NEW YORK NEW YORK – Out with my iPhone today before the Opera (a life changer of a performance of Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmelites – I’m still under its spell as I write this several days later). The Lincoln Center fountain and the facade of the Dakota.
On this day last year: Lincoln Center. Three years in a row at Lincoln Center on this date.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – A benefit at Alice Tully Hall. Taken with my Leica M9 and Noctilux lens.
On this day last year: Live from Lincoln Center. May 9 seems to be my day to be at Lincoln Center.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – After an afternoon of committee meetings the James Beard Foundation board had dinner at the Four Seasons Restaurant. In the past I’ve posted a number of images from this iconic Mies van der Rohe institution. Mies designed the interior, including the furniture and the beaded curtains. Taken with my Sony Nex-7 and a Leica 24mm Summilux lens.
On this day one year ago: Lincoln Center fountain.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Some days I go out to photographs a specific project (often after having scouted it); other days I try to meet my phot0-a-day by carrying a camera as I go about my other business. This was one of the latter kind of days. The risk of course is that I don’t see anything of interest, never get in the moment visually, and have to settle for an image that’s only ok or worse.
This, by the way, is my 608th daily post, without having missed a day.
Today the James Beard Foundation had an event for members at Lincoln, Jonathan Benno’s fabulous restaurant at Lincoln Center. This was was with my Panasonic GH2 and a 20mm pancake lens.
On this day one year ago: Citicorp Center.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – The James Beard Foundation Awards were held at Lincoln Center this evening. I caught my image for the day on my way to a rehearsal (I’m the chairman of the organization). Here’s what we say about the awards on our website:
Deemed “the Oscars of the food world,” by Time magazine, the James Beard Foundation Awards are the country’s most coveted honor for chefs; food and beverage professionals; broadcast media, journalists, and authors working on food; and restaurant architects and designers.
Jos Andres of miniBar in Washington DC won the outstanding chef award and spoke movingly on the experience of being an immigrant in America.
Captured with my Leica M9 and a 28mm Summicron lens:
On this day last year: Spring sunrise.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – So I spent the afternoon testing and working out the high and low points of a new lens for my Alpa kit. This is our library taken with my Alpa Max, a 48mm lens Schneider Helvetar APO lens and Hasselblad 60 meg back.
On this day one year ago: rehearsal at Lincoln Center for the James Beard Foundation Awards.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – I met Maria and the Metropolitan Opera for a performance of Le Comte Ory, a Rossini opera with a genuinely goofy libretto but stunning coloratura. Here’s the Lincoln Center fountain captured while waiting with my Leica M9 and a 35mm Summicron lens known as the “bokeh king”.
On this day last year: Another image looking up. One of my favorites since I’ve started this project. Also taken with the bokeh king.
