Don’t let the Brooklyn Bridge or her many admirers fool you. There’s more to the 133-year-old structure than just her Gothic-style towers and web of steel cables.
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 MoreTriangular Flatiron Building Has More Than Two Sides
Manhattan’s triangular Flatiron Building, located where Fifth Avenue and Broadway converge, is all about angles and optical illusions. But I’ve come across another “side” to this iconic 22-story skyscraper.
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SKYLINE E-READER: My favorite shot of this year is an image of a woman lying on a bench, e-reader in hand, with the Brooklyn Bridge and lower Manhattan skyline as a backdrop. What I particularly like about this images is the way her golden tan injects color into a scene dominated by a blues, grays and browns.
My Top 11 Photos of 2014
It’s official: my favorite subjects to photograph are in Manhattan. This was an easy conclusion to reach, given that the city’s views monopolize my top 11 photos of 2014, as chosen by yours truly (why stop at 10?).
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The Woolworth Building as seen from Broadway looking north. (Photo: Joseph Kellard)
Capturing the 'Cathedral of Commerce'
The Woolworth Building in lower Manhattan has a perfect nickname: The Cathedral of Commerce.
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A vista of the the Midtown skyline and Queensboro Bridge as seen from Gantry Plaza State Park in Long Island City. (Photo: Joseph Kellard)
Photographer'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.
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