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 […]

Henry Street — © Brian Rose West 33rd Street — © Brian Rose Without comment

Houston and Lafayette Street — © Brian Rose Without comment.  

Berlin by Mitch Epstein I picked up Mitch Epstein’s Berlin recently. Published by Steidl, it is the product of a six month residency at the American Academy in Berlin. Epstein writes in the introduction about  his Jewish family’s refusal to visit Germany, and how he first went there  at the age of 49 to work […]

WTC reflection, 1978 — © Brian Rose •CNN audio interview •Full CNN article •The book: WTC • Blurb “Book of the Week 

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

Rutgers University, Newark campus — © Brian Rose Friday I was on assignment in Newark photographing a couple of renovated classrooms at Rutgers University. The campus, adjacent to downtown is a hodgepodge of different architectural styles built at different times, but the central campus was constructed in the late 60s/early 70s in what is commonly […]

East 170th Street and Morris Avenue — © Brian Rose In the Bronx shooting for a client. Beautiful weather in New York post hurricane.  

Apple store in Soho — © Brian Rose Without comment.  

I’ve been browsing the local blogs for how the neighborhood fared in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. Although some water sloshed over the seawall along the East River, the biggest damage seems to be fallen trees, as much the result of water saturated soil as wind, which was not extraordinarily strong. Via EV Grieve,  I […]

From the New York Times website A moment of zen via the New York Times as we await the arrival of a large, but not particularly ferocious  hurricane. Good sense dictates that immediately vulnerable coastal areas be evacuated. Beaches in the city and on Long Island for sure. But Battery Park City, the East Village […]

High Street, Portsmouth, Virginia — © Brian Rose My mother, sister, and I drove around the Hampton Roads area revisiting places where we once lived, or places that held some significance. Near the picture above, I remember–at age 4–going to a bowling alley above an A&P supermarket. My mother was a competitive duckpin bowler in […]

Portsmouth, Virginia — © Brian Rose Without comment.  

The James River near Surry — © Brian Rose Taken with my iPhone. We found this spot a mile or two down a dirt road near the James River ferry. Back to New York today. A song I wrote years ago: Down Below the James

My sister, father, and me one week ago in Williamsburg. It has been a roller coaster of a weekend for me. Saturday, a story and interview about my photos of the World Trade Center ran on the homepage of CNN. Today, I rushed down to Virginia after receiving a phone call informing me that my […]

This morning, an article and podcast interview about my photographs of the World Trade Center is featured on the front page of CNN.com.  Be sure to listen to the podcast, which is down on the left side of the page. Article, photos, and interview can be found here.  

West 36th Street — © Brian Rose Stan Banos at Reciprocity Failure asks “Are you a street photographer?” and points to my recent photograph of balloons as evidence that it is still possible to find moments of wonder ” in the street.” People suggest that street photography is making a comeback. Maybe I’m out of […]

First Avenue in the East Village — © Brian Rose First Avenue in the East Village — © Brian Rose Walking to the subway–taken 30 seconds apart.