Houston and Mulberry Street — © Brian Rose Without comment.    

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 […]

Time and Space is now largely done–I am still tweaking the images–and we are working on the last details of the layout. The book is based on the Blurb prototype that is still available, but with a more refined design and a tighter edit of the photographs. The new Time and Space will be larger […]

East Broadway/Catherine Street/The Bowery — © Brian Rose As mentioned in an earlier post, I am presently photographing the Bowery, the historic street associated with New York low life from its early days as an entertainment district to its latter days as world famous skid row. The street runs only about a mile, so my […]

Broadway and Cedar Street — © Brian Rose I went downtown yesterday to add more photographs to my ongoing WTC series. I took the 4×5 view camera, which now requires carrying individual holders for the film instead of the pre-packaged paper envelopes that I used for about 15 years. Both Fujifilm and Kodak have dropped […]

Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn — © Brian Rose If you’re building your own sukkah, here are the basic materials you will need: The Walls: The walls of a sukkah can be made of any material, provided that they are sturdy enough that they do not move in a normal wind. You can use wood or fiberglass panels, waterproof fabrics […]

The Bowery and Delancey Street — © Brian Rose (graffiti by Kenny Scharf) The process of making photographs varies with different photographers. There are some who work within conceptual frameworks that require a great deal of calculation ahead of time. Others, like me, tend to think in projects that take in long time lines, or […]

Madison Street under the Manhattan Bridge — © Brian Rose A visually quiet moment in Chinatown–but the bridge above is never silent. Cars and trucks sound a constant din, and every few minutes a subway train clatters by, the squeal of steel wheels.    

Cherry Street — © Brian Rose Lost over Knickerbocker Village.  

10th Avenue and 30th Street — © Brian Rose Clarkson Street — © Brian Rose Williamsburg, Brooklyn — © Brian Rose Without comment.  

WTC, East 4th Street — © Brian Rose   Steve Jobs • 1955-2011  

Under the Standard Hotel on the High Line — © Brian Rose Today is the first day of my class at ICP, Photographing New York: The Lower East Side. We will look at work, mine and the students. And talk about the Lower East Side, and how to approach making photos of the neighborhood. Beyond […]

East 4th Street — © Brian Rose White splash on 4th Street. Please support Time and Space on the Lower East Side by clicking on the Kickstarter badge at right.  

East 4th Street — © Brian Rose My WTC mural during a street fair sponsored by FAB (Fourth Arts Block). Clarkson Street — © Brian Rose A commercial billboard commemoration of  the 10th anniversary of 9/11.    

Today I am taking the plunge and launching my kickstarter campaign to raise money for the publishing of Time and Space on the Lower East Side. Please watch the video and visit the project page on the kickstarter website. The campaign will last 45 days and I hope to raise at least $10,000. Donate whatever […]

The WTC montage is up and it looks pretty cool. Don’t miss the opening reception this Wednesday. There will be nine WTC images on exhibit in the cafe, which is directly across the street from the installation. Hopefully, the weather will allow for outdoor mingling. FAB cafe 77 East 4th Street Wednesday, September  28 7-9PM WTC, […]

Brendan, my son, at bat under the Manhattan Bridge on the Lower East Side © Brian Rose It’s time to step up to the plate and take charge. Several years have gone by since I introduced my book proposal, Time and Space on the Lower East Side. At this point it is clear that nothing […]