These images were taken in 1970 during my second trip to the USA, two years before my family and I went to live there (Reading, PA). I visited New York and Los Angeles - 'from sea to shining sea' - Atlantic to Pacific oceans. These images, taken in New York City, Grand Central Park, and a marina in Los Angeles represent my last major photographic efforts with B&W. During this visit and thereafter I shot mainly colour transparencies.


The photographs of the models taken on 5th Avenue was the result of an interesting experience. I noticed the girls parading in their colourful and fashionable clothes and started shooting them, only to be stopped by a very irate person, who pointed out that a film crew was filming them for an advertisement from a second floor window from across the street. Would I please stop, cease, desist, etc. His mobile phone rang, and, after answering it, he sheepishly asked me to continue photographing, as I was being used as a prop! Talk about a licence to kill! Foolishly, I was satisfied with that, and didn't ask for a fee, or more business! Got a load of colour images too. Maybe I'll get around to uploading those soon, too.