Tag: Zoom In
In New York City, restaurants open and restaurants close. Some are in operation longer than others, making them iconic. So when they shutter, like Gray’s Papaya in the West Village abruptly did this week, people collectively mourn these establishments and use it as an opportunity to lament about gentrification, the dying of old New York, […]
The salt pellets routinely used for melting snow on New York sidewalks and roads look really picturesque in macro. Before the storm hit last night, I documented the various crystals in action using the DSLR I hacked with the Pentax 25mm 1.4 TV lens that’s usually found in 1″ CCTV security cameras. See also: street food and garbage in macro. Stay […]
Oh my god! There’s a Dunkin Donuts now open on Bedford and North 7th Street. How will the artist community handle this corporate invasion? Will the mom & pops shops be ok? Where did the mom & pops shops go? I could have sworn I still saw a bodega here last month… Anyway, I asked […]
Giving signed dollar bills to newly-opened businesses has been a New York tradition for time immemorial. Of course, The Newsstand pop-up art/zine/record store — underground at the Lorimer/Metropolitan L/G subway stop — did this a little differently. Their good luck bills are signed by graffiti writers (and artsy personalities) such as CHINO, KUMA, NECKFACE, and […]
Hundreds of people showed up to Bryant Park dressed in white this week for Diner en Blanc or, excuse me — “Le Dîner en Blanc” which “recalls the elegance and glamour of court society” as “diners engage one another knowing they are taking part in a truly magical event.” Although this public, white-clad affair is a far […]
I’ll never get used to seeing horses clopping down busy Manhattan streets. I shot these horses’ portraits near the corner of 52nd Street and 11th Avenue, where many of these tourist-transporting animals and their novelty vehicles are parked. Just look at those faces. Look into their eyes. Then, looking beyond the horses, behind their swinging bag […]
ANIMAL loves minimalist icons, but before their various uses on the internet, this iconography served purely utilitarian purposes. The MTA uses tons of minimalist icons to show daily commuters where not to go, what not to do with the doors and where the rats and pesticide are. Let’s take a minute and admire them purely for their […]
Last week, I took photos of graffiti in Alexandria. Similar to the graffiti around Tahrir Square (and all across the country), these aerosol-scrawled messages play an important role in the political conflict. Both sides use the street discourse to promote their cause, intimidate opponents, and voice outrage. In some ways, the art form parallels graffiti’s […]
Located on East First Street off of First Avenue, the Centre-fuge Public Art Project is a rotating outdoor gallery featuring work by mostly street artists. Every two months, new artists are invited to paint a construction office trailer that has been occupying the block as part of the constructions of the Second Avenue Subway. It’s […]
Seeing empty Citi Bike docks is a beautiful thing. It means the program is a success and people are cruising around our great metropolis without polluting. Here’s some photos I shot over a period of week, because finding a dock without any bikes wasn’t as easy as the Daily News reported. If it wasn’t for […]
