Photography

A Good Day?

Note: All photos shown basically in the order they were shot. All coincidences are just coincidences. I walk into the Galleria deli on 24th and 10th and say hi to a fly in one of the seats, who seems to be waiting for the lunch rush to form.  Can I have a chicken salad wrap […]

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Him and Them

Few buildings hold more ghosts; and few books as well. *Note: All non-architectural photos are captured from books or shows of Peter Hujar, Robert Mapplethorpe, Nan Goldin, and Robert Frank. Click names to view portfolios. Many are details of their photographs, sometimes from angles, and not fully representative of the originals. A rare 1925 survivor

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Things Feel Fast

  I think the only way to keep this column interesting every two to three weeks is to mix inspired posts with things going on in life. When I’m feeling inspired, perfect. When not, just stream of consciousness the day-to-day stuff. Lean in to the self-indulgence. Right now I’m lying in bed in a state

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The Open Road?

Robert Frank’s road is full of dark possibility. Dorothea Lange’s road is forlorn. Todd Hido’s road is fighting bleakness and despair. Lee Friedlander’s road is full of cracks, waiting for the sudden acceleration as he hurdles straight through his ego. Rebecca Norris-Webb’s road, you can feel the weight of the raindrops. Stephen Shore’s road, you

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Chrysler Building Spire

Executive Suites

Speaking of the Barclays… This above photo illustration of the Chrysler Building Spire sells the most for me, by far. It’s not hard to see why. It pops through the fog of the internet; it’s classic and simple. Safe, but with edges. People sometimes ask how I took it and I have no idea how

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The $1,200 Hoodie

Am I really about to justify a $1,200 hooded sweatshirt? Between Spring and Broome, on Greene St. in SoHo, lies an 1873 French Renaissance architectural masterpiece by Isaac F. Duckworth. The finest example of cast-iron architecture on the finest cast-iron block in the world, it was nicknamed, The King of Greene Street. “Duckworth’s French Second Empire cast

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