Brooklyn Heights | Blizzard 2010
The view from my window.

Brooklyn Heights © Doug Kim
Sometime in late August 2009:

Lower Manhattan, Leica M6 TTL, Kodak Tri-X
Welcome to New York, now go the fuck home.
-Johnny Cash
Spike Lee threw a big bash for what would have been Michael Jackson’s 51st birthday in Prospect Park on August 29th. Some of the attendees were Al Sharpton, Tracy Morgan, and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. It was a celebration, a karaoke sing-a-long, and a dance off.
At one point during “Butterflies”, hundreds of Monarch butterflies were released over the crowd. And there was also a big ass birthday cake. Ma ma se ma ma sa ma ma coo sa, indeed.

Michael Jackson's 51st birthday in Brooklyn © Doug Kim

Michael Jackson's 51st birthday in Brooklyn © Doug Kim

Michael Jackson's 51st birthday in Brooklyn © Doug Kim

Michael Jackson's 51st birthday in Brooklyn © Doug Kim

Overcome by the heat; Michael Jackson's 51st birthday in Brooklyn © Doug Kim

Michael Jackson's 51st birthday in Brooklyn © Doug Kim

Michael Jackson's 51st birthday in Brooklyn © Doug Kim

Michael Jackson's 51st birthday in Brooklyn © Doug Kim

Michael Jackson's 51st birthday in Brooklyn © Doug Kim

Michael Jackson's 51st birthday in Brooklyn © Doug Kim

Michael Jackson's 51st birthday in Brooklyn © Doug Kim

Michael Jackson's 51st birthday in Brooklyn © Doug Kim

Michael Jackson's 51st birthday in Brooklyn © Doug Kim

Michael Jackson's 51st birthday in Brooklyn © Doug Kim

Michael Jackson's 51st birthday in Brooklyn © Doug Kim

Michael Jackson's 51st birthday in Brooklyn © Doug Kim

Michael Jackson's 51st birthday in Brooklyn © Doug Kim

Michael Jackson's 51st birthday in Brooklyn © Doug Kim

Michael Jackson's 51st birthday in Brooklyn © Doug Kim