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Photographs by Tim Gerken capture light and motion at in-between moments.
He marches each year with Superfine at the annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade. Mermaids are his favorite photographic subjects. Here are Tim’s Mermaid Parade photos.
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His character in my book displays Tim's loyal support of our arts community.
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Currently, Tim teaches writing at Morrisville State College, where he is also the director of the art gallery. He has been taking pictures regularly since he got his first Olympus OM-10 in 1981.
Q: If you had a mermaid name what would it be?
TG: Kowalski
Q: What does Coney Island mean to you?
Color and Colorful
Q: Why do you enjoy photographing the Mermaid Parade?
TG: See above
Q: What are your current creative endeavors?
TG: I have been filling my flicker account with photos, editing photos, and revising a poetry manuscript I started last summer.
Thanks, Tim!
Photo Credits: Top: Tim Gerken Bottom: Herb Hernandez
Art detail from MERMAIDS ON PARADE Copyright Melanie Hope Greenberg
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