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Coney Island: In Color is a photographic and sensory time capsule of Coney Island from 2022 to 2025. It’s a project that’s rooted in place, memory and the senses. What began as a Saturday pilgrimage—a passionate effort to document a place I felt deeply connected to—has become an urgent call to remember and preserve. With the city now planning to build a casino and redevelop much of the area, displacing businesses and locals, the historic park is on the edge of change. This project is my response to that tension—showcasing the beauty of the park and boardwalk, its resilience and its uniqueness. Unlike many Coney Island projects that center the people, mine highlights the environment itself. I think of my photographs as the paintings in which one can watch the people play—a place alive with color, clutter, sound, and the weight of its aging and chaotic charm. The project consists of darkroom-printed color photographs, typewritten prose, and visual notes taken while walking the boardwalk week after week to convey the texture, smell, and rhythm of the place. The title is intentional—many of the formative bodies of work on Coney have shaped it in a black and white visual legacy. My project embraces vivid, saturated color—reflecting the sensory overload, warmth, energy and intensity that define it.

The project is now complete, and I’m in the process of piecing everything together to bring it to life as a book—a tactile, hand-made object that recreates the feeling of being there and honors Coney Island. Updates on the book to come. For now, this page has an exerpt of some of my favorites photographs I’ve made so far.

Wonder Wheel Alley, 2024

12x14in Chromogenic print 
Friday Fireworks Under the Wonder Wheel, 2024

12x14in Chromogenic print
Rocket Riders, 4th of July, 2025
Firework Through The Tunnel, 2024

12x18in Chromogenic print 
Winning Shot, 2025

12x18in Chromogenic print 
The Windstarz Ride, 2024

12x14in Chromogenic print 
The Coaster, 2022

10x12n Chromogenic print
Astroland Rocket, 2025

12x18in Chromogenic print 
Hanging On The ATM, 2025

12x18in Chromogenic print 
Wonder Wheel Park, 2024

12x14in Chromogenic print 
Prize Booth Alley, 2024 

12x36in Chromogenic print from a 6x17 negative.
Coney Island At Dusk, 2023

12x14in Chromogenic print 
Childhood Wonder, 4th of July, 2025

12x18in Chromogenic print
Long Day, 4th of July, 2025

12x18in Chromogenic print
 4th of July, 2025

12x18in Chromogenic print
The Snake Charmer’s Ice Cream Break, 2024

12x14in Chromogenic print 
4th of July, 2025

12x18in Chromogenic print
The Cotton Candy Stand, 2023

 6x7cm Color positive slide
4th of July, 2025

12x18in Chromogenic print
The Parachute Jump, 2024

6x7cm Color positive slide
Fog Rolling In, 2024

6x7cm Color positive slide
The Shore, 2024

12x14in Chromogenic print 
The Recycler, 2023

 6x7cm Color positive slide
Summer Beach Day, 2024

6x7cm Color positive slide
The Ride Alley, 2024

12x14in Chromogenic print 
Astroland Rocket Visitor, 2025

12x18in Chromogenic print 
Erica and The Puppet Stand, 2023

10x12in Chromogenic print 
Dancing On The Boardwalk, 2024

12x14n Chromogenic print
The Puppet Stand, 2023

10x12in Chromogenic print 
The Walkways, 2024

6x17 color positive slide
Beginning of July, 2025
End of August, 2024

6x17 color positive slide
Paletta Seller, 2024

6x17 color positive slide
Sunset On The Pier, 2024

6x17 color positive slide
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The Archer, 2024

12x36in Chromogenic print from a 6x17 negative
The Wheel, 2024

12x14in Chromogenic print 
Closed for Winter, 2024

6x7cm Color positive slide
The Henna Tattoo Stand, 2023

12x14in Chromogenic print
Corn Seller, 2022

10x12in Chromogenic print
Arcade UFOs, 2023

12x14in Chromogenic print 
Fish Game, 2023

10x12in Chromogenic print 
Win A Goldfish, 2023

10x12in Chromogenic print 
Ticket Booths, 2022

10x12in Chromogenic print
The Ice Crem Seller, 2024

12x14in Chromogenic print 
Empty Alley, 2024

12x18in Chromogenic print 
Red, White and Blue, 2025

24x36mm Color positive slide
Red Kite, 2025

24x36mm Color positive slide
Cotton Candy Seller, 2024

6x7cm Color positive slide
Slingshot Ride, 2024

24x36mm Color positive slide
Mother and Daughter, 2024

24x36mm Color positive slide
Snakes on The Boardwalk, 2024

6x7cm Color positive slide
The Girl and The Snake,2024

6x7cm Color positive slide
Nathan’s, 2024

24x36cm Color positive slide
Winter’s First Light, 2024

6x7cm Color positive slide
Summer’s Last Light, 2023

6x7cm Color positive slide
Coney’s Snowy Beach at Twilight

6x7cm Color positive slide
Summer’s Sunset, 2023

6x7cm Color positive slide
Toward The Horizon, 2024

6x7cm Color positive slide
Summer On The Beach, 2024

6x7cm Color positive slide
Front and Back, 2024

6x7cm Color positive slide
Il Dorado, 2024

6x7cm Color positive slide
Sweet Shoppe, 2024

6x7cm Color positive slide
Fading Light, 2023

10x12in Chromogenic print
Bird Praiser, 2024

24x36mm Color positive slide
Girl On The Boardwalk, 2024

24x36mm Color positive slide
Balloon Stand, 2022

10x12in Chromogenic print












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