BSA Images Of The Week: 11.05.23

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week!

Nobody was out Friday night when we went to see “Stop Making Sense” on the screen; the streets of Manhattan and Brooklyn at 10 pm were rather lightly attended, possibly because everyone was recovering from a mid-week Halloween/Day of the Dead blast of drunkenness, revelry, laughter, and tears. Sometimes, even New York turns into a series of bedroom communities standing vertically.

The New York City Marathon is here today, with about 50,000 runners sprinting from Staten Island to Central Park, traversing neighborhoods, bridges, boroughs, and millions of spectators. It is two hours for the head of the pack – although it lasts all day, with some people still running/walking/rolling through the street when the sun sets. And, of course, it really lasts your entire life if you let yourself become engulfed by the human spectacle of it, which we often have and still sometimes do.

The world is still tense and angry and nervous and mournful about the events in the Middle East as we all feel like we have reached a never-before-seen turning point that is changing the world’s perception of that region and our roles in it. New York is showing signs of this stress as well.

Also, there’s that small matter of the Bank of America.

Here is our weekly interview with the street: this week featuring City Kitty, Homesick, Modomatic, Eye Sticker, Michael Alan, Jenna Morello, OSK, Mue Bon, Keoni VGN, Salto, BH, BAKA, and Swed Oner.

SWED ONER honors Kenny who visits the Bowery Mission every day to find solace, help, and kindred spirits. The Bowery Mission is a New York institution founded in 1879 to provide essential services to the ever-growing homeless population in New York City. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
SWED ONER (photo © Jaime Rojo)
SWED ONER (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Jenna Morello. Detail. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Jenna Morello (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Unidentified artist (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Street Artiste D’etat (photo © Jaime Rojo)
City Kitty (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Mue Bon (photo © Jaime Rojo)
OSK (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Homesick (photo © Jaime Rojo)
BAKA (photo © Jaime Rojo)
BH (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Salto (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Michael Alan (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Modomatic (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Eye Sticker (photo © Jaime Rojo)
In last Sunday’s edition of BSA Images of The Week, we published a WIP photo of KEONI VGN’s portrait of Rosa Parks. Here’s the completed work. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
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