A REMINDER HOW REAL AND WONDERFUL LIFE CAN BE!
Daven and Evan in The Safforn United Pipe Band - Seaford Long Island 2020 - "It's a superb thing, eye contact can be very revealing." - Andre Steven Rutgersen
Felix - The Ocala National Forest, Ocala, Florida 2025 - "When I photograph someone it's me wanting them to look like a star in every sense of the word." - Andre Steven Rutgersen
Long Beach Long Island, NY 2010 - DIGITALLY RESTORED 2026
Ocala, FL 2025 - "I saw him and thought he was the calm in some invisible storm brewing. I saw him and thought him a rugged beauty. He didn't look away and the few seconds here were embraced." - Andre Steven Rutgersen
Apoca FL, 2026 - Rosie O' Grady's Highlanders - "Some of the best moments captured were never intended." - Andre Steven Rutgersen
Bob M. - Nassau County Long Island, NY 2019 - “Black and white creates a strange dreamscape that color never can”– Jack Antonoff (Photographer)
Daven T. - Orlando, FL 2026 - “I can’t photograph something I really don’t love or am not curious about or don’t respect in some way” — Alessandra Sanguinetti (Photographer)
Orlando Florida 2026 - "Attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places." - Slim Aarons (Photographer)
Ocala, FL 2026 - “I'm either the luckiest photographer or the most unfortunate. I can't decide." (laughing) - Andre Steven Rutgersen
West Babylon Long Island, NY 2021
Ryan H. - Queens, New York 2010
Nassau County Long Island, NY 2011 - "It's funny. It's tough. It's exciting. It's dangerous. It's heartbreaking. I have photography in my blood." - WEEGEE (Photographer) - "There is a timelessness to black and white photography. There's also this cult of nostalgia with it too. Your facing the past and the present at the same time. That's what's so wonderful about it and why almost every photographer can't help but go back to it again and again." - Andre Steven Rutgersen
Liam, Gina and "Goldie" - 2011 Long Island, NY
Ocala, FL 2026 - “I saw something beautiful. Not posed or mannered just beautiful.” - Andre Steven Rutgersen
Ocala National Forest National recreation area in Marion County, Florida - "Being a good photographer is about having an overwelming curiosity." - Eve Arnold (Photographer)
Ocala National Forest National recreation area in Marion County, Florida - “Sometimes you don’t need tricks or special techniques. Letting people playout life is alll you'lll need.” - Philippe Halsman (Photographer)
Babylon Docks, Babylon Village, Long Island, NY 2020
Nico - Long Island, NY 2021 - "I was struck! The eye contact felt like falling into freezing water. I knew that I had to capture his image and there was a moment I thought he wouldn't let me. His approach was brawny. His eyes were Icy glaciers then his smile changed everything."
Ocala Florida 2025 - Ocala Shooting Range -
Michael Davis - Ocala Florida 2025 - "He was one of the first friendly people I would meet after moving to Florida. I just liked him." - Andre Steven Rutgersen
Maddie and Ryder - Ocala Florida 2026 - "Another set of adorable faces my camera just couldn't resist!" - Andre Steven Rutgersen
Long Island, NY 2021 - "Photograph the world as it is. Nothing's more interesting than reality." — Mary Ellen Mark (Photographer)
Alex T. - Central Park Lake New York, NY 2007 - ALL DIGITALLY RESTORED 2026 - "Handsome Handsome Handsome! I loved his sense of play back then and hope he's still held onto it even today." - Andre Steven Rutgersen
Long Beach Long Island, NY 2008
Fire Island, Long Island NY 2010
New York, NY 2020 - "At the incredible pace most of us live, the arrested image becomes a maximum necessity." - Dennis Stock (Photographer)
Photo Booth Photo Strip New York, NY 2000 - ALL IMAGES COLORIZED AND DIGITALLY RESTORED 2026 - Mark Owens S. Tracy M. Me and Natasha J. - “Nothing was impossible for us then. We drank, we made bad decisions, we made mistakes. There were oceans of tears but there were good times. Greta times! A hell of a lot of laughs. I wouldn’t trade those those years for anything!” - Andre Steven Rutgersen
