Posted on November 15, 2013
by Joseph Pobereskin 
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I loved the whimsical nature of Rasta Dog Makings, and this image shares many of the same attributes… lighter in the middle and getting grey around the edges, yellow mustard lines and, as you would expect, the hot dogs are in the middle.
This image is from my files. I made it in 1987 when I was working on a project with thirty nine other photographers called Document: Brooklyn. I made a lot of new friends on that shoot and one of them, the legendary photographer Jay Maisel, gave me a bit of advice that I took to heart immediately and have never forgotten, even to this day… and that advice made this picture.
I was on a rooftop to make an image of Grand Army Plaza from above. While I spent most of my time with my cameras trained on the plaza, the bit I got from Jay, “no matter what you’re shooting, always turn around to see what’s going on behind you,” is how I made this image. I turned around, walked to the other side of the roof and, looking out over the opposite edge to a schoolyard on Sterling Place in Crown Heights, spotted three guys playing basketball. Here’s the money shot.
I’ve made, I don’t know how many, pictures in my lifetime: this is my all-time favorite!