New York

In September 2009 I went to New York for three and a half weeks. I took my old 35mm SLR camera and shot on 3200ISO black & white film. This is what I found...

Looking up

Walking the high line in Chelsea


























I took this photo shooting off the last few frames of my last roll of film walking up Bedford Ave back to the loft to get my bag and leave the city. This ended up being one of my favorite photos of the whole bunch.






This is the building on the cover of Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti album. I only found that out when talking to the kiwi woman who was running the vintage clothing shop at the bottom of the building. She pulled out the album to show me just in case I didn't believe her.






206 East 7th Ave East Village. This is supposedly the apartment building that Alan Ginsberg lived in for forty years.






All the fire stairs on the outside of the apartment blocks reminded me of Sesame Street.






The best bar I found, Lucky Dog on Bedford Ave. Great music, laid back, interesting people and free doggy treats in the bubble gum machine for the dogs.






On Bedford Ave Williamsburg. I walked through wet concrete right in front of this building. They didn't even bother to section it off. I was busy looking around and by the time I felt my foot in the concrete it was too late. Now there's an imprint of me there.






On the Staten Island ferry











Brooklyn bridge






Manhattan bridge






Just getting to Manhattan Island after walking the Manhattan bridge

People

Chad in Soho






Nick at the Guggenheim











At a cafe in Chelsea






I loved catching the subway. It was an awesome people watching opportunity. Plenty of buskers and ranting religious fanatics.






This could have been taken in the 1970s






Everybody loves New York
















These guys were having a break after playing an intense game of handball. It was the most full on aggressive game of hand ball I've ever seen.






Crossing the Manhattan bridge






Moonshine, the gentle giant Lucky Dog bar tender who can scull a pot in one mouthful.






This guy ran the laundromat across the road from the apartment I stayed in. All day, everyday, he sat there, watching.






This car is for real!






Marty having a lovely time

Wandering

Film shoot on Wall St






The Stock Exchange






Site of the twin towers






A metal cross retrieved from the 9/11 wreckage






A church in little italy












A tabernacle choir service I went to. 160 singers on stage in a massive art deco auditorium, several hundred people in the audience singing and dancing to the music, a man speaking in tongues, someone translating them and getting a shiver up my spine, exactly what I expected. What I didn't expect though was being shown christian boot camp propaganda screened with dolby sound system production and a restless child being kicked out of church. The three year old was yelling out the word 'no' during a sermon, probably disagreeing with what the priest was saying, so the priest asked for the child to be 'removed'. I nearly wet my pants trying to repress the laughter. A very bizarre experience.











Central station




































The best flea market ever! Two levels in a massive warehouse full of old stuff from the 1920s and 30s. I spent two hours looking through suitcases full of old photos.