Tag Archives: Manhattan I went back into my archives for this one, looking for something for the Film Friday and Plastic Lens Friday photo themes on Google Plus.* This is a shot of the Apple Store Cube on Fifth Avenue, taken with the first roll I shot on my Diana F+ plastic camera, and also taken before the...   I know I’ve written the story of this morning earlier, but it’s really the most relevant and interesting thing I have to say about this image: it was New Year’s Day and a gorgeous, mild morning at that. I had planned to get up in time to shoot the year’s first sunrise, which actually is...  If this scene looks familiar to regular visitors, that’s because it is the same exact point of view as this image from just a few weeks ago. In fact they were taken the same morning, with this shot coming at the end of the same excursion as I circled back to where I started, but...  Very late post today and very short on time. The sign — “Louis Zuflacht – Smart Clothes,” is from an old men’s clothing store. When I was there to take this the space was occupied by a gallery called NY Studio Gallery, but that website says they are now closed so I do not know...  For better or worse, this shot speaks for itself in its simplicity, so I’ll let it do so. Tweet  A few months ago when I shot the interior of Grand Central Terminal using A Minolta CLE and Ilford HP5 Plus film, I needed to head outside to finish the roll. This is one of the shots I grabbed, from an overpass hard by the East River that looks straight down 42nd Street looking west....  It is time again for Plastic Lens Friday (#plasticlensfriday) over at Google Plus. This was taken using a Holga plastic lens on my Nikon D700, on the extremely photo friendly Doyers Street in Chinatown. Tweet  The NFL draft starts this evening and these folks were lined up outside Radio City Music Hall last night, waiting to get wristbands that allows them entry tonight. I like football, but find that watching the draft is less interesting than watching paint that’s already dry. Obviously these folks disagree. I hope they’re all happy...  According to the mural, “Mom” passed in 2009, and my web research indicates that the “M&M Variety Hardware” store closed sometime between fall 2010 and fall 2011. The “In Memory of Mom” moral on the roll down gate was done by local muralist Chico, who also does a rotating series of murals on the wall...  This statue is on display in the courtyard of the Church of the Transfiguration in Chinatown, NYC. The church was originally built by Lutherans in 1801. That Lutheran congregation, whose history goes back to 1749, was riven by disputes over doctrine and language, and the building was sold to Episcopalians in 1810. As the neighborhood...  I previously showed these arches in Fort Tryon Park, but from the other side where you could not see the George Washington Bridge. As cool as these arches are to look at and to contemplate photographing, I had a tough time getting a composition and angle I liked. Tweet  Coming off the Manhattan Bridge, he managed to slide his cab in between the box truck and the white van while next to the park. Turning on to Broome, he figured if he could hold this position into the Holland Tunnel entrance he might just stop their plan. Tweet  This is one of the smaller streets in Manhattan, just one block long and fairly narrow. Mosco Street was formerly known as Cross Street. It was longer than it is today, and was part of the infamous “Five Points” intersection and neighborhood once notoriously known for riots, criminal gangs, and infectious diseases. Today, Mosco Street feels...  I went out to Chinatown this morning. The sky was overcast, so the light was a bit disappointing, but some good shot opportunities still presented themselves. These two toys in a store on Mott Street caught my eye. Tweet  The shirt reads, “Enjoy color, forget black.” I’d love to know hwere it’s from, or what it is meant to sell or signify. Tweet  The lower Manhattan skyline from Brooklyn Bridge Park. There was a dramatic sky that morning — the weather was beautiful but the sky and clouds looked as if a great storm was brewing — and that sky combined with the tilt-shift lens created a rather surreal look to many of my shots. Tweet  I took this picture because of one thing — the simple unaffected translation of the name of the restaurant. “El Sombrero,” or, “The Hat Restaurant.” Tweet  |
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