bagnostian

Hi. My name is Craig Bagno. I live in Greenwich Village in New York City. I probably haven't left my apartment without a camera around my neck in, oh, more than a decade. I carry one everywhere and I take pictures of things that move me. It is more about the process of paying attention and how that makes me feel about the world than it is about the final images. But if I had to characterize what I look for, I guess I'd say I shoot light and loneliness. I think there is beauty in melancholy.

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"we will never pass this way again"

upper east side, nyc.

(Fuji X-T1)

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Greenwich Village, NYC.

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Greenwich Village, NYC.

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“Risked it all against the sea to have a better life.”

Noho. NYC.

Contax T.

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"risked it all against the sea"

midtown from downtown. nyc.

(Fuji X-T1)

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"risked it all against the sea to have a better life"

all around the village, nyc.

(Fuji X-T1)

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i've been rethinking my photography a bit. it's less about what i shoot and more about how it makes you feel. less journalistic and more impressionistic. i've been pretty terrible about posting here. i'll try to keep at it. but if you like this sort of thing you'll find more of it daily on instagram at @bagnostian. love to see you there. craig

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"and the band is coming home, it's raining hammers, it's raining nails"

greenwich village, nyc.

(Fuji X-T2)

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"and the rain sounds like a round of applause"

upper east side, nyc.

(Fuji X-T1)

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“i know your flight will go fine”

soho, nyc.

(Fuji X-T1)

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“i sat down in the closet with all my overalls”

greenwich village, nyc.

(Fuji X-T2)

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“your heart is full of unwashed socks, your soul is full of gunk”

midtown from downtown, nyc.

(Fuji X-T2)

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“we’ll forgive each other till we both turn blue”

washington square park, nyc.

(Fuji X-T2)

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“and i never buy umbrellas, ‘cause there’s always one around”

east village, nyc.

(Fuji X-T1)

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“in a room where you do what you don’t confess”

greenwich village, nyc.

(Fuji X-T1)

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“and i’ll only get as far as the next whisky bar”

greenwich village, nyc.

(Fuji X-T1)

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“so be good for goodness sake”

chinatown, nyc.

(Fuji X-T1)