Metamorphosis, Meatpacking District 1985 + 2013 It has been 16 months since my book Metamorphosis, Meatpacking District 1985 + 2013 was published, and there are now about 250 books left of the print run of a thousand. Based on my experience with Time and Space on the Lower East Side, I expect it to sell […]

I can remember back in the 90s when it seemed that New York had become an architectural backwater. I was living in Amsterdam, and a Dutch planner friend, about to leave for a trip to New York, asked what interesting new buildings to look for. I was momentarily silent — nothing immediately came to mind. […]

In the Shadow of the Highway: Robert Moses’ Expressway and the Battle for Downtown — © Brian Rose One of my Lower East Side photographs is part of an interesting exhibition about one of Robert Moses’ last projects, a proposed elevated highway that would have connected the Holland Tunnel to the Williamsburg Bridge and an […]

Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) and Spring Street — © Brian Rose Early morning, autumn sun — moving through a lattice of light and steel.

Suzanne Vega, 1980 — © Brian Rose Tom’s Diner again…and again…and again. Suzanne Vega’s a capella song poem set in an Upper West Side diner is back on the charts. Brittany Spears, if you can believe it, is the latest pop star to cover it — or smother it — whatever. Here’s the song (you’ve […]

Hilla Becher died on Saturday at the age of 81. Her husband and partner Bernd died some years ago at age 75. A few years ago I posted the image below and the following short comment. There’s a lot you can say about the Bechers, but fewer words probably better suit their methodology. September 9, […]

WTC 2 Observation Deck, 1981 — © Brian Rose/Edward Fausty The Walk, a new movie by filmmaker Robert Zemeckis tells the story of Philippe Petit, the French street performer, who clandestinely strung a cable between the Twin Towers – still under construction in 1974 — and proceeded to tightrope back and forth 110 stories above lower […]

Echo Park, the Bronx — © Brian Rose New York Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1 — © Brian Rose Joey Ramone/CBGB mural, Bleecker and Bowery, by Solus x Crash — © Brian Rose Random images from the past few days.

The Garden of Eden on Eldridge Street, 1980 — © Brian Rose/Edward Fausty Adam Purple, 1930 – 2015 I knew about Adam Purple back when I photographed the Lower East Side in 1980. He was impossible to miss riding around on his bicycle dressed in tie-dyed purple. I made the photograph above of his famous […]

Berry Street — © Brian Rose Without comment.

A series of photographs made in a 45 minute time period along the Big Sandy River in Wyoming. A small storm skirted the area. There were a few rumbles of thunder, but relatively little rain. As the storm passed by, the sun shone through against a dark backdrop of sky. Returning to the Big Sandy […]

Borden Avenue, Queens — © Brian Rose (digital camera) Several months ago I spotted a 9/11 mural in an obscure location underneath the Long Island Expressway in Queens. I was driving back from one of my son’s baseball tournaments on Long Island. It took me a while to get back there — in fact, re-finding it […]

Somewhere in Queens — © Brian Rose Funland New York City.

Philip Glass, Suzanne Vega, and Anton Sanko, 1989 — © Brian Rose I heard recently from a friend looking for a photograph I had taken years ago during a recording session with Suzanne Vega. So, I dug back into my archive, found the film, and began scanning the negatives. I remember that it was difficult […]

Williamsburg 2011-2015. Four photographs made on the same corner — N 6th Street and Bedford Avenue.  The wall painting changes frequently, every couple of weeks, and life passes by — people dance, compose poetry, make music, and otherwise maintain the cool vibe. But watch out for the baby strollers.

The Bowery — © Brian Rose Without comment.

I’m a little slow keeping up with things — one day in Atlanta, the next in New York, two days later in Amsterdam. So, let me finish my Atlanta trip with a few pictures and observations. High Museum with Roy Lichtenstein’s “House” — © Brian Rose While the rest of my son’s baseball team hung […]

Bats and balls — © Brian Rose More than 300 teams (with parents) have descended upon the Atlanta area for one of the major baseball travel team events of the year. The Gothams, my son’s team, alas, will not advance to the playoffs, but has performed well at times against some of the best teams […]