Do I revisit a place or should I explore somewhere new? My decision-making in answer to this question about my next photo shoot is made easier when I remember that the old can also be new.
Read MoreCentral Park Autumn Walk Before ’Fall
This year was different. I’m lured to Central Park each autumn and in recent years I’ve walked across her 843 acres shooting photos and videos for many hours on multiple weekends in October and November.
Read MoreGive Me Your Colors Yearning to Display Free
A New York icon is the repetitive subject of a new mural on the High Line.
Read MoreFrederick Douglass: A New York Life Remembered
Located at the northwest gate of Central Park in Manhattan, Frederick Douglass Circle features an appropriately larger-than-life sculpture of the abolitionist, author and orator.
Read MoreChristmas Spirit Spread Across Manhattan
Stately Christmas trees and decorations appear in neighborhoods throughout Manhattan. Here I feature the holiday spirit in bright lights and colors at Fulton Street in the South Street Seaport area, the New York Stock Exchange, Avenue of Americas and 50th Street and, of course, Rockefeller Center. Merry Christmas!
Read MoreThe Curves, Dips and Peak of VIA 57 West
When words such as “hyperbolic paraboloid” and “tetrahedron” are used to describe the shape of a building, a photographer on the lookout for unusual modern architecture knows he’s in for a treat.
Read MoreDown Under at 34th Street-Hudson Yards
It wasn’t the colorful murals, stainless steel wall panels, granite floor tiles, nor the main entrance’s glass “turtle shell-shaped” canopy, digital advertising boards, or the long, broad train platform that impressed me most.
Read MoreBrooklyn Bridge Walk Puts the Spiritual in Secularism
What is a secularist to do when he needs a certain spiritual lift? Some climb to mountain tops; I walk across the Brooklyn Bridge.
Read MoreLooking Beyond the High Line
The High Line is truly an urban “park.” Actually, it is a former elevated train trestle that was reconfigured into a walkway lined with various trees, lush shrubs, colorful perennials and stretches of grass, spanning roughly 22 city blocks on Manhattan’s West Side.
Read MoreCapturing the 'Cathedral of Commerce'
The Woolworth Building in lower Manhattan has a perfect nickname: The Cathedral of Commerce.
Read MorePhotographer's Travels Through Brooklyn-Queens
I had a mission on a recent Saturday. I wanted to spend the entire day driving along the waterfronts in northern Brooklyn and Queens to take photographs of Manhattan’s skyline from new vantage points.
Read MoreFiddler, Tiger and Eagle Spotted in Central Park South
It’s true, the sounds of country music and songs about old-time religion were heard recently in Central Park.
Read MoreIconic Views from Brooklyn Bridge Park
It is an ideal spot to take in many New York icons. Brooklyn Bridge Park, an 85-acre area that spans about a mile along the East River waterfront of Brooklyn Heights, particularly the revitalized Pier 1.
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