Persongalleriet #756: Live blog from NYC: Day 7

Monday, November 6th 2017.
On this trip I've been riding on the subway quite a lot. Could be boring, I guess, but it's also always a great opportunity to do street photography!

The first ride on this day went all the way from 103rd street to the southern tip of Manhattan. I was looking for some interesting lines from the architecture and maybe some Wall Street suits as subjects.

After some hours of this I took yet another subway ride, this time out to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, as recommended by my new friend Barry.

Here's one last photo, shot on the platform waiting for the train back to the Upper West Side.

Be well, everybody!

/Niklas

Persongalleriet #755: Live blog from NYC: Day 6

Sunday, November 5th 2017.
A grey day with a bit of rain in the air. I spent some time locating the International Center of Photography. In my old guide book, it had an adress on 6th avenue at 43rd street. It wasn't there. I found a Starbucks nearby and googled the new location. OK, not so far, on 44th close to 6th. Well, google was wrong... not there either! I went back to the Starbucks and went into the ICP website. New museum at 250 Bowery. Another subway trip down to Soho and finally I got to the new museum and was rewarded with a fantastic exhibition by Lauren Greenfield, called Generation Wealth. Very well worth seeing if you have the opportunity!

In the evening, I had a great time at the Dia de los muertos party my hosts Michael and Francisco had for about 10 people. The guys had worked hard for two days preparing delicious Mexican food in great quantities! And I had some very enjoyable and interesting conversations with people from the US, Mexico, Canada, Panama, Austria and France! It was so much fun! Thanks again Michael and Francisco!

Todays photos are four street portraits in black and white:

Be well, everybody!

/Niklas

Persongalleriet #754: Live blog from NYC: Day 5

Saturday, November 4th 2017.
I spent the better part of this day in Queens, along Roosevelt Avenue. The weather was sunny, but cool, and there was some nice light under the elevated train tracks which runs along this avenue for miles. Here are just a few shots from a very productive day:

Be well, everybody!

/Niklas

Persongalleriet #753: Live blog from NYC: Day 4

Friday, November 3rd 2017.
On day 4 I was feeling tired, a bit uninspired and had a few minor misfortunes, none of which are worth mentioning any details about. The best thing was the weather, it was around 20 degrees centigrade and a blue sky! And at the end of the day I did my planned visit to Strand bookstore and got a pile of photo books, some of which are out of print and therefore hard to find!

Be well, everybody!

/Niklas

Persongalleriet #752: Live blog from NYC: Day 3

Thursday, November 2nd 2017.
Day 3 was a day more about personal meetings than shooting. First I met the wonderful Iryna Fedorovska at 10 am. We walked and talked from Times Square to Columbus Circle. It was so nice to meet Iryna in person after knowing her for three years on deviant art! When walking back to Times Square again, I got this shot below after taking a quick step to the left to get the correct background.
I know it's out of focus, but I like the energy, the reds and the one-second-composition!

After saying goodbye to Iryna, I spent a little time on Times Square and got this shot:

The Map Reader.

After enjoying some beautiful light in Bryant Park and a great salad in Chop't, I met up with Barry Levy at the New York Public Library. I know Barry mainly from the Facebook group Pure Street Photography, where he does admin duties and critiques. We went to a nearby Starbucks and talked for several hours. Barry is a lifelong photographer and it was so much fun and interesting to listen to what he had to say about photography, stories from his life and also current events and politics! My throat was even a little bit sore after all this talking!
Following the parting advise from Barry, I did some shooting on the subway going back to the apartment on the Upper West Side. I even got myself some extra subway shooting time by taking the wrong train!

Be well, everybody!

/Niklas