((PKG)) TIGER HOOD
((TRT: 6:00))
((Topic Banner: Capturing New York))
((Reporter/Camera: Aaron Fedor))
((Producer: Kathleen McLaughlin))
((Editor: Kyle Dubiel))
((Map: New York City, New York))
((Main characters: 1 male))
((Sub characters: 2 female; 1 male))
((NATS: Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Come on baby. Ah, shucks. Real men ride pink bikes, baby.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
My name is Patrick Q.F. Barr. I'm a photographer, photojournalist,
restaurant worker and a urban golfer. I play golf with milk
containers.
((NATS: Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
I don't know if you go through lights, but I do. I don't play golf
every day but I can play it whenever I like, which is the beauty of
it.
((Photo Courtesy: Patrick Q.F. Barr))
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
As a photographer, what makes me stop and press the button
right away is, some shots are just, you know, it's situational. So,
it's just a feeling. It's instantaneous when you just see something
happening and you say, “Well, I got to capture that for the record,
you know.”
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Some shots are like that and some shots you have to really like
think about.
((Photo Courtesy: Patrick Q.F. Barr))
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Are they going to be important in 20, 30 years, you know?
((NATS: Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
He owes me 20 dollars. That's the one that owes me 20 dollars. I
remember seeing that car on McDougal. Couldn't miss it with that
damn paint job.
Are there any moments or photographs or situations that have
captured my interest?
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Well, wow. One of them is Sebastiamo, Sebastiamo Monte. He
was a restaurant owner on Bleecker street, 281 Bleecker street,
Osteria Fiorentina.
((Photo Courtesy: Patrick Q.F. Barr))
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
He used to stand out there all the time, you know, just standing
out there like, you know, just casually looking at people, trying to
pull into the restaurant. At night, I used to walk by him all the time.
But then, when I got serious about the pictures again, I walked by
him one day and I said, “You know what man, you're beautiful.
And I got to get a picture of you one day.” And then I walked
away. A couple of weeks later, I saw him standing out there again
and I just said, you know, “Don't move.” As many times as I
walked by him before, when I saw him standing out there again, it
got me excited.
((Photo Courtesy: Patrick Q.F. Barr))
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Another situation was when, when I was walking by the park and I
saw a fireball from the side of my eye and I said, “Wow. Okay, I
know who that is.”
((Photo Courtesy: Patrick Q.F. Barr))
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
And I haven't seen him in years. Tony “The Fireman” Vera. And
he's been entertaining people in the park for years. So, when I
saw that fireball from the side of my eye, which I haven't seen in
years, I said, “Wow, got to get that, got to get him.” And you know,
I was really lucky to get him because that was his last week of
performing in New York and he retired after that.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
This guy was walking by when I was playing golf one day ((Photo
Courtesy: Patrick Q.F. Barr))
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
and we got to talking and I got around to find out he was a golfer
and he has a really good swing.
((NATS: Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Oh, you got to be kidding me. Snap out of it.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
I got started playing golf when I found a golf club in a garbage can
((Photo Courtesy: Patrick Q.F. Barr))
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
and I had a tennis ball on me. So, I started hitting the tennis ball
against a building that was under construction, but it didn't come
back down after a while because there was so much scaffolding,
and, you know, it just stopped and got stuck someplace, but I
didn't want to stop. I like the feeling of swinging. And so I said,
“Okay, I've got to find something else to hit.” So, I got some milk
containers and I just started hitting them. And you know, it's better
than hitting a ball because they don't roll away.
((NATS))
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Wow, look at you.
((Speaker 1))
Oh, I thought you were looking at me.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
I am looking at you.
((Speaker 2))
What's in there? Can you tell us what's in there?
((Speaker 1))
Yes. This is a Senegal parrot.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
I play golf with milk containers on the street. That's what these are
for. They're milk containers stuffed with newspaper.
((Speaker 1))
Okay.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, photojournalist and street golfer))
And I hit them towards the box.
((Speaker 1))
I see.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Yeah. I go by the name, Tiger Hood.
((Speaker 1))
Very good.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
See, Tiger Hood.
((Speaker 1))
I hope you're as...well…
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
The name Tiger Hood, it was a no brainer, to be honest with you.
I mean, I'm in the neighborhood. So, one of my favorite golfers,
the favorite golfer of mine, Tiger.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
I was born in Kingston, Jamaica and I came here when I was four
years old. I'm Jamerican. We lived in the Bronx, Brooklyn,
Queens, Strong Island for a while, moved down to Atlanta, Florida
and got homesick for New York, so I came back.
((NATS: Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Come on, come on, come on, come on. Follow me. Come on, you
got it, looking good baby, come on.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
The rules to street golf are just: Always be respectful, ABC -
Always be careful.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((NATS: Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Playtime's over baby.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
I used to carry four cameras. Black and white, color, you know.
Like I would have
((Photo Courtesy: Patrick Q.F. Barr))
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
two Pentax K1000s or two Cannon AE1s, whichever one, I would
put black and white film in one, color film in another, so I can
compare the shots.
((NATS)
((Taco))
I think it's amazing.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Thank you.
((Taco))
I love the story which you are telling about like what inspired this
and that and who that man is.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Yeah. I appreciate that. Thanks. Yeah.
((Taco))
I'm just, yeah.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
He's going to be…
((Taco))
Never mind. I'm just a bit nosy.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
No, no, no. I appreciate that. Thank you.
Oh, Tiger Hood, NYC. Tiger Hood. Oh, yeah. Tiger Hood. Yeah. I
play golf with milk containers on the street. So, yeah.
((Taco))
Tiger Wood?
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Hood.
((Taco))
Oh, Hood.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Yeah. Girl, I'm from the hood, man.
((Taco))
Oh, you're from the hood. I'm from the hood too.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Shoot. Okay, you're sure not Richmond?
((Taco))
The South African hood though. It's all the same. The hood is all
the same.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Yeah.
((Taco))
So which one is you?
((Photo Courtesy: Patrick Q.F. Barr))
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
That's me kissing my mom on the cheek there on top. Yeah, I
think that would be it. And yeah, Patrick.
((Taco))
My name is Taco, by the way.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Nice to meet you, Taco.
((Taco))
Beautiful work.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Yeah, stay in touch.
((Photo Courtesy: Patrick Q.F. Barr))
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
My ultimate goal is to be a historian, photojournalist. When I take
a photograph, it's about truth. What you see is what it is.
((NATS: Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Okay, come on now. Come on. Come on, baby. Playtime's over.
There we go. Woo. All right.
((NATS))
((TRT: 6:00))
((Topic Banner: Capturing New York))
((Reporter/Camera: Aaron Fedor))
((Producer: Kathleen McLaughlin))
((Editor: Kyle Dubiel))
((Map: New York City, New York))
((Main characters: 1 male))
((Sub characters: 2 female; 1 male))
((NATS: Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Come on baby. Ah, shucks. Real men ride pink bikes, baby.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
My name is Patrick Q.F. Barr. I'm a photographer, photojournalist,
restaurant worker and a urban golfer. I play golf with milk
containers.
((NATS: Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
I don't know if you go through lights, but I do. I don't play golf
every day but I can play it whenever I like, which is the beauty of
it.
((Photo Courtesy: Patrick Q.F. Barr))
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
As a photographer, what makes me stop and press the button
right away is, some shots are just, you know, it's situational. So,
it's just a feeling. It's instantaneous when you just see something
happening and you say, “Well, I got to capture that for the record,
you know.”
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Some shots are like that and some shots you have to really like
think about.
((Photo Courtesy: Patrick Q.F. Barr))
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Are they going to be important in 20, 30 years, you know?
((NATS: Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
He owes me 20 dollars. That's the one that owes me 20 dollars. I
remember seeing that car on McDougal. Couldn't miss it with that
damn paint job.
Are there any moments or photographs or situations that have
captured my interest?
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Well, wow. One of them is Sebastiamo, Sebastiamo Monte. He
was a restaurant owner on Bleecker street, 281 Bleecker street,
Osteria Fiorentina.
((Photo Courtesy: Patrick Q.F. Barr))
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
He used to stand out there all the time, you know, just standing
out there like, you know, just casually looking at people, trying to
pull into the restaurant. At night, I used to walk by him all the time.
But then, when I got serious about the pictures again, I walked by
him one day and I said, “You know what man, you're beautiful.
And I got to get a picture of you one day.” And then I walked
away. A couple of weeks later, I saw him standing out there again
and I just said, you know, “Don't move.” As many times as I
walked by him before, when I saw him standing out there again, it
got me excited.
((Photo Courtesy: Patrick Q.F. Barr))
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Another situation was when, when I was walking by the park and I
saw a fireball from the side of my eye and I said, “Wow. Okay, I
know who that is.”
((Photo Courtesy: Patrick Q.F. Barr))
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
And I haven't seen him in years. Tony “The Fireman” Vera. And
he's been entertaining people in the park for years. So, when I
saw that fireball from the side of my eye, which I haven't seen in
years, I said, “Wow, got to get that, got to get him.” And you know,
I was really lucky to get him because that was his last week of
performing in New York and he retired after that.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
This guy was walking by when I was playing golf one day ((Photo
Courtesy: Patrick Q.F. Barr))
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
and we got to talking and I got around to find out he was a golfer
and he has a really good swing.
((NATS: Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Oh, you got to be kidding me. Snap out of it.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
I got started playing golf when I found a golf club in a garbage can
((Photo Courtesy: Patrick Q.F. Barr))
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
and I had a tennis ball on me. So, I started hitting the tennis ball
against a building that was under construction, but it didn't come
back down after a while because there was so much scaffolding,
and, you know, it just stopped and got stuck someplace, but I
didn't want to stop. I like the feeling of swinging. And so I said,
“Okay, I've got to find something else to hit.” So, I got some milk
containers and I just started hitting them. And you know, it's better
than hitting a ball because they don't roll away.
((NATS))
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Wow, look at you.
((Speaker 1))
Oh, I thought you were looking at me.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
I am looking at you.
((Speaker 2))
What's in there? Can you tell us what's in there?
((Speaker 1))
Yes. This is a Senegal parrot.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
I play golf with milk containers on the street. That's what these are
for. They're milk containers stuffed with newspaper.
((Speaker 1))
Okay.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, photojournalist and street golfer))
And I hit them towards the box.
((Speaker 1))
I see.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Yeah. I go by the name, Tiger Hood.
((Speaker 1))
Very good.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
See, Tiger Hood.
((Speaker 1))
I hope you're as...well…
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
The name Tiger Hood, it was a no brainer, to be honest with you.
I mean, I'm in the neighborhood. So, one of my favorite golfers,
the favorite golfer of mine, Tiger.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
I was born in Kingston, Jamaica and I came here when I was four
years old. I'm Jamerican. We lived in the Bronx, Brooklyn,
Queens, Strong Island for a while, moved down to Atlanta, Florida
and got homesick for New York, so I came back.
((NATS: Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Come on, come on, come on, come on. Follow me. Come on, you
got it, looking good baby, come on.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
The rules to street golf are just: Always be respectful, ABC -
Always be careful.
((NATS/MUSIC))
((NATS: Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Playtime's over baby.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
I used to carry four cameras. Black and white, color, you know.
Like I would have
((Photo Courtesy: Patrick Q.F. Barr))
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
two Pentax K1000s or two Cannon AE1s, whichever one, I would
put black and white film in one, color film in another, so I can
compare the shots.
((NATS)
((Taco))
I think it's amazing.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Thank you.
((Taco))
I love the story which you are telling about like what inspired this
and that and who that man is.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Yeah. I appreciate that. Thanks. Yeah.
((Taco))
I'm just, yeah.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
He's going to be…
((Taco))
Never mind. I'm just a bit nosy.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
No, no, no. I appreciate that. Thank you.
Oh, Tiger Hood, NYC. Tiger Hood. Oh, yeah. Tiger Hood. Yeah. I
play golf with milk containers on the street. So, yeah.
((Taco))
Tiger Wood?
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Hood.
((Taco))
Oh, Hood.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Yeah. Girl, I'm from the hood, man.
((Taco))
Oh, you're from the hood. I'm from the hood too.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Shoot. Okay, you're sure not Richmond?
((Taco))
The South African hood though. It's all the same. The hood is all
the same.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Yeah.
((Taco))
So which one is you?
((Photo Courtesy: Patrick Q.F. Barr))
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
That's me kissing my mom on the cheek there on top. Yeah, I
think that would be it. And yeah, Patrick.
((Taco))
My name is Taco, by the way.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Nice to meet you, Taco.
((Taco))
Beautiful work.
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Yeah, stay in touch.
((Photo Courtesy: Patrick Q.F. Barr))
((Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
My ultimate goal is to be a historian, photojournalist. When I take
a photograph, it's about truth. What you see is what it is.
((NATS: Patrick Q.F. Barr, Photojournalist, Street Golfer))
Okay, come on now. Come on. Come on, baby. Playtime's over.
There we go. Woo. All right.
((NATS))
