NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Infrared just East of Third Avenue.
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Another day shooting infrared. Â This time shopping on Fifth Avenue.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Back in my comfort zone: midtown Manhattan on a clear, sunny morning shooting infrared. A half dozen of my out takes are better than anything else that I’ve done this week.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Today I went to Brooklyn to explore the Brooklyn Bridge from the east. Â The Brooklyn Bridge is an icon. Â My objective in my icons work is to sneak up on the subject from an unusual angle, approaching it as if it had never been seen before. Â This isn’t always successful, but here’s today’s attempt. Â This was at mid-day – it would be far more interesting in early morning light. Â To be explored further.
Yesterday and today I had a rare moment of self-doubt. Â Why am I doing this? Â In the end I’m a landscape photographer – some of my work looks architectural because I live (for most of the week) in an urban landscape. Â My formal portraits are fine but I don’t seek that work out. Â My street work is pedestrian. Â I was really struggling last night a Lincoln Center – finally settling on the fountain centered on the Metropolitan Opera.
You’ve heard of Rembrandt and Vermeer and probably Frans Hals. Â They painted people (primarily in historical settings) in 17th Century Holland – the “golden era of Dutch painting”. Â It’s less likely that you’ve heard of Aelbert Cuyp or Jacob van Ruisdael. Â They painted landscape in the same era. Â The Wikipedia entry on the golden era says “landscapists were the ‘common Infantry foottmen in the Army of Art'” Â citing Samuel van Hoogstraten for the quote. Â Citiscapes ranked even lower.
Anyway, here’s today’s view of the Brooklyn Bridge.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – We went to the opera Thursday evening: The Met’s riveting production oF Richard Stauss’s Elektra. Â Susan Bullock had her Met premier singing Elektra, Deborah Voigt broke new ground for herself as Chrysothemis, and Felicity Palmer did a sensational job as Klytemnestra. Â I went to Lincoln Center early to do my photo of the day – my one potentially good image was spoiled as a security guard got in the way. Â You evidently can’t shoot with a tripod in the Lincoln Center plaza – not even a very small one. Â I’ve substituted the same point of view and time of day from a few days earlier. Â I hope not to have to do this again.
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Wednesday December 9, 2009
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – An early heavy rainstorm drove me off of the street. Â When the weather cleared in the afternoon. Â This from my window.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Today I worked on a long-running project – photographing iconic structures. Â I’ve been putting off the Brooklyn Bridge for some time – John Roebling’s masterpiece is a truly intimidating subject. Â The light was dull so this is not a day for great art, but for exploring angles and pedestrian approaches in a part of Manhattan that is dominated by on and off ramps. Â The plan as always is to sneak up on on the icon, rather than confront it frontally. Â I plan on exploring the Brooklyn side later in the week. Â If we have a decent sunrise or sunset in the next week I’ll try it in infrared.
