MANHATTAN – I took a tour of the New York Public Library’s main branch with Joshua Chuang, Director of the library’s rich visual collection. Great day with my Sony A7riii.
Day 3456 (!!) of one photograph every day for the rest of my life. What a number.
On this date last year (day 3091 of one photo every day): Freak storm.
MANHATTAN – Remarkably bad weather today; wind-driven slush falling from the sky. This is pneumonia weather.
Day 3415 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this date seven years ago (day 858 of one photo every day): Bocca Grande.
MANHATTAN – Alexander and I went to New Jersey today to buy a car. Here we are crossing the George Washington Bridge.
Day 3414 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this date nine years ago (day 127 of one photo every day): Pinhole image.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Its my anniversary!
I started this project exactly eight years ago with images taken on Wall Street and what was then called Chase Manhattan Plaza (now Liberty Plaza). On October 16, 2009 I made the first live entry on this blog: an image of the Dubuffet statue “Four Trees” on the plaza. I’ve re-edited the images from day one and included two of them below.
I decided to celebrate my anniversary by shooting film. I’ve bought a Leica M3 from 1954, the first year of M3 production, as well as a Mamiya 7, a medium forma film camera that I characterize as a great big plastic Leica. The Mamiya is off being serviced; the M3 will follow it in a few days. I’m processing the film myself, and “scanning” it to digital with a setup that includes an LED light panel, a copy stand, some Besslar enlarger negative carriers, a Sony A7rii camera and a macro lens.
I plan on shooting film regularly, on days when I can find the time to fit the two hours of processing and scanning time into my schedule.
Anyway here are images from the former Chase Manhattan Plaza shot with film.
Day 2,924 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day eight years ago (day 1 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life): Dubuffet. I’ve re-edited the images from the first day.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Today is a little bit of an embarrassment. I actually took a picture of the clock in Grand Central Terminal, one of the most photographed objects in the world. Not even at a very interesting angle – I’m going to try again with a longer lens.
Day 2,904 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day five years ago (day 10,78): Coral Beach Club, Bermuda, which has subsequently filed for bankruptcy.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Really nice light on the North wall of PJ Clarke’s. I shot this with my Sony A7Rii and translated to black and white. In the translation I was able to adjust gray values to bring out old lettering on the wall that I hadn’t actually seen while snapping the image – in this one respect translating from color is superior to the native black and white that I get from my Leica Monochrom.
Day 2,814 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day seven years ago (day 257: Cayambe Ecuador
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I had the benefit of some visual riches today. Midtown street scenes worked well. Interestingly we had an invitation to a party in the 86th Floor penthouse at 432 Park Avenue, the needle luxury building that I’ve been circling from the ground for a while. I got a tour of the common facilities – a pool, gym, restaurant and so on – as well.
Day 2,645 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day last year (day 2279): St. John the Divine
