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November 19, 2012
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Autumn light. Central Park, New York City On this day last year, someone who I was close with in my early 20s died and I am still trying to make sense of such a tragic loss. I don’t think I ever will. I made a a lengthy post about Jen and my memories of her (with videos of her amazing performances) here last year: Jeniviva A few days later, I wrote this poem and posted it with this photo I am posting right now. It was raw and it’s the only thing I can think of posting today that sums up what I am (still) feeling: It’s in the way the sunlight streams through the last vestiges of autumn: as golden as the leaves that hold onto their branches. It’s in the way the earth bares itself under this fanfare: as vulnerable as new lover’s heartbeats buried under layers of clothing. Winter’s prelude starts slowly: a distant refrain that works its way through the earth chilled in anticipation. We slow-dance on this mortal coil to the adagio of life twisting and turning with the whims of the winds that scatter our spirit to the ends of the earth. It’s all we can do. —- View this photo larger and on black on my Google Plus page —- Buy “Adagio - Light Through Autumn Trees - Central Park” Prints here, email me, or ask for help.

Autumn light. Central Park, New York City

On this day last year, someone who I was close with in my early 20s died and I am still trying to make sense of such a tragic loss. I don’t think I ever will. I made a a lengthy post about Jen and my memories of her (with videos of her amazing performances) here last year:

Jeniviva

A few days later, I wrote this poem and posted it with this photo I am posting right now. It was raw and it’s the only thing I can think of posting today that sums up what I am (still) feeling:

It’s in the way the sunlight streams through the last vestiges of autumn: as golden as the leaves that hold onto their branches.

It’s in the way the earth bares itself under this fanfare: as vulnerable as new lover’s heartbeats buried under layers of clothing.

Winter’s prelude starts slowly: a distant refrain that works its way through the earth chilled in anticipation.

We slow-dance on this mortal coil to the adagio of life twisting and turning with the whims of the winds that scatter our spirit to the ends of the earth.

It’s all we can do.

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October 20, 2012
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Autumn leaves under elm trees. Central Park, New York City. Under a canopy of elm trees, nothing is quite as beautiful as the warmth that emanates from fallen autumn leaves. Scattered like fiery embers, they are strewn about only suspended in motion for a short time before the wind stirs them from their molten slumber. If winter had but one dream, it would be of this. —- —- A few people commented elsewhere that they missed both parts of the documentary series that I posted earlier this week. It was part of a docu-series filmed this past summer about my photography. So, if you missed it and are curious about my early influences and thoughts about New York City, here are both segments: Art Seen: Vivienne Gucwa Art Seen: Vivienne Gucwa, Part 2 —- View this photo larger and on black on my Google Plus page —- Buy “Winter’s Dream - Autumn - Central Park - New York City” Posters and Prints here, View my store, email me, or ask for help.

Autumn leaves under elm trees. Central Park, New York City.

Under a canopy of elm trees, nothing is quite as beautiful as the warmth that emanates from fallen autumn leaves.

Scattered like fiery embers, they are strewn about only suspended in motion for a short time before the wind stirs them from their molten slumber.

If winter had but one dream, it would be of this.

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A few people commented elsewhere that they missed both parts of the documentary series that I posted earlier this week. It was part of a docu-series filmed this past summer about my photography. So, if you missed it and are curious about my early influences and thoughts about New York City, here are both segments:

Art Seen: Vivienne Gucwa

Art Seen: Vivienne Gucwa, Part 2

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September 29, 2012
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Piles of autumn leaves under trees during autumn in Central Park, New York City. All I can think about at this point is anything and everything that has to do with autumn: piles of leaves to jump in, hot apple cider with cinnamon sticks, pumpkin in just about everything, cute scarves and socks, ducking into cozy places to warm up briefly before heading back out to enjoy the kiss of brisk autumn breezes. Summer, we can always fall in love again next year. For now, I have a huge crush on autumn. —- View this photo larger and on black on my Google Plus page —- Buy “Central Park - Autumn Trees and Leaves - New York City” Prints here, email me, or ask for help.

Piles of autumn leaves under trees during autumn in Central Park, New York City.

All I can think about at this point is anything and everything that has to do with autumn: piles of leaves to jump in, hot apple cider with cinnamon sticks, pumpkin in just about everything, cute scarves and socks, ducking into cozy places to warm up briefly before heading back out to enjoy the kiss of brisk autumn breezes.

Summer, we can always fall in love again next year.

For now, I have a huge crush on autumn.

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September 22, 2012
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Autumn leaves. Central Park, New York City. Autumn is the start of something new. It’s the promise of briskness followed by warmth. It’s an inviting whisper that lingers in the air and brushes past the skin with its transient presence. We inhale the earth’s transition deeply into our lungs and exhale hopeful utterances on the condensation of our warm exhaled breaths. —- I love Central Park on overcast autumn days. When the elm trees are at their peak and have shed their leaves creating beautiful trails of foliage and the air is crisp, there is nothing better. —- View this photo larger and on black on my Google Plus page —- Buy “Autumn Leaves - Central Park - New York City” Prints here, email me, or ask for help.

Autumn leaves. Central Park, New York City.

Autumn is the start of something new. It’s the promise of briskness followed by warmth. It’s an inviting whisper that lingers in the air and brushes past the skin with its transient presence.

We inhale the earth’s transition deeply into our lungs and exhale hopeful utterances on the condensation of our warm exhaled breaths.

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I love Central Park on overcast autumn days. When the elm trees are at their peak and have shed their leaves creating beautiful trails of foliage and the air is crisp, there is nothing better.

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September 08, 2012
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Autumn. Central Park, New York City. The graceful limbs of Autumn’s trees cling to all of Summer’s sunsets searing their leaves yellow, orange and red with the sun’s heat. With golden leaves stoked by the last of Summer’s fleeting flame, Summer’s fire extinguishes itself in a carpet of brilliantly colored embers on the ground below. —- View this photo larger and on black on my Google Plus page —- Buy “Autumn - Central Park - New York City” Prints here, email me, or ask for help.

Autumn. Central Park, New York City.

The graceful limbs of Autumn’s trees cling to all of Summer’s sunsets searing their leaves yellow, orange and red with the sun’s heat.

With golden leaves stoked by the last of Summer’s fleeting flame, Summer’s fire extinguishes itself in a carpet of brilliantly colored embers on the ground below.

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November 16, 2011
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Autumn landscape through willow trees. Central Park, New York City. What a surprise yesterday! I got home in the evening after a grueling day to find that my last photo from my celebratory visit to Central Park over the weekend made it to Tumblr Radar. I could barely believe my eyes. Thank you so much Tumblr! (I am still reeling over last month’s post that also got featured on Tumblr’s Radar) My inbox has exploded with lovely messages which I am very grateful for and will respond to later in the week when I have a bit more time. In the meantime, thank you so much everyone. When I was at Central Park a few days ago, the weather was deliciously ominous. It was the sort of day when grey clouds do their best to compete with the sunlight for the spotlight. I love the quality of this sort of contrasting light. During moments when the sun does manage to peek through the gray blanket of clouds, the foliage seems to reel in the bits of scattered sunlight. This is a recent favorite spot of mine in Central Park. It’s a vista that seems to come alive in the autumn and winter due in part to Central Park’s beautiful willow trees. There is a quality to the placement of the branches that is reminiscent of theatrical stage curtains in a persistent state of dramatically opening to reveal the landscapes that are just beyond their grasp as if they are revealing a show that comes alive in the final two acts of a performance that spans a year. In the autumn, these sorrow-soaked branches frame the sprawling autumn landscape that surrounds the lake and in the winter when the lake is covered in snow, the same branches hold multitudes of icy tears framing the towers of San Remo perfectly. —- View this photo larger and on black on my Google Plus page —- Buy “Sorrow-soaked - Central Park Autumn Landscape” Posters and Prints here, View my store, email me, or ask for help.

Autumn landscape through willow trees. Central Park, New York City.

What a surprise yesterday! I got home in the evening after a grueling day to find that my last photo from my celebratory visit to Central Park over the weekend made it to Tumblr Radar. I could barely believe my eyes. Thank you so much Tumblr! (I am still reeling over last month’s post that also got featured on Tumblr’s Radar) My inbox has exploded with lovely messages which I am very grateful for and will respond to later in the week when I have a bit more time. In the meantime, thank you so much everyone.

When I was at Central Park a few days ago, the weather was deliciously ominous. It was the sort of day when grey clouds do their best to compete with the sunlight for the spotlight. I love the quality of this sort of contrasting light. During moments when the sun does manage to peek through the gray blanket of clouds, the foliage seems to reel in the bits of scattered sunlight.

This is a recent favorite spot of mine in Central Park. It’s a vista that seems to come alive in the autumn and winter due in part to Central Park’s beautiful willow trees. There is a quality to the placement of the branches that is reminiscent of theatrical stage curtains in a persistent state of dramatically opening to reveal the landscapes that are just beyond their grasp as if they are revealing a show that comes alive in the final two acts of a performance that spans a year.

In the autumn, these sorrow-soaked branches frame the sprawling autumn landscape that surrounds the lake and in the winter when the lake is covered in snow, the same branches hold multitudes of icy tears framing the towers of San Remo perfectly.

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November 14, 2011
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Autumn in full swing. Central Park, New York City. After nearly 6 weeks of dealing with a fairly intense leg injury, I was finally able to go out for the first time yesterday and walk around the way I normally do. I think I walked something like three miles in total! It felt incredible to not be limited in the way I was limited previously while dealing with the slow healing process. I ended up going to Central Park to soak in the remaining bits of autumn since autumn is so fleeting here in New York City. I met up with a few other photographers from Google Plus later in the afternoon. Prior to meeting up with them I got to the park several hours earlier to go to my favorite sections of the park. I was still a little timid and apprehensive about doing a lot of walking even though I got the go-ahead from my doctor this past week to engage in my normal level of activity. Thankfully, I realized an hour into climbing around in piles of leaves (sometimes it’s fun to abandon the paved paths in Central Park especially when leaves are involved) that I was going to be just fine! The foliage was a bit past peak foliage but there were some genuinely magical landscapes. It’s no secret that autumn is my favorite time of year. A while back I mentioned to people on Google Plus that I am saddened that autumn’s finest foliage only seems to grace us with its presence for a few weeks out of the year. Someone commented back to me that the short-lived nature of autumn is what makes it so special. Perhaps there is some truth to that notion. The fleeting transient nature of autumn does make it memorable. There is a bittersweet quality to the action of capturing it in full splendor; giddy delight at experiencing something so magical mixed with sorrowful anxiety knowing that in a short time all of it will be only a preserved memory. —- View this photo larger and on black on my Google Plus page —- Buy “For Two - Autumn - Central Park - New York City” Posters and Prints here, View my store, email me, or ask for help.

Autumn in full swing. Central Park, New York City.

After nearly 6 weeks of dealing with a fairly intense leg injury, I was finally able to go out for the first time yesterday and walk around the way I normally do. I think I walked something like three miles in total! It felt incredible to not be limited in the way I was limited previously while dealing with the slow healing process. I ended up going to Central Park to soak in the remaining bits of autumn since autumn is so fleeting here in New York City.

I met up with a few other photographers from Google Plus later in the afternoon. Prior to meeting up with them I got to the park several hours earlier to go to my favorite sections of the park. I was still a little timid and apprehensive about doing a lot of walking even though I got the go-ahead from my doctor this past week to engage in my normal level of activity. Thankfully, I realized an hour into climbing around in piles of leaves (sometimes it’s fun to abandon the paved paths in Central Park especially when leaves are involved) that I was going to be just fine! The foliage was a bit past peak foliage but there were some genuinely magical landscapes.

It’s no secret that autumn is my favorite time of year. A while back I mentioned to people on Google Plus that I am saddened that autumn’s finest foliage only seems to grace us with its presence for a few weeks out of the year. Someone commented back to me that the short-lived nature of autumn is what makes it so special. Perhaps there is some truth to that notion. The fleeting transient nature of autumn does make it memorable.

There is a bittersweet quality to the action of capturing it in full splendor; giddy delight at experiencing something so magical mixed with sorrowful anxiety knowing that in a short time all of it will be only a preserved memory.

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November 03, 2011
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Autumn sun through Central Park trees, New York City. In Autumn sun drips down like melted gold on tree limbs decorated in the finest foliage. The earth, chilled by the memory of winter, holds onto the sun’s light with hands outstretched as each ray slips through its fingers like fine sand. There is an entirely different quality to the air and sun in autumn and this is especially true in Central Park. The bitingly cool air pushes past flushed faces and every speck of sunlight provides only the smallest assurance of warmth. Dying embers of sun-specked leaves fall to the ground like ashes and creatures scurry in preparation for the long and arduous months ahead. —- View this photo larger and on black on my Google Plus page —- Buy “Autumn Sunlight- Central Park - New York City” Prints and Posters here, View my store, email me, or ask for help.

Autumn sun through Central Park trees, New York City.

In Autumn sun drips down like melted gold on tree limbs decorated in the finest foliage. The earth, chilled by the memory of winter, holds onto the sun’s light with hands outstretched as each ray slips through its fingers like fine sand.

There is an entirely different quality to the air and sun in autumn and this is especially true in Central Park. The bitingly cool air pushes past flushed faces and every speck of sunlight provides only the smallest assurance of warmth. Dying embers of sun-specked leaves fall to the ground like ashes and creatures scurry in preparation for the long and arduous months ahead.

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October 26, 2011
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Autumn elm trees with golden yellow foliage. Central Park, New York City. That chill in the air wrapping itself around trees like an overflowing scarf , the crispness on the breeze chilling faces with its autumn kisses, trees displaying their decorated limbs in golden shades of serenity: Autumn. Cinnamon sticks resting languidly in steaming mugs of hot apple cider, pumpkin-orange colored wishes carried on the scent of firewood, frosted sighs of contentment exhaled in long cool breaths, leaves sounding their crackled whispers of surrender, earth reeling from summer preparing for its long engagement with the snow-covered proclamations of winter: Autumn. —- View this photo larger and on black on my Google Plus page —- Buy “Autumn in Central Park, New York City” Posters and Prints here, View my store, email me, ask for help, or subscribe to the mailing list.

Autumn elm trees with golden yellow foliage. Central Park, New York City.

That chill in the air wrapping itself around trees like an overflowing scarf , the crispness on the breeze chilling faces with its autumn kisses, trees displaying their decorated limbs in golden shades of serenity: Autumn.

Cinnamon sticks resting languidly in steaming mugs of hot apple cider, pumpkin-orange colored wishes carried on the scent of firewood, frosted sighs of contentment exhaled in long cool breaths, leaves sounding their crackled whispers of surrender, earth reeling from summer preparing for its long engagement with the snow-covered proclamations of winter: Autumn.

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October 08, 2011
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Autumn in New York City. A view overlooking the Brooklyn Bridge. Brooklyn Bridge Park. Dumbo, Brooklyn. On overcast autumn days, clouds cover the city in a dreamlike haze, wrapping everything in shades of grey and melancholy. Colorful trees and structures awaken the slumbering city from its somnambulistic state. These last attempts of awakening are the ones remembered vividly before the winter’s shades of solitude set in only interrupted by bare branches and cool steel until the city fully awakens in the spring again. —- View this photo larger and on black on my Google Plus page —- Buy “Autumn Overlooking the Brooklyn Bridge - New York City” Posters and Prints here, View my store, email me, or ask for help.

Autumn in New York City. A view overlooking the Brooklyn Bridge. Brooklyn Bridge Park. Dumbo, Brooklyn.

On overcast autumn days, clouds cover the city in a dreamlike haze, wrapping everything in shades of grey and melancholy. Colorful trees and structures awaken the slumbering city from its somnambulistic state.

These last attempts of awakening are the ones remembered vividly before the winter’s shades of solitude set in only interrupted by bare branches and cool steel until the city fully awakens in the spring again.

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October 01, 2011
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Bow Bridge at the peak of autumn with a view of the San Remo and the Dakota. Central Park, New York City. I am really bummed out today since I signed up for the Worldwide Photowalk to attend a photowalk in Queens (my home borough!) today but I had to cancel. I was riding my bike through Central Park two days ago and I wiped out on my bike trying to avoid a jogger who was running in the bike lane who stuck his hand out. In the process I sprained my knee pretty bad. I have been in a knee brace ever since and since I live in a Lower East Side walk up (it’s 77 stairs up to my apartment), I have been homebound and probably will be until Monday or Tuesday. It’s really hard for me to stay still for this long since I am usually all over the place. In fact, I haven’t spent so many consecutive days at home in ages. I am slightly stir-crazy! I am going through beautiful autumn photos to cheer myself up. I absolutely love the quality of the light during the peak of autumn especially in Central Park. It seems to dance on the colorful foliage making everything look like it has been enchanted with magical dust. This particular photo is of Bow Bridge, one of the most photographed and beloved of Central Park’s many bridges. It is shaped like an archer’s bow and is constructed entirely out of cast iron. Built between 1859 and 1862 it spans around 60 feet over Central Park’s Lake. The railing (shown here) incorporates architectural elements of Gothic, Neo-Classical and Renaissance design. The view in this photo is overlooking the beautiful buildings that line Central Park on the west side of the park. The two towered complex is known as the San Remo and it has been the home to Tiger Woods, Steven Spielberg, Donna Karan, Steve Jobs, Demi Moore, Glenn Close,Dustin Hoffman, U2 frontman Bono, Steve Martin, Bruce Willis, and Rita Hayworth just to name a few. The San Remo sits fairly close to another building (in this photo as well) called The Dakota which is where John Lennon was murdered. —- —- Buy “Bow Bridge Central Park in Autumn” Prints and Posters here, View my store, email me, or ask for help.

Bow Bridge at the peak of autumn with a view of the San Remo and the Dakota. Central Park, New York City.

I am really bummed out today since I signed up for the Worldwide Photowalk to attend a photowalk in Queens (my home borough!) today but I had to cancel. I was riding my bike through Central Park two days ago and I wiped out on my bike trying to avoid a jogger who was running in the bike lane who stuck his hand out. In the process I sprained my knee pretty bad. I have been in a knee brace ever since and since I live in a Lower East Side walk up (it’s 77 stairs up to my apartment), I have been homebound and probably will be until Monday or Tuesday. It’s really hard for me to stay still for this long since I am usually all over the place. In fact, I haven’t spent so many consecutive days at home in ages. I am slightly stir-crazy!

I am going through beautiful autumn photos to cheer myself up. I absolutely love the quality of the light during the peak of autumn especially in Central Park. It seems to dance on the colorful foliage making everything look like it has been enchanted with magical dust.

This particular photo is of Bow Bridge, one of the most photographed and beloved of Central Park’s many bridges. It is shaped like an archer’s bow and is constructed entirely out of cast iron. Built between 1859 and 1862 it spans around 60 feet over Central Park’s Lake. The railing (shown here) incorporates architectural elements of Gothic, Neo-Classical and Renaissance design.

The view in this photo is overlooking the beautiful buildings that line Central Park on the west side of the park. The two towered complex is known as the San Remo and it has been the home to Tiger Woods, Steven Spielberg, Donna Karan, Steve Jobs, Demi Moore, Glenn Close,Dustin Hoffman, U2 frontman Bono, Steve Martin, Bruce Willis, and Rita Hayworth just to name a few. The San Remo sits fairly close to another building (in this photo as well) called The Dakota which is where John Lennon was murdered.

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September 24, 2011
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Autumn in Central Park. New York City I was thrilled to find out this photo was recently chosen and used for an article called The World’s Most Romantic Places. I happen to agree with the assessment but I am severely biased, of course :). I wish the peak of autumn in New York City when scenes like this occur would last longer than two weeks. Autumn at its peak is such an all-encompassing experience. The sight of trees in colorful ecstasy, the smell of cinnamon and cloves, the sound of particularly crunchy leaves under foot, the feel of colorful leaves in hand prior to throwing them up in the air; all of it makes autumn my most favorite time of year. —- —- Buy “Autumn Romance - Central Park” Prints and Posters here, email me, or ask for help.

Autumn in Central Park. New York City

I was thrilled to find out this photo was recently chosen and used for an article called The World’s Most Romantic Places. I happen to agree with the assessment but I am severely biased, of course :).

I wish the peak of autumn in New York City when scenes like this occur would last longer than two weeks. Autumn at its peak is such an all-encompassing experience. The sight of trees in colorful ecstasy, the smell of cinnamon and cloves, the sound of particularly crunchy leaves under foot, the feel of colorful leaves in hand prior to throwing them up in the air; all of it makes autumn my most favorite time of year.

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September 21, 2011
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Sun rays pouring over Bow Bridge in autumn. Central Park, New York City I was stuck without a working internet connection at home since early Monday. Thankfully, it just got fixed a few hours ago which means I am now catching up with the past week and my overflowing inbox. This past weekend I went to the 2nd Google Plus NYC walk, the Maker Faire and was also fortunate enough to visit the new 9/11 memorial. I will be posting photos from all of these events/places in the coming week. If you are curious to catch a preview glimpse of some of the photos (which I am in) taken by some other brilliant photographers from the Google Plus Photowalk, feel free to view my profile photos on Google Plus where I have uploaded them with info about the photographers in the captions/comments: Profile photos from the 2nd Google Plus NYC Photowalk I also just found out that I am one of the featured artists on the newly launched site Sociolog+ which you can view here: Vivienne Gucwa’s Photography on Sociolog+. Exciting! Due to my feature on Sociolog+, I have had quite a few requests about one particular photo in my portfolio there so I am going to re-post a post from a few months ago with the photo and the writing that accompanied it for the benefit of newer people. Enjoy! —- It was one of those days where there was just a bit of briskness in the air accompanied by the last pangs of summer heat. I didn’t go to the park to take photos (even though I had my camera). I told myself I was there primarily to walk around and enjoy the last remnants of warm weather. I took a moment to rest on the grass. As I looked to my right, the most magnificent rays of sunlight started streaming over Bow Bridge illuminating the people in the row boats and the water on the lake. The ability to capture these uniquely experienced moments is at the core of photography. Cameras become jars with which to capture moments that flicker like fireflies. In this way, photographers are moment collectors and dream catchers. Every collected moment and every captured dreamscape is the result of the tiny flicker that catches the photographer’s eye in such a profound way that it becomes an impossible feat to deny the urge to embrace the moment by capturing it in a photo. —- —- Buy “Sunlight and Boats - Bow Bridge Central Park” Prints and Posters here, View my store, email me, or ask for help.

Sun rays pouring over Bow Bridge in autumn. Central Park, New York City

I was stuck without a working internet connection at home since early Monday. Thankfully, it just got fixed a few hours ago which means I am now catching up with the past week and my overflowing inbox.

This past weekend I went to the 2nd Google Plus NYC walk, the Maker Faire and was also fortunate enough to visit the new 9/11 memorial. I will be posting photos from all of these events/places in the coming week.

If you are curious to catch a preview glimpse of some of the photos (which I am in) taken by some other brilliant photographers from the Google Plus Photowalk, feel free to view my profile photos on Google Plus where I have uploaded them with info about the photographers in the captions/comments:

Profile photos from the 2nd Google Plus NYC Photowalk

I also just found out that I am one of the featured artists on the newly launched site Sociolog+ which you can view here: Vivienne Gucwa’s Photography on Sociolog+. Exciting!

Due to my feature on Sociolog+, I have had quite a few requests about one particular photo in my portfolio there so I am going to re-post a post from a few months ago with the photo and the writing that accompanied it for the benefit of newer people. Enjoy!

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It was one of those days where there was just a bit of briskness in the air accompanied by the last pangs of summer heat. I didn’t go to the park to take photos (even though I had my camera). I told myself I was there primarily to walk around and enjoy the last remnants of warm weather. I took a moment to rest on the grass. As I looked to my right, the most magnificent rays of sunlight started streaming over Bow Bridge illuminating the people in the row boats and the water on the lake.

The ability to capture these uniquely experienced moments is at the core of photography. Cameras become jars with which to capture moments that flicker like fireflies. In this way, photographers are moment collectors and dream catchers. Every collected moment and every captured dreamscape is the result of the tiny flicker that catches the photographer’s eye in such a profound way that it becomes an impossible feat to deny the urge to embrace the moment by capturing it in a photo.

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September 17, 2011
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Wisteria pergola in autumn. Central Park, New York City In the stillness of well-worn paths, autumn stretches its well-adorned limbs exhaling brisk, cool breaths that kiss the faces of wanderers. —- View this photo larger and on black on my Google Plus page —- Buy “Peaceful Autumn Landscape - Central Park New York City” Cards, Prints and Posters here, View my store, email me, or ask for help.

Wisteria pergola in autumn. Central Park, New York City

In the stillness of well-worn paths, autumn stretches its well-adorned limbs exhaling brisk, cool breaths that kiss the faces of wanderers.

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November 30, 2010
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Central Park, Manhattan.

Central Park, Manhattan.

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