Tag: Sculpture

Tuesday April 30, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday dear me, Happy Birthday to me.

With that out of the way we can move on to pictures. I spent the day walking around New York in lovely spring light. What better birthday present could one ask for.

All images with my Leica Monochrom and 24mm Summilux lens. The first is from the “No Limits” installation by Alexandre Arrechea on the Park Avenue islands.

On this day last year: The Ranble in Central Park. Oddly, last year on my birthday I did roughly the same think that I did this year.

Tags Art, Manhattan, New York, Sculpture

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Thursday March 14, 2013

Post author By Woody
Post date Thursday March 21, 2013

NEW YORK NEW YORK – this post is dated March 14 but as is typically the case I’m actually writing this about a week later (it takes me that long to edit, upload and write a post). My web hosting service, Bluehost, had had some major service issues this week and last week (including a couple of periods of total shutdowns). They now appear to have things under control. I apologize for any bad experience that you may have had in terms of page loading times and so on.

I went out today with my Leica S and a 35mm lens. This is four frames stitched, with a lot of overlap. This is the Municipal Asphalt Plant, an architectural icon that now serves as an indoor swimming pool. As you can see it is being renovated.

On this day last year: 4:30 AM.

Tags Manhattan, New York, Sculpture, Upper East Side

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Wednesday October 24, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Tuesday October 30, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – There’s a relatively recent new installation at Lever House: a large bronze version of the inflatable giant rat that labor unions inflate outside of sites using scab labor. This is a work by a collective called The Bruce High Quality Foundation. Because of the material and the site the work is gently ironical – one assumes that the creators were hoping for more emotional impact. Taken with my Leica Monchrom and 28mm Summichron lens.

On this day last year: Martini. Having fun with my iPhone.

Tags Lever House, Manhattan, New York, Sculpture

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Thursday September 6, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Wednesday September 12, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – Well, here we are in front of the Seagrams Building. A typical hangout for me. I often have meetings in the area and the plaza between the Seagrams Building and the Racquet and Tennis Club is one of the great urban spaces in the country. The plaza is presently featuring sculpture by John Chamberlain – works that look like they are made of crumpled up aluminum foil, but on a really large scale. Here’s one taken with my every-present Leica Monochrom and 35mm Summilux lens:

On this day last year: Matthew Marks Gallery.

Tags Manhattan, New York, Park Avenue, Sculpture, Seagrams Building

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Thursday August 2, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Wednesday August 8, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – I took a walk today in Riverside Park from 116th Street to 59th Street with my medium format kit, a Phase One IQ 180 back, Alpa TC “camera” and a Rodenstock 32mm lens. Here’s a sample:

On this day one year ago: Lounge 3. Ugh . . . a travel day. This was hard work.

Tags New York, Riverside Park, Sculpture

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Tuesday July 31, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Monday August 6, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – More of Niki de Saint Phalle’s work on the Park Avenue divider betwen the Seagrams Building and the Racquet and Tennis Club. See my post of: July 26, 2012. Taken with my Leica M9 and 18mm Elmar lens. Later in the evening we trekked out to Brooklyn for dinner at Peter Lugar, the Chartres Cathedral of steak. Images taken with my Fuji X-Pro1 and 35mm lens.

On this day last year: A tree grows in Lamu.

Tags Manhattan, New York, Park Avenue, Sculpture

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Thursday July 26, 2012

Post author By Woody
Post date Wednesday August 1, 2012

NEW YORK NEW YORK – A dull day in all respects. I shot the swoosh porte cochere that was added to building in it’s renovation with my Leica M9 and 35mm Summilux lens. During our absence in Saratoga an exhibit of Niki de Saint Phalle’s work was installed on the Park Avenue islands so I’ll be shooting it over the next few weeks.

On this day one year ago: Maasai Market.

Tags Architecture, Sculpture