NEW YORK NEW YORK – We stayed in New York this weekend to attend Baby Victoria’s first birthday party. This has been a week of portentious anniversaries. I have a rule against posting cute kids but today will be an exception.
Day 1,829 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
On this day one year ago (day 1,464): Johnny Rocket. The only image that I shot on October 18, 2013.
NEW YORK NEW YORK and WARREN CONNECTICUT – Enough celebration. Back to one photo every day humdrum. Here we are on Sixth Avenue with my Leica Monochrom; ending the day in Warren.
Day 1,828 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
On this day five years ago (day 2): For Rent. A depressing sign of the times five years ago.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – October 16, 2014 is the fifth anniversary of “One Photograph Every Day for the Rest of My Life.” 1,827 days. Without a miss. This is the first day of year six.
In documenting this long-term project online I’ve reached an audience that would have been impossible in a pre-digital era. I tweet images daily (the same ones that I post here). Woody’s Twitter feed. I passed a major milestone last week: more than 50,000 Twitter followers.
Needless to say I’ve learned a lot in five years. I’m working with an editor to explore threads looking to develop future shows. Over the next year I’ll begin selling prints of the most successful images.
On the first day of this project, October 16, 2009, I shot the Jean Dubuffet sculpture “Four Trees” at One Chase Manhattan Plaza. In retrospect the composition looks contrived (actually all compositions are contrived, aren’t they) but I’m stuck with this as image #1 forever. I went back and reviewed the 10/16/2009 shoot; the image that I posted was the only shot that I took of the Dubuffet (which is mad). Here’s a three frame stitch from the same day that I now find more interesting:
So let’s celebrate the anniversary with a gallery of what I found today on revisiting One Chase Manhattan Plaza (the Dubuffet is still there):
An Trinity Church:
On this day five years ago, day one, the ur-Dubuffet:
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I’ve been living with my new website look for a few days now. I like the way it runs on tablets and smartphones. I’m less enamored with the three column look that it presents on a computer. I’ll go back to the drawing board on this over the weekend.
Today I experimented with my Leica T (which has good live view and adapts well to Leica manual focus lenses). Today I shot out our window with a Leica R 280mm f4.0, a long lens that has remarkable charisma. Here you go.
Day 1,826 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
Here’s the context of the above image.
On this day one year ago: Schloss Elmau
SKYLINE DRIVE VIRGINIA – Our tourism schedule called for the Skyline Drive today – on of the great scenic routes in the country, located in the Shenandoah Mountains here in Western Virginia. There was just one unanticipated problem. Fog. Dense, can’t see the road in front of the car fog. The images are actually the best of our trip.
Back home:
Day 1,825 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
On this day two years ago: Red Rooster Drive-In.
ETLAN VIRGINIA – Here we are in zip code 22719 exploring Old Raggedy Ann Antiques.
Day 1,824 of one picture every day for the
On this day last year (day 1,459): Ferchensee, near Schloss Elmau.
WASHINGTON VIRGINIA – I spent a good part of the day updating the engine behind my website. There’s a new look (which isn’t necessarily better than the old look – just different) which plays better with mobile devices than the old one. According to Google about 90% of you view this site on a mobile device.
We drove about five hours down to Virginia today for a long weekend at Inn at Little Washington, a lovely inn where an old friend, Patrick O’Connell, presides as chef. I got a few images in the village but they didn’t amount to much because the skies were overcast and the light was flat.
Day 1,823 of one picture every day for the rest of my life.
On this day two years ago (day 1,093): Not much going on here.
