Chrystie Street — © Brian Rose My slide talk went well last night at the Mid-Manhattan library. I heard there were 58 people in the audience. Ed Fausty who did the 1980 Lower East Side photographs with me was there and participated in the Q&A. I sold a few books, and talked with lots of […]

The Bowery — © Brian Rose The corner of Prince and Bowery. I was juggling a couple of grocery bags and hailing a cab. A woman yelled “Nice picture!” and snapped a variation of same with her cellphone.

Last weekend I went to AIPAD, the giant photography dealer’s fair at the Armory on Park Avenue. I don’t have any particular opinion about what I saw–a lot of photographs–no trends spotted. Not enough time or energy to think critically about such a dizzying display of dreck to pearls. Primary observation: more galleries present and […]

Williamsburg, Brooklyn — © Brian Rose

Broadway, Greenwich Village — © Brian Rose Without comment.

The reception at the Lower East Side Visitor Center went well. A mixture of invited guests and people passing through as part of Third Thursdays, a once a month evening when the galleries in the neighborhood stay open later. The prints look great on the wall, and they will be up through April 21. Drop […]

Orchard Street, 1980 (4×5 film) — © Brian Rose/Ed Fausty My exhibition at the Lower East Side Visitor Center begins this evening–reception from 6 to 8pm. Art galleries throughout the Lower East Side will be open until 9pm. Maps and guides are available at the Visitor Center. Please feel free to stop by and say […]

Orchard Street, 1980 (4×5 film) — © Brian Rose/Ed Fausty My exhibition at the Lower East Side Visitor Center begins tomorrow evening–reception from 6 to 8pm. Art galleries throughout the Lower East Side will be open until 9pm. Maps and guides are available at the Visitor Center. Please feel free to stop by and say […]

Jack Hardy in his apartment on Houston Street (4×5 film) — © Brian Rose Jack Hardy, the extraordinary song craftsman, and one of my most cherished friends died last night of cancer. New York Times obituary here. From The Boulevardiers by Suzanne Vega: (I am the tall lover of the city, Jack the quick and […]

Couch in Trees by Andrew Moore I went to a slide talk by Andrew Moore at the Mid-Manhattan library last night. I’ll be doing a talk there myself on March 29–see my homepage for information. Moore is around my age, also an early practitioner of color, and normally uses a view camera. Moore’s latest work […]

Lower Manhattan by Corinne Vionnet Photographic plagiarism is an almost meaningless concept. I don’t mean the stealing of copyrighted images, which is generally a well-defined legal matter, but the idea that particular images of places and things are proprietary, that repeating the same view, or imitating another photographer’s compositional approach, constitutes an infringement of someone’s […]

14th and First Avenue — © Brian Rose 13th and First Avenue — © Brian Rose Two images made a minute apart.

Spring Street subway station — © Brian Rose Without comment.