New York’s Chinatown is the second oldest Chinatown in the United States, San Francisco being the first –

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The original enclave in Manhattan in no longer the largest Chinatown in the City. The exodus from Chinatown is happening partly because the working class is getting priced out of this traditional community.

Instant App imitates the workflow of a real Polaroid Camera

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I once owned a Polaroid OneStep SX-70 which I had purchase on line in the early 2000'. Instant film were still available and it was quite enjoyable to see immediately what I had just photographed on paper. I took it with me wherever I went, always handy inside my backpack to take photos of stuff I found to be interesting - I mostly used it for still photography (not professionally) and  took snapshots of places to keep a record like a personal diary made of polaroids. Using the Instant app, for both apple and android only cost $4.99, and is close to using a real polaroid camera. Depending on the event, at times I am not up to taking an SLR with me, just a few snapshot for my archive - Last June 2015, the Annual Pride Parade route happened to to be on west 8th street and Avenue of the Americas, right in front of a health food store I worked for a few months. With the landmark Supreme Court decision legalizing same sex marriage throughout the US, I took a few shots for my records using the Instant polaroid app.

Travel Photo Diary - Journey began a year ago in Florida

Last February 20th, 2015 I got on a flight from Haiti and an hour and thirty minutes later I landed  in Fort lauderdale where I once lived. In addition to warm temperature it's quite a very short flight to Port-Au-Prince. Initially I was heading out to Burlington, MA where I was going to live, It's a very nice suburban town outside of Boston. Certain turn of events, unforeseen hurdles that turn out to be a beneficial thing, required a change of plans and I ended up in New York. The photo diary will be shared in future posts but not necessary in the order the photos were taken.
(JFK Airport - June 2015 shot with a mobile phone)

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New York’s Chinatown is the second oldest Chinatown in the United States, San Francisco being the first –

The original enclave in Manhattan is no longer the largest Chinatown in the City.The exodus from Chinatown is happening partly because the working class is getting priced out of this traditional community.

photo © patrice dougé All rights reserved

Colors of ChinaTown, New York City

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New York City's Chinatown, one of the the largest Chinatown in the United States and the site of the largest concentration of Chinese in the western hemisphere is located on the lower east side of Manhattan.Chinese traders and sailors began trickling into the United States in the mid eighteenth century; while this population was largely transient, small numbers stayed in New York and married.Both a tourist attraction and the home of the majority of Chinese New Yorkers, Chinatown offers visitor and resident alike hundreds of restaurants, booming fruit and fish markets and shops.