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Photographs: New York City, Photographs: Night, Photographs: Urban/Street

Halal Food Cart, Night

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Halal Food Cart, Night
A sidewalk halal food cart at night, Manhattan

Halal Food Cart, Night. Manhattan. December 24, 2015. © Copyright 2016 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A sidewalk halal food cart at night, Manhattan

These food carts and lots of other similar versions are all over Manhattan. I know that isn’t news to New Yorkers, but it is a bit impressive to those of us who visit the place. I have yet to eat at one, but my sons tell me that the food isn’t bad.

I photographed this one (obviously!) at night as we wandered around a crowded portion of Fifth Avenue on Christmas Eve, not far from Rockefeller Center and lots of other stuff that drew huge crowds there on this evening. Against that dark background, the wildly lit cart, festooned with colorful signs describing the food and stacked with bottles of soda was surrounded in a cloud of smoke from food preparation.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
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Photographs: New York City, Photographs: Urban/Street

Food Sing

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Food Sing
Food Sing Chinese food take out and eat in, Brooklyn

Food Sing. Brooklyn, New York. December 22, 2015. © Copyright 2015 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Food Sing Chinese food take out and eat in, Brooklyn

On our first full day in New York this past December we took the subway to this area of Brooklyn to meet up with one of our sons (and later his fiancé and eventually our other son and his fiancé) and wandered around the area a bit, ending up on the waterfront of the East River in an area that seems to be developing rapidly. (This Californian, being from the San Francisco Bay Area, certainly recognized the familiar signs of rapid expansion and wild real estate price inflation…)

Later we walked back up and away from the water looking for food — by the local clock is was lunch time, but by our jet-lagged internal clocks it seemed like a good opportunity for breakfast. As we walked I, of course, had my little street photography camera out and I photographed this and that subject as we moved along. This corner restaurant intrigued me for a bunch or reasons. Certainly the name, which no doubt has meaning that I can’t quite parse, is suggestive with its references to the practical (food) and the aesthetic (sing). But the colors and shapes of the building also intrigue me — the contrast between the hot yellow and red of the awning, the cool tones of blue, and the bits of drab urban street scene, photographed at a moment that was almost free of people.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
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Photographs: New York City, Photographs: Urban/Street

Schnitzel Truck Line

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Schnitzel Truck Line
Schnitzel Truck Line

Schnitzel Truck Line. New York City. August 7, 2014. © Copyright 2014 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Workers line up at a Manhattan schnitzel truck

I had just stopped nearby to grab a quick coffee and some breakfast, but these downtown workers were apparently already lining up for schnitzel at this mid-morning hour. Food carts and food trucks are ubiquitous in this part of Manhattan, though most are the standard hot dog and pretzel (and more) places. This one offered something a bit different from the usual fare.

The truck itself caught my attention — it isn’t every day that you catch a schnitzel-selling food truck. But there were several other visual elements that seemed interesting to me as well. In a purely visual sense, the complex pattern of the tree shadow on the concrete was striking, almost as if the pattern was part of the sidewalk. (As I shot it I thought about how this “pizza light” might pose similar challenges when photographing in the forest.) The people, obviously, also were intriguing. Except for the second guy in line, who apparently doesn’t want to risk losing his place, each person keeps a rather large distance between himself and the others. The guys at the back of the line busy themselves with their smartphones, and all four of them are visually almost identical, except that one of them is not wearing a pink shirt.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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Photographs: New York City, Photographs: Structures and Objects, Photographs: Urban/Street

Red Storefront With Mural

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Red Storefront With Mural
Red Storefront With Mural

Red Storefront With Mural. New York City. December 25, 2013.© Copyright 2014 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Red doors and window frames and brightly painted mural on a New York shop

Given the date, I suppose that this is a sort of Christmas photograph! We had arrived in New York the evening before, and while we had Christmas plans in Brooklyn, those were scheduled for much later in the day, so we ended up out and about in Lower Manhattan on a cold Christmas morning. Initially we headed south toward the financial district and the World Trade Center site – where it seemed that pretty much the only people around were our fellow tourists.

We finished up there and decided to head back to the hotel for a bit before going to Brooklyn. Starting this day and continuing throughout our weeklong stay, this small food stand became something of an icon, as we walked past it on the way to and from our Canal Street hotel daily. Oddly, when the place was closed it was at its most visually interesting, with a roll up door that had been painted brightly with the images of cars as you see here. The whole thing was behind an exterior set of glass windows/doors, the frame of which was painted the most gaudy shade of red imaginable.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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