JOURNAL • BRIAN ROSE

New York/East New York

by admin on 10/29/2009, no comments

East New York, Brooklyn — © Brian Rose East New York, Brooklyn — © Brian Rose Walking to the subway station at Broadway Junction in East New York. Stop. Toy Story poster and red wall. Walk forward. Stop. Bus shelter with seated people and figures high above.

New York/East 4th Street

by admin on 10/23/2009, 2 comments

East 4th Street between Second and Third Avenues, 1980 (4×5 film)© Brian Rose/Ed Fausty When I first arrived in New York in the summer of 1977–the day of the blackout–I got off the train early, picked up a copy of the Village Voice, perused the classifieds for available apartments, and by noon, had scored a […]

New York/Washington, D.C.

by admin on 10/19/2009, no comments

Washington, D.C. — © Brian Rose Continuing the unintentional vintage automobile theme from below. I’ve been a bit busy lately with photo shoots and a quick trip down to Washington, D.C. Took the picture above while parking my rental car. Hope to report on the Robert Frank show at the Metropolitan soon. Will be traveling […]

New York/Greenpoint

by admin on 10/14/2009, 3 comments

Greenpoint, Brooklyn — © Brian Rose And Jesus! Wit dat, he pulls it out of his pocket, an’ so help me, but he’s got it – he’s tellin’ duh troot – a big map of duh whole f______ place with all duh different pahts mahked out. You know – Canarsie an’ East Noo Yawk an’ […]

New York/Greenpoint

by admin on 10/12/2009, 2 comments

Newtown Creek wastewater treatment plant (the eggs) — Greenpoint, BrooklynPolshek Partnership Architects — © Brian Rose Over the weekend I went to the Newtown Creek sewage plant to tour the famous digester eggs, iconic sludge stomachs that tower over Greenpoint and can be seen from many vantage points around the city. The tour was part […]

New York/Primeval

by admin on 10/07/2009, no comments

Pelham Bay Park, the Bronx, 1984 (4×5 film) — © Brian Rose Soon after the Lower East Side project was completed in 1981 I began photographing Central Park, partly on my own, and partly working for the newly formed Central Park Conservancy. This led to further explorations of New York City’s parks focusing primarily on […]

New York/Bensonhurst

by admin on 10/06/2009, one comment

Under the El in Bensonhurst — © Brian Rose I was in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn scouting for a client. I’m photographing a new cafeteria addition to a large public high school. The neighborhood around the subway stop is an absolutely crazy hodge podge of shops: King Henry’s entertainment kingdom, two pet stores–La Bella Pooch and the […]

New York/Chelsea

by admin on 10/01/2009, no comments

Tenth Avenue, Chelsea — © Brian Rose Windows for Jean Nouvel’s 100 Eleventh Avenue sit on a flatbed truck a few blocks from the construction site.