Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Landscape Photography Locations => Topic started by: markadams99 on August 06, 2011, 11:10:47 am
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I recently spent a day in New York with my brother-in-law (https://picasaweb.google.com/JohnHauschildt/Queens?authkey=Gv1sRgCKXG7Pbqn-jenAE&feat=email), first on The High Line, then we took the train to 5 Pointz Institute of Higher Burnin' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Pointz), the graffiti mecca in Queens, then back on the train to the old World Fair site at Flushing Meadows Park. It was 104 F.
After 4 visits to The High Line I think of it as The High Design Line....it's wonderful, but it leaves me cold:
(http://thelightcavalry.zenfolio.com/img/v27/p543147140-3.jpg)
We walked across Manhattan to Grand Central Terminal to catch the 7 train. Coming from London, where railway termini showcase Victorian engineering, I'm out of sympathy with Grand Central where form follows function only if the function is shopping. Not Grand Central (http://thelightcavalry.zenfolio.com/stpancras/slideshow):
(http://thelightcavalry.zenfolio.com/img/v25/p328273793-4.jpg)
I really enjoyed the train ride out of Manhattan and recommend the last carriage for the view back:
(http://thelightcavalry.zenfolio.com/img/v29/p586250646-4.jpg)
5 Pointz has an industrial feel thanks to the elevated train tracks. but could be grungier still for my taste. As I was shooting the graffiti I thought I was wasting my time just reproducing what was there, but I'm happier now that I've edited a few shots:
(http://thelightcavalry.zenfolio.com/img/v22/p589257608-4.jpg)
(http://thelightcavalry.zenfolio.com/img/v30/p967123246-4.jpg)
By contrast I was excited by the Unisphere at the 1964 World Fair site....dark clouds, strong sunlight, big, strange object....but failed to get anything special:
(http://thelightcavalry.zenfolio.com/img/v21/p756751612-4.jpg)
Close by the Unisphere is a kitsch sculpture - Rocket Thrower. The New York Times art critic described it as "the most lamentable monster, making Walt Disney look like Leonardo Da Vinci." Highly recommended:
(http://thelightcavalry.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p654478581-4.jpg)
Slideshow here: http://thelightcavalry.zenfolio.com/queens/slideshow
Other suggestions for industrial/grungy/oddball sites in NYC?
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... As I was shooting the grafitti I thought I was wasting my time just reproducing what was there...
Check Eric Meola's painted walls in the article (http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/seeing_in_color.shtml) on this site from a few days ago.
Your "Not Grand Central" is quite interesting... might work even better in b&w.