Ben Fractenberg, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Dec 22 at 9:46pm ESTby THE CITY Here are some images from a year that will forever link us as New Yorkers — offering glimpses into a city again surviving by finding connections even amid heartbreak and isolation.
For a Roosevelt Island photo essay, Tad Sudol reacted to a community on Pause by hauling out his camera and artist’s eye, recording favorite views.
There are more than 10 Ways to See New York City. What comes to mind when you imagine New York City? Times Square? Central Park? The Empire State Building? Maybe, the Statue of Liberty? Here, I’ll offer some other, less obvious choices.
About Shoes: Real Time Photography… “A decision must be made…” That caption came to mind when I saw a pair of shoes left beside a doorway. They were just a pair of shoes, but these were different. Especially in bad weather, people leave their shoes out. They dry […]
Canal Street, New York City, is where anything loose in the city seems to tumble. This fine art photograph is a kind of composite. From Chinatown to McDonalds, all along the subway spine. Canal Street Station in Chinatown is a kind of found art everywhere you look, an […]
San Francisco point of view… “Walking through a park in San Francisco, I found an abandoned hopscotch court just as the sun set. It had a kind of lost childhood, haunting feel that I couldn’t resist.” Photographer Deborah Julian
About Henri Cartier-Bresson — street photography owes him a debt. Cartier-Bresson didn’t invent street photography, but his “decisive moment” gave it life. Funny thing, his heart was never 100% into it.
Humor in street photography isn’t something you see every day. I’ve walked through galleries, admiring the work of photographers who, for all their skill and art, have no sense of humor. But, look long enough, and you can find some whimsey.
About Deborah Julian’s Charles Bridge, Prague … Not all urban or street photography is fine art. It all depends on the photographer’s motive. Street photography is about narrative, and urban may be static, a look at the landscape or how things fit together with or without people. Deborah […]
Images of New York City bring an angular view to urban spaces, seen through street photography. Catching what’s missed in the rush. Balloon Girl (Soho) by Deborah Julian Up Close, What Does New York City Look Like? Deborah Julian is a New York City based street and urban […]