NEW YORK, NEW YORK – This is out the window of our 11th floor apartment, looking into our courtyard. Our building is doing “Local Law 10” work on the exterior. Local law 10, which requires periodic inspection and repairs of building facades, was enacted in 1980 after a piece of terra cotta masonry fell from the facade of an Upper West Side building and killed a passing college student.
Hasselblad H3D 39 with HC 300 lens.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Dinner at Centolire with an old friend, Steve Rubin. Here’s the view out the window across 86th Street.
Nikon D700.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – It’s possible to walk most of the way around Manhattan on the water. This is a relatively recent development = there are gaps (for example on the East side in the 50s) but construction continues. To an important extent this relieves the sense the Manhattan is cut off from the water by major highways (the Westside Highway and the FDR Drive). Anyway, here we are on the East River in the 60s.
Leica M9 and 50mm Summilux lens.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – I spent the late afternoon stalking reflected sunlight out the window of our dining room.
Hasselblad H3D with HC 300 lens.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Back from Connecticut and a rainy weekend. I had spent the weekend putting a relatively new (to me) camera through its paces, a Nikon D700. I plan on using the D700 primarily for available light photograph in poor light, so I’ve put it back in its bag to wait for the next party, wedding, dinner or whatever. For street use I’m back to my trusty Leica M9, which I prefer as long as there’s enough light to manually focus. This picks up on my “Look up – don’t worry of it makes you look like a tourist” theme.
Leica M9 and 35mm Summicron Asph.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – While walking on East 68th Street today I stumbled on a fashion shoot in progress – probably for a catalogue based on the wardrobe.:
Hasselblad H3D 39 with HC 100 lens.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – We had dinner at Island, a restaurant near us on Madison Avenue, with Alexander (our son), Laura (his girlfriend) and Laura’s parents. This is a rare image of Maria.
Nikon D700 50mm f1.4G lens.