Manhattan is one of the few places that I find myself always looking up. For the past two days the sun has been making art as shadows dance on the facades of buildings. I am always fascinated by the geometry of the shadows cast by fire escapes. I don't know why but as I shot this today I remembered a photo I took as a college student. It was a vertical picture that I printed on high contrast black and white paper to eliminate all the gray tones. I remember when I made that print I thought of the hackneyed aphorism "not everything is black and white". And today I thought about my habit of looking up in Manhattan. I decided that I should look up more often... not just for photos either! The parallels that can be found in photography and life are endless.
Friday, April 11, 2008
SHADOWS
Manhattan is one of the few places that I find myself always looking up. For the past two days the sun has been making art as shadows dance on the facades of buildings. I am always fascinated by the geometry of the shadows cast by fire escapes. I don't know why but as I shot this today I remembered a photo I took as a college student. It was a vertical picture that I printed on high contrast black and white paper to eliminate all the gray tones. I remember when I made that print I thought of the hackneyed aphorism "not everything is black and white". And today I thought about my habit of looking up in Manhattan. I decided that I should look up more often... not just for photos either! The parallels that can be found in photography and life are endless.
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