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Photographs: New York City, Photographs: Urban/Street

Woman on Telephone

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Woman on Telephone
A woman sits against a Manhattan brick wall to talk on the telephone.

Woman on Telephone. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell.

A woman sits against a Manhattan brick wall to talk on the telephone.

Yesterday’s photograph came from the same trip that produced this photograph. Before we headed off for a family event in the green mountains of Vermont we spent four days in the concrete “mountains” and canyons of Manhattan. New York City is definitely not back to normal yet, but it feels far less oppressive than when we visited last winter during the height of one of the covid variants. Back then the streets were largely empty; now there are people out and about once again. We took advantage of this to wander the areas around the lower half of Central Park and some distance south of the park, where I made this photograph.

To some people it seems strange that a supposed “nature photographer” would want to spend time in a busy urban center like Manhattan, much less take a small camera into the street and make pictures of that life. But I like the contrast — the speed and immediacy of street photography, the necessity of making quick and intuitive decisions, and more. I grabbed two frames of this woman crouched against a brick wall and talking on the phone as we walked by, barely breaking stride to make the exposure.

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Photographs: France, Photographs: Travel, Photographs: Urban/Street

Seated at the Louvre

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A boy and two girls seated on benches at the Louvre, Paris.

Seated at the Louvre. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell.

A boy and two girls seated on benches at the Louvre, Paris.

Among the members of my family, I have a problematic reputation as a museum visitor. Apparently I spend way too much time in such places and traverse them way too slowly. A ritual has developed where eventually everyone else heads off to somewhere fun, leaving me behind to wander and. ponder, and later I catch up and join the party. What can I say? I like museums.

Not only do I like them for the things they present, but I also like to photograph in and around them. The buildings usually have fascinating design and architecture and often also very interesting light. There are lots of people, individually or in groups, who populate these interesting spaces. Here I photographed outside the Louvre, in the immense central courtyard, making a photograph of two girls in enthusiastic conversation and one very small-looking boy sitting alone against the monumental scale of the building.

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Photographs: France, Photographs: Urban/Street, Photographs: White Mountains

Open Gate and Courtyard

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Open Gate and Courtyard
A gate opens to a courtyard, Paris

Open Gate and Courtyard. © Copyright 2018 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A gate opens to a courtyard, Paris

This photograph was one in a series of quick snaps — street photography done while on the move, with barely time to stop and compose the image. We ended up here almost by accident. We were working our way towards a museum at which there was an exhibit of photography that seemed interesting, and our route took us through this old area.

The gate was open as we walked past, revealing an interior courtyard. It was entirely empty, except for one very well dressed man, sitting on a step near the wall and staring intently at his cell phone.

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Photographs: New York City, Photographs: Urban/Street

Woman, Sculpture Park, East River

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A woman sits in a blue chair on a lawn at the Socrates Sculpture Park along the East River, New York

Woman, Sculpture Park, East River. New York City. October 8, 2016. © Copyright 2016 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A woman sits in a blue chair on a lawn at the Socrates Sculpture Park along the East River, New York

On this lovely, clouded day of light rain and muted colors, we traveled to the Socrates Sculpture Park along the East River, across the water from Manhattan. Our daughter-in-law  Lia Lowenthal has a piece installed at the park that we wanted to get to see. I had not visited this place before, and it is quite an interesting site — partly because of its shoreline location, partly because it provides an interesting juxtaposition of urban and natural, partly because there is an active sculpture studio next door, and partly because of the works installed there.

After looking at the art I began to look at the environment with photography in mind. I saw this woman sitting on a piece of sculpture in the middle of this worn looking lawn, with the upper Manhattan skyline across the water, and everything in this soft, flat light — and I thought it made a photograph.

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