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Photographs: New York City, Photographs: Urban/Street

Man in Subway Car

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Man in Subway Car
A man stands near the doorway between two cars of a historic New York subway car

Man in Subway Car. New York City. December 27, 2015. © Copyright 2015 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A man stands near the doorway between two cars of a historic New York subway car

This is another of my historic subway photographs from late December 2015 in New York City. During the holiday season, on one day the system trots out the old rolling stock and folks can ride the old trains over a section of the modern subway system under Manhattan. We got there early and caught the first run of the train heading uptown, then caught it again for the trip back.

The experience is remarkable. Some of these subway cars are very old, and while they still look like subway cars there are aspects of the experience that are quite different. They are very noisy! Sometimes the lights switch off for a moment, presumably as the train rolls over un-powered sections. The passageways between cars are entirely open — the ends of the cars bounce up and down relative to one another and the wind streams past. This photographs looks through that inter-car passage and toward the connected car, where a man stands in the aisle.

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

Walking in Rain

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Walking in Rain
Three pedestrians share an umbrella on a rainy New York morning

Walking in Rain. New York City. December 2, 2015. © Copyright 2015 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Three pedestrians share an umbrella on a rainy New York morning

My recollection is that we had gone to sort of the East Village area on this morning, first to find some pastry and coffee for breakfast at a place we’ve been to before, and then to wander about making some photographs in this urban area on a cool and wet morning. Breakfast and coffee taken care of, we started walking and watching the urban landscape and its human wildlife.

There is, of course, quite a lot to see, and much of it appears and disappears quickly. I rarely have a lot of time to think about a photograph, and quite often I have to move fast, composing on the fly. When this trio walked past I immediately noticed their color palette of basically black and red/pink and thought that there might be a photograph. We were already walking this direction so I quickly made a few exposures of this group of friends or relatives as they walked along, close together and sharing an umbrella on this drizzly morning.

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: 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

Black and White Photography

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Black and White Photography
A museum employee photographs a family.

Black and White Photography. New York City. December 27, 2015. © Copyright 2015 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A Whitney Museum employee photographs a family.

During our December 2015 visit to New York I had my first opportunity to visit the new Whitney Museum in Chelsea, at the south end of the High Line Park. I hadn’t been to the old Whitney, so I was especially interested in the new museum — not only would I see work that I hadn’t looked at before, but I would have a chance to visit a brand new piece of architecture. In fact, I thought the building was fascinating, especially outdoor terraces on each of the floors that I visited. (I started at the top and got through the collections on the 6th, 7th, and 8th floors.) The highest levels thrust out into space, providing dizzying and spectacular New York views, and the visual appearance looking up from the lower terraces is quite something, too.

I like photographing at and around museums. Often the architecture itself is interesting, but even more, the people at museums are fascinating subjects. Perhaps it is just because there are often so many of them packed so tightly together. Maybe it is something about a change in appearance and demeanor among people who are looking at and thinking about art. I spent a lot of time out on those terraces making quick photographs, and when I saw this family lining up against the wall of the museum, asking a museum employee (who was quite cooperative) to take the camera and record their antics, I quickly clicked of a sequence of photographs.

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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