Closed Newsstand at 57h Street and 7th Ave, NYC 1991
I used to turn the corner here and walk to Central Park.
Tag Archives: 1990s New York
Vintage Photo: Newsstand and Phone Kiosks, NYC 1991
Old time news stand and telephone booths on 42 Street and Madison, New York City, 1991.
Vintage Photo: Newspaper Trash Can NYC 1991
While this does not strictly fit into my Newsstand Scene, this vintage photograph recalls bygone days when newspapers were prevalent enough to merit their own trashcan.
Vintage Photo: Newspaper Stand NYC 1990
This is a black and white photo of the same newsstand of which I photographed in color, posted the other day (Red Newspaper Stand on 46th Street 9.1.1991). I returned to photograph this newsstand over a long period of time. I think I like the black and white version better than the color one.
Vintage Photo: Newsstand at Union Square NYC 1991
Vintage Photo: Red Newspaper Stand on 46th Street 9.1.1991
This was one of my favorite newsstands. For some reason it reminds me of a samurai warrior. I visited this newspaper stand, not far from Grand Central Station in New York, many times. I brought cameras with color and black and white film, and took many, many photographs before the one shown below. I love […]
Vintage Photo: Newsstand Series, New York City 1990
Photography was one of the first art forms that I fell in love with. I used to take my camera with me on my frequent walks when I lived in New York City. I used to seek out places photographed by famous photographers like Paul Strand, to see if I could reproduce their shots. It’s […]
White Line Fascination
Looking through my photographic archives, I found that my fascination with white lines on the street dates back decades. I took the photograph below from the sidewalk atop the 59th Street Bridge, a link between Manhattan and Queens. Looking at this photo, I get a feeling of traveling back in time (well before the 1990s) […]
Granularity
Below is an anonymous man hole cover, surrounded by interesting textures, shadows and lines. Perhaps my fascination with high-contrast, coarsely-grained comes from my nearsightedness. Before I got glasses, I could not get enough time with my toy binoculars. I would look everywhere and focused sharply on everything.
Rorschach Shadows
At first glance, the most recognizable feature in this picture is the trailing foot of a walking person. If one squints one’s eyes and forgets this image is a photograph, the shadows take on an abstract quality. A shadow figure emerges. My interpretation of this non-symmetrical Rorschach-ish image is: a giant quail, facing right. Remember, squint your […]
