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

Trees, Rain, and Bedrock

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Trees, Rain, and Bedrock
Spring trees and a Manhattan schist bedrock outcropping in Central Park, Manhattan.

Trees, Rain, and Bedrock. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.

Spring trees and a Manhattan schist bedrock outcropping in Central Park, Manhattan.

This and several other photographs from my end-of-April visit to Manhattan will be interspersed with earlier photographs of the natural world over the next few days. I wrote earlier about my bad luck with New York weather — I went in April hoping for the beautiful spring weather than New Yorkers had told me about, only to have three days of rain! I managed to get out for a walk into the spring-green but very wet reaches of lower Central Park on this morning.

Considering that it is located in the middle of this huge metropolis, Central Park still surprises me with moments of quiet and (near) solitude. There were plenty of people out on this rainy morning, though the crowds were suppressed a bit as I walked up this path through trees and near some of the exposed Manhattan schist bedrock formations that are found throughout the park.

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Photographs: Nature, Photographs: New York City, Photographs: Travel

Central Park, Spring

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Central Park, Spring
A meadow and trees in spring, Central Park, Manhattan.

Central Park, Spring. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.

A meadow and trees in spring, Central Park, Manhattan.

This photograph is evidence. Allow me to explain. We frequently visit New York City, as our sons and their wives live and work there. The running joke is that we always go in the two worst months, August and December. And on every visit they tell us that “you should really come in fall or spring when it is beautiful.” So a few weeks ago I took them up on this and visited at the end of April. You know… spring. It rained almost the entire time. There was thunder and lightning. Roads flooded. Until the last morning.

I had a few hours on my final morning since I didn’t need to get to the airport until afternoon. So I headed toward Central Park and found… sunshine, pleasant temperatures, clear skies, and spring greenery. It was quite pleasant — for a few hours. I headed to the airport and flew back to the West Coast where… it was raining. Someone is playing a cruel joke on me. ;-)

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

On Patrol

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On Patrol
A serious-looking New York policeman standing against a sunlit wall on Fifth Avenue.

On Patrol. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell.

A serious-looking New York policeman* standing against a sunlit wall on Fifth Avenue.

By now, I almost feel like I know this officer — since I have shared two previous photographs of the guy. The fact that I have so many is indicative of his, uh, relatively low level of active patrol efforts. To be fair, it was a nice sunny spot, and if I were him I probably would have lingered there, too. Plus it was a great spot from which to watch the Columbus Day parade passing by.

Although he didn’t move more than a couple of feet while I watched him, he did engage with his surroundings. I watched a back-slapping exchange with a passerby that he seemed to know. He was observing, and at one point he was aware that I was photographing. His demeanor has changed a bit in this photograph. In the earlier version his legs are crossed and he’s actually leaning on the wall. Perhaps I made this after he saw me? Now he stands erect, looking intently into the street scene.

*Update: I originally referred to the subject as a “NYPD” officer. Several people who are more familiar with that subject than I suggest that he may actually be a private security guard. I’ve altered the description here to account for that.

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

Woman in Central Park

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Woman in Central Park
A women stands on a brick square in Central Park.

Woman in Central Park. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell.

A women stands on a brick square in Central Park.

As we walked through a busy section of Central Park on an October morning, I saw this woman walk through this square alone, pause as if taking stock of the surroundings, then eventually move on. Originally, the bright pink color of her outfit caught my attention, along with something about her demeanor, but I sacrificed that color for this monochrome rendering of the scene — since I like the way that a black and white image translates that color to almost white.

This is one of those photographs that asks more questions than it answers. I cannot tell you “what it means,” or even quite explain why it works for me. I think that there is something a bit noble about her, something about her standing apart from the rest of the crown in the park, but also something more than a bit uncomfortable about the image. and her place in it.

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, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.

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