Although busking is not so popular in New York City, you still find a few of them occasionally. Vincent has been playing the pan for over 25 years and about a decade in New York City. Originally from Trinidad, he doesn’t waste a wink talking to you while keeping the beat! On my request, he played the Jamaican Farewell. I had first heard it on the pan in San Francisco by another street musician.

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I shall post more on Vincent in my later blogs. This picture was taken on a hand held Nikon D200 with fill flash & is part of an extended documentary on Street Musicians. Read more here.

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I have used a watermark on the above image. I apologize for the inconvenience but I am using it since the time I found out that Musicnation.com and a few others have violated copyrights & copied my images while being very insensitive to the musicians all in the name of driving more traffic to their websites.

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NOTE: We have moved to Journalimage.com from Feb 2008. Please visit us on the new site & update your bookmarks.

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The weekend prior to Presidents Day, while New York city, like the rest of the country was busy rushing from store to store buying as many items on sale as possible, a few young people were out on the chilly streets in Broadway trying to make a difference to the almost 50 thousand homeless, one person at a time.

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All they asked for was a dollar. But the busy shoppers were even more keen to escape the fright of being asked for a donation. Albeit, changes could be brought by a few and rejoiced by all.

To add to the whole act of a desperate crook, they even went ahead and wrote obnoxious statement on Craig. No wonder they had no reference to what they were writing. Here is a link to Craig’s image on the post on Music Nation – http://mnmedia.musicnation.com/Blog/2008/080124/oldmanclarinet.jpg

Here is the  original post on my blog, made on15th August 2007.

http://nonphotographer.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/san-francisco-street-artists-clarinet-by-craig/

I could think of the people behind this website of Musicnation.com to be no less than cheap and have no respect for either the music or the musician. Here is the post I am referring to – http://musicnation.musicnation.com/blog/2008/02/street-musicians-part-ii & the last image on that post is that of Craig.

They don’t realize that we could easily make a watermark on these images. However, we do not do that so that the readers get to see the image at its best!

After fifteen years of a busy life with jobs and family, Henri has come a full circle back to first love – music. Playing since he was nine he can play most of the wind instruments, but he has a special liking for this particular horn. Now that he has enough to bank on for elementary pleasures, Henri plays on the streets and makes his living with his saxophone.

Henri playing the saxophone @ photoduniya.com

The image is taken on handheld Nikon D200 on Lexar pro media card. More images will be uploaded on the Projects section of Photoduniya.com.

Jacob usually plays the keyboard in and around the Westfield Mall on Market. A veteran, he is widely traveled and plays a lot of wind and pipe music. An unfortunate turn of events caused him to go through gum surgery and that quite disabled him from playing the saxophone and the trumpet. It is easy to spot this frail gentleman flaunting his Vietnam medal and a “Kill ‘em All” tag around his neck.

Jacob in San Francisco @ photoduniya.com

With the holidays approaching and each of the street musician bringing out their favorite, or should I say unique makeup, Jacob was happy to be behind the stars and the stripes that he has defended all along. More images will be uploaded on the Projects section of Photoduniya.com.

While in Hollywood for a couple of days during Thanksgiving, I met a few musicians who were playing the the streets. Shown here is a vocalist and guitar player from Universal Studios.

Also flocked along Hollywood Boulevard were tens of rappers who made their own recordings and sold discs to the tourists. Not that I have seen many of the tourists buy any, but the sheer number of sellers and the fact that this remains their primary living makes me believe that there are quite a few customers. Many are plain agents – far from the art and music and deep into the commercial trades on Hollywood streets.

Guitar player in Hollywood @ photoduniya.com

The image is taken on handheld Nikon D200 on Lexar pro media card. More images will be uploaded on the Projects section of Photoduniya.com.

Mickey Bridges did not spare attention to the last details – both in his music as well as his showmanship. Dressed in typical jazz suits and boots, and a small deck with colored floodlights, Mickey played the saxophone to the visitors of Universal Studios. His music is of very high caliber and as the tired visitors packed up for the day, they got to listen to some very heartfelt live jazz right round the corner.

Mickey Bridges in Hollywood @ photoduniya.com

The image is taken oh handheld Nikon D200 at approximately 22 mm on Lexar pro media. More images will be uploaded on the Projects section of Photoduniya.com.

I met Shi Ji while strolling along Chinatown in Los Angeles. In a quite corner in Old Chinatown Shi Ji was playing the accordion. He has been playing for over fifty years now. Apart from the accordion, Shi Ji also plays the traditional Chinese ehru.

Shi Ji on the accordion @ photoduniya.com

The photograph was taken on Nikon D200 with a standard lens and speedlight SB 600. More images will be uploaded on the Projects section of Photoduniya.com.