earth celebrations

i wish i could have such quick turn around times on the mermaid parade. shoot saturday, post monday. most people on the blog-o-sphere post the same evening. alas this is not the mermaid parade but the hudson river pageant i shot in early may.

years ago, earth celebrations would parade through the community gardens around the lower east side and east village in an event called the rites of spring. there were puppets, people where in face paint, and it was set in mid spring to revel in the oncoming warmer weather. it would also give publicity to the need to save the community gardens of the neighborhood. i photographed it three times, the best part is they would costume up the photographers as well.

the event went into hiatus for the last five years becauase of funding. this year, they transformed it into the hudson river pageant. so i felt and obligation to bring the cameras out for it. it was nice to see some of the old puppets out and about again.

loosey goosey edit here.