JOURNAL • BRIAN ROSE

New York/The Bowery

by admin on 01/28/2012, no comments

Rainy morning, the Bowery and Bleecker Street — © Brian Rose A few more thoughts about Kickstarter prompted by two recent articles, one in the New York Times by David Pogue, who writes a popular tech column, and the other by Jörg Colberg in his blog Conscientious. Kickstarter, for those of you who haven’t heard, […]

New York/Cooper Square

by admin on 01/25/2012, no comments

Cooper Square — © Brian Rose 41 Cooper Square, the new building at center designed by Thom Mayne of Morphosis. The Standard Hotel, East Village, designed by Carlos Zapata.    

New York/Kodak

by admin on 01/20/2012, no comments

Kodak Gallery at 43rd Street and the Avenue of the Americas, 1978, (current location of ICP) — © Brian Rose When I first began shooting color in the mid-70s, making prints was difficult. You couldn’t easily set up a home darkroom–color enlargers were expensive, and the chemicals were finicky compared to black and white. So, […]

New York/The Bowery

by admin on 01/17/2012, 2 comments

The Bowery and Great Jones Street (4×5 film) — © Brian Rose While reading the New Yorker I came across a quote attributed to late choreographer Merce Cunningham.  From Joan Acocela’s article: …stories or even themes put the spectator in the position of someone standing on a street corner waiting for a friend who is late: […]

New York/Lower East Side

by admin on 01/12/2012, no comments

ArtUp on ABC News, Channel 7 From last week: Nice to see some publicity for FAB’s ArtUp program, which involves using construction scaffolds, containers, and other kinds of spaces and surfaces for public art. My WTC mural on the sidewalk shed on East 4th Street between the Bowery and Second Avenue is shown twice in […]

New York/Lower East Side

by admin on 01/11/2012, no comments

Some updates on Time and Space on the Lower East Side. We are looking at a mid- to late March release of the book depending on how long it takes for the shipment from the printer in Germany to arrive by sea freight and to clear customs. I expect to have a small number of […]

New York/Lower East Side

by admin on 01/07/2012, no comments

Second Avenue — © Brian Rose Entrance above to Marble Cemetery, Second Avenue between East 2nd and East 3rd Streets. Second Avenue — © Brian Rose Best coffee in New York. Didn’t try it.    

New York/Lower East Side

by admin on 01/06/2012, no comments

Yesterday I saw the first set of proofs from the printer for my upcoming book Time and Space on the Lower East Side–they look amazing. The color is spot on with no loss of vibrancy. Having looked at lots of photo books and done my own color prints for some 30 years, I have to […]

New York/WTC

by admin on 01/02/2012, no comments

1 World Trade Center — © Brian Rose I went down to the area around the WTC yesterday–January 1, 2012. Above is the view of 1 WTC, still not topped out, from Broadway and Ann Street. St. Paul’s church is to the left of the tower. 1 WTC is now around 90 stories with 14 […]