Smith Street, Brooklyn — © Brian Rose I always knew there was a problem with Kate Smith and her campy version of “God Bless America” imposed upon us during the 7th inning stretch at every Yankee home game. I always knew that it was George Steinbrenner, the former Yankee owner, who demanded that it be played […]

West 51st Street and the Westside Highway, 1985 — © Brian Rose West 28th Street and 11th Avenue, 1985 — © Brian Rose Two images of the west side of Manhattan in 1985 with Empire State Building. Today, the ESB has lost its primacy on the skyline, though not its architectural presence. For me, it […]

Atlantic Casino — © Brian Rose A few outtakes from Atlantic City. Pictures that for one reason or another did not make the cut. The main reason being that I wanted a really tight series of pictures without too many digressions or repetitions. You can purchase Atlantic City here. Atlantic Avenue — © Brian Rose Hotel […]

Now available on Amazon and in selected bookshops. I haven’t said much about this to my friends, but in the middle of producing my book, Atlantic City, I was struggling more and more with seeing what I was doing. I visited an ophthalmologist, and was told I had cataracts that were fairly advanced. I had […]

UN Plaza Hotel, 1984 — © Brian Rose Architect Kevin Roche died on Friday at 96. I photographed several of his buildings including the Metropolitan’s Temple of Dendur. For me, the most interesting project was the UN Plaza Hotel with its precisely juxtaposed towers. The lobby interior was, perhaps, over the top, but it certainly […]

Pacific Avenue, Atlantic City — © Brian Rose I drove down to Atlantic City to meet up with Bill Sprouse of the online news outlet Route 40. We walked around key locations and revisited some of the spots I photographed for my book. Pacific Avenue, Atlantic City — Photo by William Sprouse On Pacific Avenue […]

West 35th Street, 1985 — © Brian Rose When I did my Meatpacking District photographs in 1985, I also walked up the westside through Chelsea, ending up in the 30s, the area now known as Hudson Yards. It was desolate in those days like many areas of Manhattan. In the picture above, only the tall […]

I received my first copy of Atlantic City from the publisher today. It is absolutely beautiful. A spare but powerful presentation of photographs and text. Kickstarter backers and pre-orders will get books as soon as I have them. You can still pre-order for a limited time at a discount. Official publishing date is March 1. […]

West 20th and 10th Avenue 1985 (4×5 film) — © Brian Rose When I made my photographs of the Meatpacking District in 1985, I also walked up into Chelsea. I didn’t include those pictures in Metamorphosis, Meatpacking District 1985 + 2013, because I wanted a tighter, more focused, book. I scanned everything, however, but am […]

I Amsterdam sign before removal — © Brian Rose I used to live in Amsterdam back in 2004 when the city put up the “I Amsterdam” sign as part of a campaign to promote tourism. I hated it — being the highbrow urbanite that I am — but over the years it became an icon of […]

The Berlin Wall, December 1989 — © Brian Rose The Democrats are trying to belittle the concept of a Wall, calling it old fashioned. The fact is there is nothing else’s that will work, and that has been true for thousands of years. It’s like the wheel, there is nothing better. I know tech better […]

Renee Schoonbeek, Verona, Italy — © Brian Rose Renee and I traveled to Verona, Italy to be on press for the printing of my book Atlantic City. We spent a day walking around the city, a beautifully preserved architectural wonder. On the second day we met up with David Jenkins of Circa Press and took […]

Alex Harsley — © Brian Rose Alex Harsley, master photographer and oracle of 4th Street. I’ve known Alex since the late 1970s when I moved to the building next to his storefront gallery. Alex’s work spans multiple decades and multiple genres — photojournalism, street photography, portraiture, manipulated images, video. His pictures run up and down […]

Red State voters all deserve a plane ticket & expenses to visit Atlantic City for a weekend. Spend 2 days there walking around & keep reminding yourself this is what it looks like after Trump is done. — KeyserSozeBro (@KeyserSozeBro1) November 8, 2018 Pre-order Atlantic City here.

Toronto — © Brian Rose A short stay in Toronto, I walked around downtown and then wandered along the waterfront and out to a rather desolate area to the east. The weather was damp and chilly, but I had a great time. Toronto — © Brian Rose Toronto — © Brian Rose Toronto — © Brian […]

Atlantic City is getting closer and closer to being published. Just got the proofs from the printer, and everything is looking great. The books will be printed in late November in Verona, Italy. Atlantic City will be released early in the new year. It is a book about Trumpian dystopia — casino capitalism — money […]

New ICP exhibition space — © Brian Rose Last week I took part in a tour of the new International Center of Photography on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The tour was led by executive director Mark Lubell, and three of my ICP students joined the group of about 15. The building is essentially […]

Brian Rose portrait — photo by Marion Ettlinger Around 1992, I was recording songs for a possible album — Suzanne Vega was producing. We needed a portrait for PR. I wanted something strong, without artifice, something like a picture I had seen of one of my writer heroes Raymond Carver. So, we went to the […]