Meditation Series: 6/8 Automobile Grilles from Photos 1989-2024
Seen in NYC in 1990.
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Coney Island, NY, Off Season 1991 – Matted Vintage Photo for Sale
I took this black and white photos in March of 1991 during a walk from my home in Bensonhurst Brooklyn, to Coney Island. When one thinks of Coney Island, one usually imagines a place to have fun and forget the ordinary. This is a view of the amusement park behind the facade. I printed shortly […]
Brooklyn Graffiti, 1991 – Matted Vintage Photo for Sale
Graffiti was different back in the 1990s: more textual than graphic. When I lived in Brooklyn I did a lot of walking in my spare time. This walk took me by MacDonald Avenue, Avenue U and other scenic locations. this is a graffitied wall that I came across. I printed shortly after I took the […]
Newsstand, Bryant Park, NYC (1990) – Matted Vintage Photo for Sale
Bryant Park was closed for renovation when I took this shot. I was across the street (34th Street) and I noticed the art deco lettering on the box-like, closed newsstand. I love newsstands, and this is one from my collection of newspaper stand images. The image size is 8×5.25″ matted in a 14×11″ archival black […]
Pan Am Building, Steam and Don’t Walk Sign (1989) – Matted Vintage Photo for Sale
I took this photo in 1989. I printed it in my darkroom sometime in the 1990s. I like that I captured the now bygone era of the Pan Am Building, the Walk/Don’t Walk signs and the steam emanating from vertical pipes stuck into the street, although from what I’ve read, the steam is still there. […]
Meditation Series: Selected Poster Walls, NYC 1989 Sketches 1-8
This is the collection of poster walls I sketched from the photos I took during my wanderings around New York City when I lived there in the late 1980s. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at: https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is at: https://otherartbyjack.etsy.com
Meditation Series: (8/8) Selected Poster Walls, NYC 1989
These posters were on a wall on the west side of 4th Avenue and 14th Street (as I recall). 4th Avenue is only a few blocks long. I fondly recall visiting a Utrecht art store on 4th Avenue. The lot on which this wall was a construction site for a while. When I left New […]
Meditation Series: (7/8) Selected Poster Walls, NYC 1989
I found it extremely difficult to make a realistic rendering of the torn and weathered paper of posters that have outlived their usefulness. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at: https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is at: https://otherartbyjack.etsy.com
Meditation Series: (6/8) Selected Poster Walls, NYC 1989
I usually do not include people in my poster wall photos, but this fellow seemed really interested in this wall. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at: https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is at: https://otherartbyjack.etsy.com
Meditation Series: (5/8) Selected Poster Walls, NYC 1989
I purposely framed the photo on which this sketch is based, to place the eye off-center, hoping it would be a surprise to a wandering gaze. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at: https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is at: https://otherartbyjack.etsy.com
