JOURNAL • BRIAN ROSE

New York/WTC

by admin on 11/21/2011, 2 comments

Greenwich Street near the World Trade Center  (4×5 negative) — © Brian Rose I’ve been catching up on scanning recent 4×5 negatives from the Bowery and the World Trade Center, my two current projects. The image above was made a few months ago and was taken a couple of blocks from ground zero. A fence […]

New York/Houston Street

by admin on 11/15/2011, one comment

Houston and Bowery with Keith Haring  re-creation, 2008 — © Brian Rose A year ago I discovered the origins of the Houston/Bowery wall, a slab of concrete that hosts a regularly changing display of graffiti and street art in various media. The wall always seemed odd to me because it was free standing and stood […]

New York/The Bowery

by admin on 11/10/2011, no comments

At Think Coffee on the Bowery — © Brian Rose Thoughts over breakfast this morning–cognitive dissonance department. Mario Batali, celebrated chef and restaurateur at a Time person of the year event: “The way the bankers have toppled the way that money is distributed, and taken most of it into their own hands,” Mr. Batali said, […]

New York/The Bowery

by admin on 11/08/2011, no comments

The Bowery and Great Jones Street — © Brian Rose An auto repair holdout in the midst of increasing opulence on the northern end of the Bowery. A beautiful, mild, November day, I decided to go out with my view camera and just work this corner. Was there about an hour and shot four or […]

New York/Midtown

by admin on 11/03/2011, no comments

Grace Plaza, ICP Education entrance, West 43rd and Sixth Avenue  — © Brian Rose I snapped this picture while leaving ICP after a session of my class Photographing New York: The Lower East Side. The students are photographing the neighborhood, and we will be creating a book from their work using Blurb, the online photo […]