New York City night. Rain. Bryant Park. Midtown.
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Through eyelashes wet with rain,
a thousand thoughts fall
to the ground
and through the raindrops
the city lights blur together
as shadows make their way
into the night -
impermanence
registered with
every blink.
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New York rain. Romance on Doyers Street. Chinatown.
Stolen moments are the sweetest moments.
When the rest of the city has escaped for the day, the world melts away with a lingering kiss under an umbrella.
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It’s really no secret that Doyers Street is one of my favorite streets in lower Manhattan. It’s an alley (or very narrow street) that is usually photographed from an entirely different angle. In fact, the fact that it has a sharp angle in it goes along with its colorful history. Its angle was known as “the Bloody Angle” for part of the 20th century due to gang violence.
This is just around the bend from the more popular part of the angle and also across from one of my favorite noodle shops in Chinatown. I love moments like this that are so completely candid but somehow feel cinematic. I had just walked out from the above-mentioned noodle shop when I was met with this scene. It was too perfect to not quickly capture, of course.
To all who celebrate Valentine’s Day and to all who do not celebrate - I wish you romantic moments like this one. ♥
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Taken with the Sony A55.
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New York City in the rain. Flatiron District, Midtown.
There is an inherent romance that buzzes through the air in New York City when it rains.
The Flatiron District is one of my favorite areas in Manhattan when it rains. The street (5th Avenue) opens up to reveal distant skyscrapers that disappear into heavy fog as people weave their way through the multitudes of umbrellas.
The clock in this image is the Fifth Avenue Building Clock (a close-up image and its history is in this post) which is a New York City landmark and recalls another era: one where these ornamental clocks played a role in attracting people to gilded era storefronts. This vantage point is with the Flatiron Building directly in back of the viewer looking up 5th Avenue.
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I have had quite a few requests that I add some of my New York City mobile photography to my online store and portfolio since people are looking to buy holiday gifts. This is the first of one of those requests. It was taken with my phone and has been lovingly added (link below!).
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Doyers Street on a rainy summer afternoon. Chinatown, New York City.
When the sky seduces the city with its tears of happiness, the streets swoon illuminated by the glow of nearby lights.
Broken-hearted alleys fill up: lovers with empty recesses in their hearts soak in the warm afterglow of what the sky has wrought.
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Chinatown on a rainy evening. New York City.
I used to imagine that I could stop time in tiny increments by blinking my eyes. Each blink had the potential to open up an entirely new narrative and universe. It wasn’t until I fell in love with photography that I realized that every photo also opens up an entirely new narrative and universe of possibility.
On evenings when rain washes over the city each moment becomes a solitary frame broken ever so slightly by the movement of umbrellas, the blink of an eye and the click of a camera.
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If you didn’t see my initial contest entry post for the current Artists Wanted photography contest, you can still help me out by going to my contest entry page and clicking collect me
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Rain on Pell Street. Chinatown, New York City.
I used to imagine that I could stop time in tiny increments by blinking my eyes. Each blink had the potential to open up an entirely new narrative and universe. It wasn’t until I fell in love with photography that I realized that every photo also opens up an entirely new narrative and universe of possibility.
On evenings when summer rain washes over the city each moment becomes a solitary frame broken ever so slightly by the movement of umbrellas, the blink of an eye and the click of a camera.
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New York City photography and writing by Vivienne Gucwa featuring the landscapes, architecture and neighborhoods of New York City. As a native New Yorker currently living on the Lower East Side, her photography and writing explore the ever changing urban landscapes of the five boroughs. In a city that changes and evolves at a fast pace, documenting these changes is a major focus of her work.
Her photography has been featured in a variety of publications online and in print, as well as TV: The Biography Channel, cover art for the book A Killer's Essence by Dave Zeltserman, cover art for the anthology It's Animal, but Merciful, cover art for the "Lucky Now" single by Ryan Adams, Cover of the inaugural issue of the Lo-Down Magazine, Gallery showing - Mars Bar Retrospective - at Plush NYC, ABC News Online, NBC News Online, The National Endowment for the Humanities Magazine, Io Donna - Corriere Della Sera, on a billboard screen in midtown Manhattan during the summer of 2012, NY Times - Local East Village, Digital Journal, Huffington Post, Travel and Leisure, BoingBoing, My Modern Met, Gothamist, Curbed, Eater, Time Out NY, Racked, Yahoo News, Manhattan User Guide, BlackBook Magazine, Kate Spade NY, Newsweek Online, Village Voice Online, Buzzfeed, NabeWise, Neighborhoodr, NearSay, The Lo-Down NY, Bowery Boogie, EV Grieve, The Frisky, and Schmap Guide Sixteenth Edition.Her photography can be found in a cohesive portfolio here: New York City photography by Vivienne Gucwa.
On FacebookIndex broken down by New York neighborhood, popular location and/or theme/method: Hurricane Sandy - New York City, New York City Skyline, New York - Black and White, New York - Mobile Photography, New York - Snow, New York - Night, Central Park, New York - Sunsets, New York - Autumn, New York - Winter, New York - Spring, New York - Summer, New York - Street Art, New York - Rain, New York - Cherry Blossoms, New York - Fairy Tale, Midtown, New York - Skyscrapers, Chinatown, Chrysler Building, Empire State Building, 9-11 Memorial, Coney Island, Coney Island - Mermaid Parade, Brooklyn, Halloween Dog Parade, Brooklyn Bridge, East Village, Lower East Side, Manhattan Bridge, Manhattanhenge, Occupy Wall Street, Williamsburg Bridge.
Photography sightings:
In an interview on the photography blog: Mortal Muses
Featured in an article in Digital Journal
In a documentary called: Art:Seen - Vivienne Gucwa
On the cover of the anthology It's Animal, but Merciful
On YouTube relaying a message to everyone
On a billboard in midtown Manhattan during the summer of 2012
On Trey Ratcliff's Stuck in Customs Show talking about Street Photography
On the cover of a book called A Killer's Essence by David Zeltserman
On the cover of Ryan Adam's single Lucky Now
On the cover and in the inaugural issue of the Lo-Down Magazine
On a billboard in Times Square
In a gallery showing at Plush NYC for a Mars Bar Retrospective.
In the limited and standard print editions of the Plus One Collection book
In The National Endowment for the Humanities Magazine
In an interview with Thomas Hawk and Lotus Carroll for the Phototalk Plus Show
On Trey Ratcliff’s Variety Hour: Great Google + Photographer Discoveries
In a Biography Channel show called "Celebrity Close Calls"
On Boing Boing
In America's Best Dive Bars
This link has the answers to questions I get asked a lot like what kind of camera I use and the other places my writing and photography have been featured.
If you decide to re-post any of the photos you see here, please credit me as the source out of respect. Thanks.
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"The lens is a song..."
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