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Photographs: Architecture, Photographs: New York City, Photographs: Structures and Objects, Photographs: Urban/Street

Brick Walls, Roofs, Orange Paint

October 9, 2011 G Dan Mitchell Leave a comment

A section of brick wall above old roofs is painted bright orange, Chelsea, New York City.

This photograph was made from the High Line Elevated Park in morning light. If you like the textures and colors and machinery and forms of dense and old urban structures, there is a lot to see and photograph from the High Line. I made a photograph of the same under-construction area in the far right of this frame (not completely visible) a year ago, but that was at a very different time of the day. On this morning, the odd patch of bright orange paint on the brick wall (and the smaller bit around the door frame) got my attention, so I leaned as far as I could toward the edge of the walkway and made a photograph unobstructed by the guard rail.

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Photographs: Architecture, Photographs: New York City, Photographs: Structures and Objects, Photographs: Urban/Street

Fire Escape Ladder, Brick Building

September 22, 2011 G Dan Mitchell 5 Comments

On the final morning of our August (2011) visit to New York City, we took the subway down toward the lower end of the island to meet our son – the plan being to walk though Soho and (I think) the West Village, ending up at a gallery in Chelsea. After taking care of the most pressing bit of initial business – coffee – we wandered on through Soho… and I think this photograph was made there.

New Yorkers undoubtedly know exactly is going on with this light, but for the rest of the world… the morning sun was passing through a relatively narrow gap between buildings to strike this brick wall and partially pick off this green emergency exit zigzagging down the front of this building. In a lot of ways, this isn’t totally different from shooting natural landscapes – go out early, look for interesting subjects, find good light, make photographs. It isn’t totally the same – duh! – either. Not only can you walk here from coffee, but we (my son and I) shot without tripods, and I stuck to a single 50mm prime to keep things simple.

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Photographs: New York City, Photographs: Structures and Objects, Photographs: Urban/Street

Apartment Windows, Brooklyn

September 17, 2011 G Dan Mitchell Leave a comment

Two apartment windows look out from an upper story apartment in Brooklyn, New York.

Looking through the curtains of this upper story apartment in Brooklyn, New York, the upper walls and rooftops of surround apartment buildings are visible.

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Photographs: Architecture, Photographs: Northern California, Photographs: Structures and Objects

Doorway, Battery Spencer

September 9, 2011 G Dan Mitchell Leave a comment

Morning sun on a doorway at historic Battery Spencer, Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

The Marin Headlands area of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, just across the bay from San Francisco, is full of old military installations that once guarded the entrance to San Francisco Bay. I’ve been intrigued by these facilities for some time, but my interest was sparked again after seeing the San Francisco Opera production of Wagner’s “Ring” cycle earlier this year, in which some sets were inspired by these structures.

Battery Spencer is one of the most accessible of these sites, though in some ways it may be overlooked since many people simply walk through or past it on their way from the parking area to a very popular and spectacular viewpoint just above the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge. But in the right conditions of atmosphere and light this area can provide a lot of interesting photographic possibilities. This open doorway, lit my morning light, is along a passageway between a number of structures that are half buried in the hillside here.

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