Thursday, July 29, 2010

The Red Hook Manifesto

Well ok, this is not a manifesto at all, but isn't The Red Hook Manifesto a kick ass title? Well I think so anyway ;) In the New York City Borough of Brooklyn, just south of downtown is a neighborhood called Red Hook. Most of what I knew of Red Hook before becoming a New Yorker myself came mainly from Harlan Ellison's book Memo's From Purgatory, where brass knuckle and .22 caliber pistols (called 'zipguns') packing juvenile street gangs ran the streets with impunity.

Fast forward fifty some years and Red Hook no longer possesses such an image. Red Hook is home to Brooklyn's Ikea store and several art galleries and restaurants. Its an interesting neighborhood and much like the neighborhoods of Brooklyn, it has a unique character and feel all it own which is completely different than its surrounding neighborhoods. There is one issue that one can't help but notice when visiting; unlike the majority of Brooklyn, its rather undeserved by public transportation. The majority of transportation that serves the area, ostensibly serves customers visiting Ikea.







Old street cars on display...


Random Trivia, really the only place in New York City where you can see the Statue of Liberty head on without going to Liberty Island...

Looking toward Ikea...


All these shots have been geotagged and are best if viewed large. The layout of the area is quite interesting and definitely recommend looking at the map on a few of these shots...

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Stop Ahead

Taken on Gansevoort Street in the Meat Packing District of Manhattan, not far from the previous post...

I will be busy for the next few days so posting will be sparse for the remainder of the week... I will return with a really nice collection next week!

Thanks For Reading, Matt :)

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Clown Doctor

On the side of an old industrial building (below the High Line) in the Meat Packing District of Manhattan...

Larger versions and geotag information is available on Flickr, which may be accessed by clicking the image...

Friday, July 23, 2010

Crosswalk Composition

I always catch myself wanting to incorporate painted crosswalks into the composition of my photos; here's prime example from Delaware Street in downtown Indianapolis. The bail bonding businesses indicate its proximity to the jail and courts....

Best if viewed large...

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Subway Night Hawking

Long time readers of this blog may know that I have issues with insomnia. One thing I have in common with Travis Blickle is that I walk around and ride subways at night to help pass the time while I'm not sleeping. One thing I don't have in common with him is the whole illegal weapon procuring, coke nail sporting-pimp shooting, politician assassination attempting, 12 year old prostitute rescuing thing; the only shooting that goes on here is with my camera. Now where was I? Oh yes, photographing the NYC subway at night...I like to do that too.

The Garbage Express! Well, ok, it runs local...As I await the arrival of the 7 train that is being delayed by this mobile landfill, insult is added to injury as I get to take in the olfactory experience of fetid garbage as the temperature on the platform is about 90 degrees. Ahhh, the joys of riding the subway off peak...lol

The G train stands idle, and alone... Taken at the Court Square station in Long Island City, Queens...


A eerily quiet Bedford-Nostrand station in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in central Brooklyn.


Taken from the 55th Street station from the elevated BMT West End Line in the Borough Park area of Southwest Brooklyn...

This uptown road in its uptown world at the 86th and Lexington station in the affluent area of Manhattan known as the Upper East Side.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Hunters Point Dilemma

Every once in a while, I will enter the dilemma, black and white or color? Being that this is my first attempt to utilize textures in my photographs, there's a limit in which I wish to confound myself ;) From this perspective, this view actually looks as if it were shot in Midtown Manhattan; this view was actually shot across the East River in Queens. Taken from the Hunters Point Avenue subway station (IRT Flushing Line).

Larger sizes and geotag information may be viewed by clicking on the image...

Monday, July 19, 2010

Men Of Personality

I only wish the supporting rope weren't in the shot, otherwise the interaction between these two men are priceless. Taken at the Indianapolis Farmer's Market, which happens on Market Street every Wednesdays during season...

Sunday, July 18, 2010

2 AM Night Swim II

Continuing my late night photo shoot in Dumbo, Brooklyn until the sprinklers came on and sullied my lens; damn you NYC Parks and Recreation!!! ;)


Must view large these large...

Friday, July 16, 2010

2 AM Night Swim I

Well OK, I wouldn't swim in the East River, but I did stand at its edge (at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservatory) and hung out with several young lovers making out, shooting some photos of this classic piece of infrastructure; the Manhattan Bridge...

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Dupont Overcast

Along Connecticut Avenue in the Washington DC neighborhood of Dupont Circle. There are underpasses along the avenue to bypass traffic circles withing the neighborhood...

larger sizes and geotag information may be viewed by clicking the image...

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Scenes from Flushing Avenue Station

These photos were taken at the Flushing Avenue station, which is located at the corner of Flushing and Union Avenues in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn. This station is part of the IND Crosstown Line (Brooklyn and Queens), which is the only major NYC subway line that doesn't enter Manhattan.







Larger versions and geotag information may be viewed by clicking on the image...

Brooklyn Deco

This Art Deco Structure is occupied by Brooklyn Technical High school, which is located in the Fort Greene neighborhood near downtown Brooklyn.

Larger versions and geotag information may be viewed by clicking on the image...

Monday, July 12, 2010

Pretendensity

Stand in the right place with the right amount of zoom, and you can squeeze the density out of an area that doesn't exist... Taken near at the corner of Southeastern and Oriental on the near east side of Indianapolis in a neighborhood known as Holy Cross...

Geotag information and larger sizes may be seen by clicking on the image...

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Queens Zoom Zoom

Taken at the base of the Queensboro Bridge, on the Queens end in Long Island City...

Best if viewed large, you may click the image to do so...

Blue Star

Taken from State Street on the near south side of Chicago, close to Chinatown...

Geotagged and best if viewed large (click on the photo to do so).

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Architecture: Old and New

Taken near the corner of Delaware and St. Joseph Streets in Indianapolis' St. Joseph neighborhood...

Best if viewed large...

Monday, July 5, 2010

Ghost Bus

Taken at the corner of Queens Boulevard and 13th Street in Long Island City, Queens...

Best if viewed large...

Not In Service

This train did not have a designation, but it was a full train riding the express rail, heading toward Coney Island on the BMT Broadway Line. I photographed this train at the 8th Avenue subway station in the Dyker Heights area of Brooklyn...

This is definitely best if viewed large and geotagged, you may view both by clicking the image...

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Golden

Looking toward uptown Manhattan from the Wards Island Bridge...Be sure to check the geotag info to see the waterway layout of the area...

Friday, July 2, 2010

Red Doors

Taken near the corner of 10th and Pennsylvania in the St. Joseph neighborhood of Indianapolis...