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.

Photograph by Olivio Barbieri Innovation is difficult to achieve in photography, particularly if one remains rooted in the descriptive side of the medium. There has never been a requirement, of course, that one stick to what is sometimes called “straight photography.” And from the get go, photographers have used the medium to create alternate realities–staged […]

E1st Street — © Brian Rose Bicycles.

E1st Street — © Brian Rose Stanton Street — © Brian Rose Walking around the neighborhood.

WTC  book cover — © Brian Rose WTC is now available for purchase. Call it a soft opening, I will be sending out books to key editors and individuals, and will endeavor to gradually get the word out. I will certainly do an announcement at my Lower East Side slide talk on March 29. Scroll […]

Book cover with images by Bill Owens and Joe Deal Final comments on Mark’s Rice’s Lens of the City, NEA Photography Survey of the 70s. I was a participant in one of these surveys in 1981. Scroll down for other posts. Much of the book is spent exploring the art/documentary dichotomy, which was highly controversial […]

Sol Moscot Opticians, Orchard Street — © Brian Rose Without comment.

This is still a ways off, so this is an early alert.  I’m planning to step through the book, reading short text pieces, and sharing observations and anecdotes. I will have a limited number of books for sale, and plan to use the occasion to announce my new WTC book. I will, of course, be available […]