentrification, Hans Von Rittern, Long Island City, Long Island City Queens, Manhattan skyline, MTA, New York City, New York photo, Photo of the day, photography, Queens, subway, Sunnyside | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: NO SMOKE MARIJUANA HERE
March 4, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: anti marijuana sign, anti-marijuana, don't smoke marijuana here sign, Hans Von Rittern, Long Island City Queens, Manhattan, marijuana, neighbors protest pot smoking, New York City, New York photo, old mom can't light her joint, Photo of the day, photography, Queens, Sunnyside, Sunnyside Gardens, Ursula Von Rittern | Leave a comment
Photos of the day: STAY TUNED FOR GALLERY EXHIBIT NEWS!
February 21, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: 5 Pointz, 5 Pointz Graffiti Museum, entertainment, GALLERY EXHIBIT, Gold Coast Arts Center, Hans Von Rittern, Hans Von Rittern 2014 gallery exhibit, Long Island City Queens, Manhattan, New York City, New York photo, Photo of the day, photography, photography exhibit, Queens, Sunnyside | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: MELT GOD DAMMIT !
Photo of the day: (Message to the ice and snow) MELT GOD DAMMIT !
February 12, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: 2014 snowstorms, black dirty street ice, dirty New York snow, endles snowstorms, Hans Von Rittern, ice and snow won't melt, icicles on snow, Manhattan, New York City, New York photo, Photo of the day, photography, polar vortex, Queens, snow pilled in streets of New York, Sunnyside | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: HAPPY 88th BIRTHDAY URSULA VON RITTERN !
February 1, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: German country side hills vintage photo, German immigration to the United States, Germany 1938, Hans Von Rittern, Manhattan, New York City, New York photo, Photo of the day, photography, Queens, Sunnyside, Sunnyside Gardens, The Sound of Music, traditional dirndl dress, Ursula Von Rittern, von Rittern family history, von Trapp family, WWII Germany | 2 Comments
Photo of the day: 1973’s poem “THE SEA”
January 27, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: "The Sea", 1973 poetry, 1973 Reflections on my World, Hans Von Rittern, Hans' poetry, junior high school poetry, Manhattan, Martin Luther High School, Mr. Palzer English teacher, New York City, New York photo, Photo of the day, photography, poetry, Queens, save our seas, Sunnyside, teenage poetry | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: CROSSED PATHS
January 26, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: Calvary Cemetery, Calvary Cemetery Queens New York, cemetery in snow, crossed paths poem, footprints in snow, Hans Von Rittern, Long Island City Queens, New York City, New York photo, photography, Queens, snow covered cemetery, Sunnyside, winter in New York 2014, Woodside | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: EVERYBODY WAS HOME SATURDAY NIGHT
Photo of the day: EVERYBODY WAS HOME SATURDAY NIGHT – Living in New York City many of us have an Alfred Hitchcock-like “Rear Window” view. Mine happens to be out the front of the building onto 46th Street, one of the nicer streets in Sunnyside and Sunnyside Gardens.
A few weeks ago New York City was visited by a chilling Arctic Vortex, but lately it had warmed back up to 50F (10C) degrees and I was keeping my window open a bit nights. But last night the cold temperatures came back and I went to my window at 8:00pm to close it for the night. As I looked out my window, I noticed a warmer glow than usual coming from my street. There was more than just the warm glow of the street light, but also the entire building across the street seemed to glow like a miniature toy model. It was then that I noticed that something very unusual was occurring in the apartment building across the street – every single apartment, on all six floors, every window had lights on, everybody was home! That rarely ever occurs! This is New York, someone is usually out on an all night job, at a party, with a date, shopping, vacationing or what not. But on January 18th at 8:00pm, on one of those cold January nights…all these diverse neighbors at 41-29 46th Street had all decided to be snug as a bug and snuggle up to their big flat screen TVs, computers, cat, dog or loved one. As diverse as they are, for this night they were “one”.
(And no, I didn’t get out my Jimmy Stewart binoculars to look in the windows, I just enjoyed the warm glow of the city life.)
January 19, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: "Rear Window", 41-29 46th Street Sunnyside, 41-30 46th Street Sunnyside, Alfred Hitchcock, architecture, Arctic Vortex, cold winter's night in New York, Hans Von Rittern, January 18 2014 cold night, Jimmy Stewart, Manhattan, New York City, New York photo, Photo of the day, photography, Queens, street light glow, Sunnyside, Sunnyside Gardens, view out my window | Leave a comment
Photo of the day: CHOOSING MEAT (my first 2010 photo)
January 16, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: first 'photo of the day', grumpy woman in supermarket buying meat, Hans Von Rittern, Hans' Unique New York, Long Island City Queens, Manhattan, my first photo, New York City, New York photo, Nikon, Perdue chickens, Photo of the day, photography, Queens, September 26 2010, Sunnyside, Sunnyside Gardens, supermarket, Unique New York | 3 Comments
Photo of the day: SHANNON POT AT 5 POINTZ SERVES IT’S LAST FROZEN DRINK
The extremely cold 10°F degree weather added to the morbid feeling in the air. Only a few of the die hard regulars showed up including Meres One and Marie Flageul to join co-owners Maureen and Salah for a final round of drinks. To my surprise, as I arrived I was greeted by water dripping down from the ceiling. The frigid temperatures had burst the pipes and was flooding the bar. The water had been shut off but it was still ‘raining’ inside the bar. The water from above had damaged the juke box with Meres’ disco favorites causing the sound to go from high to low every few seconds only adding to the eerie feel of the night.
During the evening Marie stepped out for her usual cigarette, as she stood in front of the bar she observed a pigeon flying towards the building to seek refuge form the cold, and seconds before it could reach the building, it simply fell out of the sky succumbing to hypothermia. Marie’s mission was to rescue the bird. We got a box, lined it with tissue paper and gently placed it in the box. It did not even resist. We placed it in the back hoping it would warm up. (It was in desperate need of sleep as well.) Every so often we would check to see if Marie’s pigeon was reviving, it barely was, but towards the end of the night was fluffing itself up, a hopeful sign. As a final act of kindness, Meres and Marie took the pigeon to their garage to let it warm up and revive. Two days later it flew off to join the world again.
Meres and Marie and all the fantastic 5 Pointz crew are greatly symbolized by our little pigeon – we may be down, but with a little help from our friends – we are not out. Maureen and Salah will reopen at a new nearby location at 21-59 44th Drive, off of 21st Street soon. 5 Pointz will rise again like a phoenix (or our pigeon) and with the creative force of the artists and minds behind Meres and Marie, look out for a brighter and bolder future for Pointz! !
January 9, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: 21-59 44th Drive off of 21st Street, 45-46 Davis Street/Jackson Avenue, 5 Pointz, 5 Pointz crew, 5 Pointz Graffiti Museum, 5 Pointz history, 5 Pointz white washed, 7 train, Anthony Spinchenzo, architecture, arts, Brooklyn, final round at Shannon Pot, Gerry Wolkoff, graffiti, Hans Von Rittern, Hans' 58th birthday, Hans' birthday grafitti, Jonathan Meres Cohen, keep on burnin', last photos of Shannon Pot, Long Island City history, Long Island City Queens, Manhattan, Marie Cecile Flageul, Marie Flageul, Maureen and Salah, Meres light bulb, Meres One, New York City, New York photo, phoenix rising out of the ashes, Photo of the day, photography, pigeon, pipes burst at Shannon Pot 5 Pointz, politics, Queens, Shannon Pot, Shannon Pot closes, Sunnyside, The Shannon Pot, Zat Girl | 2 Comments
Photo of the day: “SERIOUSLY? YOU EXPECT ME TO PEE IN THIS COLD?”
January 4, 2014 | Categories: DAILY PHOTOS WITH STORIES OF NEW YORK CITY | Tags: 2014 January blizzard, dog and fire hydrant, dog and scent, eau de dogue, Hans Von Rittern, New York City, New York photo, New York snow storm, Noel Hans' dog, peeing in the snow, photography, Queens, sheep dog/terrier mix dog, Sunnyside, Sunnyside Gardens | 3 Comments