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April 11, 2012
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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Upper East Side. New York City. Sometimes the simplicity of a scene is enough to render one speechless before realizing that the perceived simplicity is complex in its own right. The curves of architecture suggesting a softness usually relegated to flesh against a bone white sky, for example. —- The architectural design in this photo is the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and is the top of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Wright was commissioned to design a space for the museum in 1943 and the project took well over a decade to complete. He apparently was disappointed in the choice of New York City as the home of the building as he thought that New York City was overbuilt and overpopulated. However, he complied with the wishes of the client and the Guggenheim was set to be built next to Central Park as possible to keep it as close to nature as possible. It is located on the Upper East Side on 5th Avenue between 88th and 89th Streets across from Central Park. According to the Guggenheim’s site: “Nature not only provided the museum with a respite from New York’s distractions but also leant it inspiration. The Guggenheim Museum is an embodiment of Wright’s attempts to render the inherent plasticity of organic forms in architecture. His inverted ziggurat (a stepped or winding pyramidal temple of Babylonian origin) dispensed with the conventional approach to museum design, which led visitors through a series of interconnected rooms and forced them to retrace their steps when exiting. Instead, Wright whisked people to the top of the building via elevator, and led them downward at a leisurely pace on the gentle slope of a continuous ramp. The galleries were divided like the membranes in citrus fruit, with self-contained yet interdependent sections. The open rotunda afforded viewers the unique possibility of seeing several bays of work on different levels simultaneously. The spiral design recalled a nautilus shell, with continuous spaces flowing freely one into another.” —- 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 —- View this photo larger and on black on my Google Plus page —- Buy “The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - New York City” Prints here, email me, or ask for help.

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Upper East Side. New York City.

Sometimes the simplicity of a scene is enough to render one speechless before realizing that the perceived simplicity is complex in its own right.

The curves of architecture suggesting a softness usually relegated to flesh against a bone white sky, for example.

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The architectural design in this photo is the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and is the top of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Wright was commissioned to design a space for the museum in 1943 and the project took well over a decade to complete. He apparently was disappointed in the choice of New York City as the home of the building as he thought that New York City was overbuilt and overpopulated. However, he complied with the wishes of the client and the Guggenheim was set to be built next to Central Park as possible to keep it as close to nature as possible. It is located on the Upper East Side on 5th Avenue between 88th and 89th Streets across from Central Park.

According to the Guggenheim’s site: “Nature not only provided the museum with a respite from New York’s distractions but also leant it inspiration. The Guggenheim Museum is an embodiment of Wright’s attempts to render the inherent plasticity of organic forms in architecture.

His inverted ziggurat (a stepped or winding pyramidal temple of Babylonian origin) dispensed with the conventional approach to museum design, which led visitors through a series of interconnected rooms and forced them to retrace their steps when exiting. Instead, Wright whisked people to the top of the building via elevator, and led them downward at a leisurely pace on the gentle slope of a continuous ramp. The galleries were divided like the membranes in citrus fruit, with self-contained yet interdependent sections. The open rotunda afforded viewers the unique possibility of seeing several bays of work on different levels simultaneously. The spiral design recalled a nautilus shell, with continuous spaces flowing freely one into another.”

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February 22, 2012
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Tree-lined Upper East Side street in Winter. New York City Summer slumbers deeply. Tree limbs stripped bare remain vulnerable to the sky’s attempts to stir them from their dreaming state. It’s when the sky caresses and seduces the earth with its snowy proclamations of love that the earth transforms into a somnambulist navigating the boundary between sleep and dreaming: dreaming its dreaming self awake slowly. —- View this photo larger and on black on my Google Plus page —- Buy “Summer’s Dormant Dream - Winter- New York City” Posters and Prints here, email me, or ask for help.

Tree-lined Upper East Side street in Winter. New York City

Summer slumbers deeply. Tree limbs stripped bare remain vulnerable to the sky’s attempts to stir them from their dreaming state.

It’s when the sky caresses and seduces the earth with its snowy proclamations of love that the earth transforms into a somnambulist navigating the boundary between sleep and dreaming: dreaming its dreaming self awake slowly.

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January 06, 2012
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The Museum of the City of New York. East Harlem, New York City.

I had the privilege of attending a party thrown by Gothamist last night at the Museum of the City of New York. I was in heaven. Not only is the interior of this museum one of my favorites located on museum row in upper Manhattan but it was really fabulous to be there at night and be able to explore at will.

The highlight of the night though was definitely the wonderful personal tour of the current Cecil Beaton- The New York Years exhibit given by no other than Donald Albrecht. I was so wrapped up in the tour that I completely forgot to take photos of the majority of the exhibit! The exhibit includes Beaton’s photography, design, illustration and costume work. It was spectacular to view original photos of Marilyn Monroe, Greta Garbo, Mick Jagger, Audrey Hepburn and Salvador Dali among others.

I also got to wander around and explore the The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011 which includes an original hand-drawn map of New York’s planned streets and avenues prepared in 1811 along with other really wonderful historic artifacts of urban planning. The upper level exhibit called The Unfinished Grid: Design Speculations for Manhattan was also highly enjoyable.

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November 02, 2011
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Architecture. Upper East Side, New York City Buildings contain a veritable wealth of tales. Their architecture betrays their secret inner monologues and soliloquies. Decades of exuberant happiness tempered with a moderate balance of unbridled sorrow are encased in the dignified stoicism of structure and form. —- View this photo larger and on black on my Google Plus page —- Buy “A Wealth of Tales - Upper East Side - New York City” Posters and Prints here, View my store, email me, ask for help, or subscribe to the mailing list.

Architecture. Upper East Side, New York City

Buildings contain a veritable wealth of tales. Their architecture betrays their secret inner monologues and soliloquies. Decades of exuberant happiness tempered with a moderate balance of unbridled sorrow are encased in the dignified stoicism of structure and form.

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September 23, 2011
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Photography from the 2nd Google Plus NYC Photowalk.

Upper West Side, New York City.

I finally got around to going through my photos from the Google Plus Photowalk here in New York City which took place on September 17th, 2011. All of us met up near Riverside Drive on the Upper West Side, walked along the water, made our way through a small part of the Upper West Side and then ended up in Central Park.

I wasn’t initially going to put these into an album together opting to post each separately but after going through them, I am very much interested in treating them as one cohesive thought. Sometimes a photo can be an entire symphony and sometimes an album can function as its own complex work of music.

What makes this interesting is that this is the opposite of what I would normally do but in some ways it feels natural to post these together. I walk all over New York City on a daily/weekly basis and take many photos which I then edit, curate and write about over an extended period of time individually treating each as a separate piece of music, so to speak.

I am always fascinated to see what other photographers end up choosing from these photowalks. How they curate their photos is of equal interest to me. Why do they select the photos they do? Why do they end up processing certain shots some ways and other shots in vastly different ways? Do they consciously choose which photos end up next to each other in an album or is it a more random process? Are there titles and if so, how do the titles add to the photo? Do the titles mold the viewer’s own thought processes?

I have spent the last decade living on the east side of Manhattan, first living on the border of Spanish Harlem and the Upper East Side and then living where I do now on the Lower East Side. There is such a distinctly different feel to the west side of Manhattan and overcast autumn days impart a certain delicate bleakness to the varied urban and natural landscapes that dot the west side. The end of summer always seems to evoke thoughts of decay and transition and the Upper West Side was (inadvertently) an interesting setting to experience this subtle seasonal turmoil.

There are more photos included in this album. To view these photos as an album along with others, feel free to take a look at the set here at my profile on Google Plus:

Photo album of the Upper West Side taken on the G+ Photowalk

Enjoy!

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July 30, 2011
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Sunlight streaming over Bow Bridge. Central Park, New York City. For a while I consciously went out of my way to avoid places like Central Park. My reasoning for avoiding these places was peppered with the jadedness I referenced in a few recent posts. In my mind, there were already far too many photos of Central Park. I couldn’t imagine how I could add anything to the extensive existing catalog of visual representations of such a widely known spot. 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. —- View this photo larger and on black on my Google Plus page —- Buy “Sunlight and Boats in Central Park” Posters and Prints here, Other versions of this print with writing and various borders can be viewed here (any of them can be customized to have whatever background you desire): “Sunlight and Boats in Central Park” with Black Border, “Sunlight and Boats in Central Park” with White Border, “Sunlight and Boats in Central Park” with Grey Border, View my store, email me, or ask for help.

Sunlight streaming over Bow Bridge. Central Park, New York City.

For a while I consciously went out of my way to avoid places like Central Park. My reasoning for avoiding these places was peppered with the jadedness I referenced in a few recent posts. In my mind, there were already far too many photos of Central Park. I couldn’t imagine how I could add anything to the extensive existing catalog of visual representations of such a widely known spot.

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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July 18, 2011
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Winged angel on the base of the Christopher Columbus statue by Gaetano Russo. Columbus Circle, New York City This angel sits on the base of a statue which is a monument to Christopher Columbus. Erected by Gaetano Russo in 1892 on the 400th anniversary of Columbus’s voyage to the Americas, it sits in the middle of Columbus Circle. The angel holds a globe representing the world and is made of Carrara marble. At night, lights illuminate the statue giving it a dramatic effect. “Columbus Circle, named for Christopher Columbus, is a major landmark and point of attraction in the New York City borough of Manhattan, located at the intersection of Eighth Avenue, Broadway, Central Park South (West 59th Street), and Central Park West, at the southwest corner of Central Park. It is the point from which all official distances from New York City are measured. Completed in 1905 and renovated a century later, the circle was designed by William P. Eno – a businessman who pioneered many early innovations in road safety and traffic control – as part of Frederick Law Olmsted’s vision for Central Park, which included a “Grand Circle” at the Merchants’ Gate, its most important Eighth Avenue entrance.” Source View this photo larger and on black on my Google Plus page Buy “Angel on the Base of the Christopher Columbus Statue” Posters and Prints here, View my store, email me, or ask for help.

Winged angel on the base of the Christopher Columbus statue by Gaetano Russo. Columbus Circle, New York City

This angel sits on the base of a statue which is a monument to Christopher Columbus. Erected by Gaetano Russo in 1892 on the 400th anniversary of Columbus’s voyage to the Americas, it sits in the middle of Columbus Circle. The angel holds a globe representing the world and is made of Carrara marble. At night, lights illuminate the statue giving it a dramatic effect.

“Columbus Circle, named for Christopher Columbus, is a major landmark and point of attraction in the New York City borough of Manhattan, located at the intersection of Eighth Avenue, Broadway, Central Park South (West 59th Street), and Central Park West, at the southwest corner of Central Park. It is the point from which all official distances from New York City are measured.

Completed in 1905 and renovated a century later, the circle was designed by William P. Eno – a businessman who pioneered many early innovations in road safety and traffic control – as part of Frederick Law Olmsted’s vision for Central Park, which included a “Grand Circle” at the Merchants’ Gate, its most important Eighth Avenue entrance.” Source

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July 05, 2011
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The Lincoln Center Fountain at night adorned by lovers and bubbles. Upper West Side, New York City. Buy “New York City Romance” Posters and Prints here, View my store, email me, or ask for help. Lincoln Center’s iconic fountain opened in 1964. It’s played a tiny role in several films throughout the years like The Producers, Moonstruck and Sweet Home Alabama. The cast of Glee also filmed there recently. The fountain was revitalized in 2010 and it’s now better than ever: “The fountain has three hundred and seventeen computerized jets, which are arranged in two rings around the perimeter of the fountain, with radial arms leading to a central circular mass of more jets. A WET choreographer named Peter Kopik designed a daytime and an evening program for the fountain. The new fountain débuted on October 1st 2010, and the daytime program has been running since then. When the jets are all on, they produce a mighty column of water that slowly rises on a height of twelve feet. When the column is at its greatest height, there are four hundred and seventy-five gallons of water in the air. Especially after dark, people are drawn to the column of water, mesmerized by the two hundred and seventy-two L.E.D. lights that make the water glow white. ” Source

The Lincoln Center Fountain at night adorned by lovers and bubbles. Upper West Side, New York City.

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Lincoln Center’s iconic fountain opened in 1964. It’s played a tiny role in several films throughout the years like The Producers, Moonstruck and Sweet Home Alabama. The cast of Glee also filmed there recently.

The fountain was revitalized in 2010 and it’s now better than ever:

“The fountain has three hundred and seventeen computerized jets, which are arranged in two rings around the perimeter of the fountain, with radial arms leading to a central circular mass of more jets. A WET choreographer named Peter Kopik designed a daytime and an evening program for the fountain. The new fountain débuted on October 1st 2010, and the daytime program has been running since then. When the jets are all on, they produce a mighty column of water that slowly rises on a height of twelve feet. When the column is at its greatest height, there are four hundred and seventy-five gallons of water in the air. Especially after dark, people are drawn to the column of water, mesmerized by the two hundred and seventy-two L.E.D. lights that make the water glow white. ” Source

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June 29, 2011
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The Globe in front of Trump Tower. Columbus Circle. Upper West Side, New York City. Buy “The Globe at Columbus Circle” Posters and Prints here, View my store, email me, or ask for help. I love the huge globe that sits outside of Trump Tower near Columbus Circle. There is something vaguely old-school futuristic about it. Perhaps that is because I grew up relatively close to the Unisphere in Flushing here in New York City that I have these sorts of associations. The Flushing Unisphere was designed specifically to celebrate the beginning of the space age, representing a theme of “global interdependence”. I am not quite sure that this particular globe has such a lofty theme but it’s an interesting association, nonetheless.

The Globe in front of Trump Tower. Columbus Circle. Upper West Side, New York City.

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I love the huge globe that sits outside of Trump Tower near Columbus Circle. There is something vaguely old-school futuristic about it. Perhaps that is because I grew up relatively close to the Unisphere in Flushing here in New York City that I have these sorts of associations.

The Flushing Unisphere was designed specifically to celebrate the beginning of the space age, representing a theme of “global interdependence”. I am not quite sure that this particular globe has such a lofty theme but it’s an interesting association, nonetheless.

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June 27, 2011
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Bubbles at Lincoln Center. Upper West Side, New York City. Buy “Bubbles at Lincoln Center” Posters and Prints here, View my store, email me, or ask for help. One fine night in New York City at the undeniably romantic Lincoln Center looking out at the fountain, the Metropolitan Opera House and Avery Fisher Hall, bubbles appeared.

Bubbles at Lincoln Center. Upper West Side, New York City.

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One fine night in New York City at the undeniably romantic Lincoln Center looking out at the fountain, the Metropolitan Opera House and Avery Fisher Hall, bubbles appeared.

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March 29, 2011
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Upper East Side, Manhattan.. To purchase this photo as a print/card simply click the links below the photo here. To view additional sizes for this photo on Flickr, click here.

Upper East Side, Manhattan..

To purchase this photo as a print/card simply click the links below the photo here. To view additional sizes for this photo on Flickr, click here.

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January 06, 2011
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Upper East Side, Manhattan. Winter solitude— in a world of one color the sound of wind. - Matsuo Bashō (Clicking through the photo will take you to where it is located on Flickr where you can see larger versions and/or more information.)

Upper East Side, Manhattan.


Winter solitude—
in a world of one color
the sound of wind. - Matsuo Bashō


(Clicking through the photo will take you to where it is located on Flickr where you can see larger versions and/or more information.)

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January 05, 2011
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Upper East Side, Manhattan. Clicking through the photo will take you to where it is located on Flickr where you can see larger versions and/or more information.

Upper East Side, Manhattan.


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December 21, 2010
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Upper East Side, Manhattan.

Upper East Side, Manhattan.

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December 15, 2010
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The Queensboro Bridge (also known as the 59th Street Bridge). View from the Upper East Side, Manhattan.

The Queensboro Bridge (also known as the 59th Street Bridge).

View from the Upper East Side, Manhattan.

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