The Streets of ILLadelphia

I've been in this city for three and a half years and it still intrigues me. Traveling from North to South Broad Street, the main street that spans from the one end of the city to the next, is like visiting two completely different cities. This is just a display of some random shots I took while traveling throughout North Philly, Center City, and South Philly.

North Philly:

Some neighborhood boys or"buhls" as they're called here in the ILLadel. I caught them playing some touch basketball (without a hoop) on an unusually warm, November night.A pretty talented amateur skateboarder in North Philly getting his skate on. Pretty rare to see young brothers dabbling in this sport. He's also a skilled saxophonist and all at the age of 18.
Random dude posing for the camera. North Philly is full of interesting characters..I can always find some cool "old heads"chillin in the neighborhood.
Four real cool Church old men at Ebenezer Baptist Church on North Broad Street.
A normal day on the Orange Line at North Philadelphia Station, with the many familiar strangers of PhiLTLHadelphia.
Cool Cat in North Philly. There are many stray cats looking for food, this one was coming straight for my camera.

Center City:

The infamous Love Park in Center City.
Michael Erik Dyson came to speak on his new book Is Bill Cosby Right? this summer at the famed jazz club Zanzibar Blue in Center City.This dude was a classic looking man, playing a mid afternoon game of chess by the Clothes Pin on 15th and Market."Woman in Motion"
Homeless Man chillin underneath City Hall on a humid PhILTHadelphia afternoon.

South Philly Coming Soon...

African American Art Expo

This was an event that took place at Temple University's, Liacouras Center, in Philadelphia, PA. The event lasted from November 11, 2005-November 13, 2005. It featured over 120 artists of all types who exhibited their work for nearly 30, 000 attendees. It is the biggest African American Art Expo in the country, so artists came out from everywhere. I was assigned this event for the Temple News and I enjoyed the beautiful display of African produced and inspired work. I got a nice spread on the front page of the paper, but I had soooo many images that I thought I would create a gallery of my own to display the other things that caught my camera's eye.
Woodrow Nash, President of The Rage Gallery in Akron, Ohio, sits among the display African inspired ceramic sculptures he created. Nash was one of many artists featured at the annual African American Art Expo in the Liacouras Center this weekend. Let me know what you think. (I haven't figured out how to get each photo and caption into one post.) :)

Accomplished artist, Frank Frazier of Dallas, Texas, takes a minute to give a young photog some advice. This dude was mad cool!--He is cool with my idol, Gordon Parks!!! 

Amun Miraaj El of KBM Kreatrix, based in New Jersey, creates specialized pieces of jewlery for clients.  

The handmade jewlery/ "Soulcrafted Art and Wearables", created by KBM Kreatrix, based in New Jersey, were among the many art forms exhibited at the Liacouras Center.  

Calvin Coleman of Calvin Coleman Studios, based in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, sits by the display of his acrylic paintings in the Liacours Center. 

Zimbabwe Gallery, in Oxford,Pennsylvania, displayed imported sculptures from artists all over the world. 

Sidney Carter, a painter based in Powder Springs, GA, works on an untitled painting during the Expo. Carter says it won't be done for another week. 

Lachel Harbin, junior accounting major, marvels at a piece called "Big Band, " by the artist Barrett Baah Ohene, of Frestville, Maryland. Ohene's work is called "Silk Thread Art".  

Fred Odle,(Front) and his wife (back), are surrounded by the display of Fred's colorful paintings at the Liacouras Center. Odle is a native of the Carribean island, Barbados, which inspires the use of vibrant colors in his work. 

The art of Woodrow Nash, a sculptor was among the art work displayed this weekend a the African American Art Expo. 

The art of Woodrow Nash, a sculptor was among the art work displayed this weekend a the African American Art Expo. 

Woodrow Nash, President of The Rage Gallery in Akron, Ohio, sits among the display African inspired ceramic sculptures he created. Nash was one of many artists featured at the annual African American Art Expo in the Liacouras Center this weekend.