MANHATTAN – I went to the ON shoe store in the Flatiron district today to buy sneakers. There was a small, elegant display in the shop featuring an AI generated moving image of a woman who more or less apes the viewer’s movements and expressions. Uncanny. According to Claude it’s a mashup of shot footage and AI.
Day 6,044 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
AI woman
Looking back 15 years to Spring in Central Park. Day 565 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
MANHATTAN – We celebrated my birthday at Saint Urban, a relatively new restaurant here – we actually got to know the chef while visiting Francesca and Derek in Syracuse a few years ago. Here’s a link: Saint Urban
Day 6,043 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
Saint Urban
Looking back exactly ten years to hanging out in Palm Beach. Day 2,391 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Here’s picture of a picture by Wendell MacRae, a commercial photographer active in the 1930s and 1940s — a name that was largely forgotten until Lee Witkin mounted a tribute exhibition at the Witkin Gallery, complete with a 30-page catalogue, around 1980-81. We purchased a MacRay image of Rockefeller Center at the AIPAD show at the Park Avenue Armory, which we attended today.
Day 6,041 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
Wendell MacRae
Looking back 12 years to sneaking a smoke in Brooklyn. Day 1,658 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.