“Freedom Ain’t Free” — © Brian Rose Despite the sea change at the top with Obama being elected in November, there remains at all levels of government an unhealthy–and often unconstitutional–disregard for civil liberties and the people’s right to know. Exhibit “a” being the recent fly-over incident in New York when one of the two […]

E7th Street/McSorley’s — © Brian Rose (4×5 film) Here is the view camera version of the image of McSorley’s Ale House posted earlier. Line of out-of-towners waiting to get in, a limo idling, Cooper Union construction crane, and CU’s Foundation Building itself beyond. The greenish tower is the Gwathmey Siegel condominium on Astor Place.

E2nd and Second Avenue — © Brian Rose (4×5 film) A photo from February that I just got around to scanning. Part of my ongoing Lower East Side project. Taken in the snow, late in the day. Pretty sharp negative considering the weather.

The Count Basie Theater, Red Bank, New Jersey — © Brian Rose What I’ve been working on recently.

Red Bank, New Jersey — © Brian Rose I did a photoshoot in Red Bank yesterday, a beautiful old theater recently restored by FMG of Princeton. Red Bank is a lovely small city, but I’m afraid my visual non sequiturs taken on the fly don’t do it justice. New York — © Brian Rose Another […]

Red Bank, New Jersey — © Brian Rose I’m photographing a historic theater in Red Bank, New Jersey later this week. These pictures are from my scouting trip down there. Red Bank, New Jersey — © Brian Rose

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Villard Houses — © Brian Rose A few weeks ago I went to Cervin Robinson’s opening at the Urban Center Gallery. It was a crowded affair, and not a good moment to look at the photographs. So, yesterday I returned to the exhibit, By Way of Broadway, and spent some time with the pictures. The […]

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Into the Sunset at MoMA begins with one of Richard Prince’s cowboy appropriations, which is meant as a signal that this exhibition about photography and the west is meant to challenge conventional assumptions. I’ve visited the show twice, which is chock-a-block with famous images by famous photographers, but feel oddly ambivalent about it all. Richard […]

© Brian Rose © Brian Rose This time I went out with the view camera, and shot about 10 sheets of film. I want the detail of the 4×5. Ideally, I’d get a high megapixel digital camera–bigger than any of the dslrs–but they are expensive even to rent. These pics are from my Sigma DP1. […]

From the book Helen Levitt published by powerHouse Books A lot has been written in the past week since Helen Levitt passed away at the age of 95. I have just a few comments and an anecdote. Helen Levitt was the quintessential street photographer. Her work was lyrical, joyful, even as she focused on New […]

Houston Street — © Brian Rose Houston Street — © Brian Rose Two photos made within 30 seconds of each other.

Phillip-Lorca diCorcia at David Zwirner Gallery I first met Phillip-Lorca diCorcia years ago at My Own Color Lab, a rental lab where a lot of art photographers were making their own prints. I liked what he was doing, but only saw his work in bits and pieces, and didn’t realize until later that his career […]