I play rochambeau with ghosts, take photos of space, and ride my bike in the bus lane.
Here are various pics from the last few months. Captions are included.
Here are some crappy shots I took from the same spot one night in Union Square. September.
Here are some miscellaneous night photos I took over the summer, all similar in subject matter to what I’ve shot before. The difference here is that I started doing some color correction for the pervasive outdoor tungsten lighting that is now in most urban cities. Enjoy!
As New York gentrification hits more remote spots, I have my doubts that certain places will change as rapidly as some neighborhoods did in the past. (Also, my photo show at SIP may be postponed. Stay tuned.)
I learned about Philadelphia in elementary school. It was the birthplace of America, where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were drawn up, homeplace of Benjamin Franklin and Betsy Ross among others. Philadelphia is the sixth largest city in the U.S., and is without a doubt, my favorite east coast city next to New York. It has a very large Wikipedia entry which is my way of admitting I don’t know Philadelphia very well. Continue reading “Philadelphia Observations”
I posted this before somewhere. Cobblestones. Saw some crappy poetry readings here and a typical Richard Foreman play. It’s still mostly a church but they tried for a bit. Old timers will tell you about Patti Smith, Philip Glass Ensemble, etc.
I was setting up at Lincoln Center (after midnight) and got booted so I took these shots across the street at the small park across the street. This was a couple weeks ago before the spring leaves came in.
Yesterday, I watched the movie, Fair Game, which is a not very fictionalized account of the Valerie Plame affair. I’m both amused and disgusted with reviews in various places that say the movie is complete fiction and the reviewers trot out all the fake GOP talking points (i.e., Plame was a CIA secretary) and rant about how anything with Sean Penn isn’t worth watching because he is obviously a communist.
Anyway, Ms. Plame in the DVD commentary says at one point: “Look at that! Great shot. Whole lotta nothin.'” She’s talking about a desert shot in the film but for a second, I felt a little vindicated in my aesthetic.
The lights are on but nobody’s home. Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, with my good pal no one there.
I lived in Hoboken, New Jersey for three years in the late 80s. Wow, the whole town smelled. My building and the PATH station smelled the same. Like dead swamp and mildewy socks and dead insects. Well, that is no longer the case.
I was on my way to a career fair when I took this. Recent events in Japan made me wonder if an earthquake would ever hit New York. That would be messed up with all the brick buildings and stuff like this probably crashing down. On the other hand, maybe structures like this help hold buildings up.
This happened on January 2nd of this year. It was a while since I last emptied out the photos from my camera. The fire was out within 20 minutes and it looks like damage was mostly limited to one or two rooms. Here’s to NYC’s Bravest!
On another note, I setup a friend’s new business with a WordPress website. (So far, we’re using the default theme design but we’ll be doing a redesign at some point.) If you need a dog walker or a cat sitter in Essex County, New Jersey, check out 4 Paws Pet Services!