Certainly not! But the way most passersby ignore them, you would think so.
Certainly not! But the way most passersby ignore them, you would think so.
joel meyerowitz did a great series of new york shots with 8x10 a while back. the y were not simply tall buildings. they were mostly people shots as i recall. hum anity meeting the city.
the next time you are in the city go to his gallery (it is on broadway just belo w houston)and aks to see the prints. i am sure they would show them to you.
new york is not to fast moving for lf. you just have to think a bit before you s hoot and visualize what you want.
Like everyone else said, mind your equipment. I use an old B&J 4x5 press camera and prefocus a little before I set up the tripod, just to see if it's worth it. Cops don't bother me much so long as I'm out of the way. Bringing another photographer is the best security. I find my non-photog friends get bored very, very quickly. I work downtown now so I'm exploring the area. Sunday mornings are absolutely deserted down here and the light is great.
This seemed like a good place to mention that ICP is offering a 5-week course in March/April 2004 on LF Portraiture and Street Photography, taught by Greg Miller. Unfortunately, it seems to be open only to students in their full-time program, and I'm going to be out of the country anyway for two of the five weeks, but it's good to see that LF street photography is being taken seriously.
I'm going to write to them to indicate that I would be interested if the course were offered again for the general public, and maybe if others did so, it might come about. Info at www.icp.org, but I didn't see the course listed on the website, just in the printed "Winter Programs 2004" circular.
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