NEW HAVEN CONNECTICUT – Here for half a day wrapping up my reunion with a sensational visit to the photograph collection of the Yale Art Gallery.
Day 2424 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day last year (day 2060): Queens
NNEW YORK NEW YORK – A really good day of shooting with my Leica Monochrom and 50mm “rigid” Summicron from the late 1950s.
Day 2421 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day six years ago (day 230): Seagrams Building.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I took exactly one picture today. Actually three frames that I stitched in Photoshop (i use stitching as a zoom lens). It’s an alley – I have an ongoing thread in progress on alleys and this was a good one so I knew that I had my image for today.
What interests me about this is the fact that the vines are invading this very dark passageway – they just don’t seem to give up even under hostile circumstances. The image suggests exploring the relationship between that natural and man-made environments in cities. I have a fair number of images that are consistent with this theme, and I’ll be working on it going forward.
Day 2420 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day two years ago (day 1690): Allium, a decorative member of the onion family.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Another rushed day of work with my Noctilux lens.
Day 2415 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day six years ago (day 224): Carnegie Hall
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I spent the day out with one camera and one lens: my Leica Monochrom camera and the amazing f.95 50mm Leica Noctilux. Apart from its prodigious size and weight it’s my favorite lens. I daylight I shoot with a .9 neutral density filter (effectively sunglasses) so I can shoot wide open without overexposing.
Day 2414 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day five years ago (day 588): Fifth Avenue
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I shot water tanks out my window today, stitching frames shot with a long lens.
Day 2412 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day last year (day 2047): Late freeze Looking back over the past 6 years May 23 has been a visually poor day for me – not much to choose from.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Still not a lot going on photographically in my life. On the other hand three years ago was excellent.
Day 2409 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
On this day three years ago (day 1313): Flatiron Building, rephotographing a famous Berenice Abbott image. Six frames stitched
