DeWitt Clinton Park, West 52nd Street — © Brian Rose From the New York Times, February 5, 2012: “Think of layers of wax that are just squeezed,” Mr. Horenstein said. “Even when it’s weathered, you can see all those convolutions.” The marvels continued, as a granitic substance filled in the cracks after the deformation, creating delicate […]

Houston Street — © Brian Rose Elizabeth Street — © Brian Rose Without comment.

Williamsburg, Brooklyn — © Brian Rose Without comment.

  Lucille Ball, 1944, Harry Warnecke This photograph of Lucille Ball made in 1944 by Harry Warnecke jumped out at me this morning while thumbing through the New York Times. It’s part of an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Like most people, I think of “Lucy” in comedic settings, exaggerated facial […]

Time and Space on the Lower East Side, book and slipcover — © Brian Rose I received a copy of Time and Space from the printer a few days ago and have been taking it around to stores in lower Manhattan. The response has been good. St. Mark’s Bookshop, the Strand, Clic, and the New […]

N7th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn — © Brian Rose Without comment.          

East 3rd Street — © Brian Rose Progress update for Time and Space on the Lower East Side. The book is finished except for some back and forth concerning the coating on the cover. It will be a so-called image wrap cover rather than a dust jacket. I have one completed copy of the book, […]

Bethesda Fountain, Central Park, 1982 (35mm Kodachrome) — © Brian Rose A couple of days ago I posted several photographs made while walking through Central Park. Early in my career I worked a lot in the park with both a view camera and a 35mm camera. I don’t remember the exact circumstances of the image […]

West 29th Street — © Brian Rose Without comment.    

Bethesda Fountain — © Brian Rose Near 60th Street in the park — © Brian Rose Central Park South — © Brian Rose Friday evening walk through the park.    

Inspiration, by Solon Borglum, St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery © Brian Rose I’m awaiting a finished bound book of Time and Space on the Lower East Side for final approval. After that, I should have a pretty good idea when to expect delivery of books. In the meantime, I am pleased to announce that I will […]

Tenth Avenue — © Brian Rose Odds and ends. Things to recommend. Things to dis. The New York Times reports this morning that the film On the Bowery will soon be available on DVD. I saw it last year for the first time at Film Forum, and wrote about it extensively in my blog here and here. […]

Tenth Avenue, Chelsea — © Brian Rose Without comment.    

East 53rd Street — © Brian Rose Without comment.    

Kodak–I wrote with sadness a few weeks ago about the news that the company had filed for bankruptcy. Recently, the blogs have been featuring old Kodak Coloramas, the giant back-lit transparencies that were used to promote picture taking by the masses. Occasionally the images were impressive, but mostly they were kitschy, saccharine views of American […]

Brooklyn Battery Tunnel entrance — © Brian Rose David Dunlop in the New York Times City Room column this morning writes about being stopped by MTA security guards while photographing a bus depot in Brooklyn: The search for lost history leads to odd spots sometimes, like Second Avenue, between 126th and 127th Streets, once the […]

The Bowery — © Brian Rose Without comment.      

Lafayette and Bleecker Street — © Brian Rose Evil.