Easter in Sicily / March 27, 2016 by David Korchin

Procession coordinator, Trapani, Sicily.

Easter in Sicily is one of those episodes of wonderment and fervor where the spectacle of belief seems to overwhelm (even overstate) the system of faith behind it. I spent a two weeks photographing the commemorations in Marsala, Trapani, Prizzi and Palermo in 2002, and came away with a deep appreciation of devoutness, ceremony and ritual that marks the people there.

Devotees muster before a procession, Marsala, Sicily

Huge processionals are hoisted through the streets and staged in churchs by men of every station. — Huge processionals are hoisted through the streets and staged in churchs by men of every station.

Tradesmen relax in a chapel after depositing their processionals. Erice, Sicily.

The most prominent people of each city are afforded the highest perches. Marsala, Sicily.

Nighttime processional, Marsala, Sicily.

line up / March 26, 2016 by David Korchin

Patron wall, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

that time nury ferrer danced all over the place just because / March 4, 2016 by David Korchin

Nury Ferrer in 2005, exuberant in her tiny studio apartment at Riverside and 72nd Street, New York. The building for decades was home to artists and musicians, writers, startup entrepreneurs and longtime residents outpaced by the development that swirled the neighborhood. Word has it that it was once owned by Irving Berlin. Perhaps that's why Nury danced so—she heard the music.

Two Faces / February 29, 2016 by David Korchin

Tricia Kasner with her charge, Mortimer. Brooklyn, NY.

The Red Barn Flea Market in Sarasota, Florida is Something Else / February 17, 2016 by David Korchin

Something for every taste.

A Day with Chef Marco / October 27, 2015 by David Korchin

Marco Pellegrini, Executive Chef and Partner of Caci, Southold NY

I recently had a fascinating assignment with Edible East End magazine, spending the day with an Italian chef as he made his rounds of several producers around the North Fork of Long Island. Italian Chef Marco Pellegrini leads the kitchen at Caci, in Southold, New York, and given his predilections for terrific food, and his deep experience at Umbrian restaurants (most recently with the notable Castello di Reschio) our visit to various vineyards and farms in the area was bound to be revealing. Caci's appeal is based entirely on procuring the best local offerings—a strategy one might call "'Fork to table," and it was clear that as a Chef who wants the best, Marco Pellegrini is very much in his element.