South Street Seaport is an interesting mix between museum, tourist attraction and shopping and food mall. It’s one of those places where old New York meets new New York.
About 460 megapixel.

Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridge: since so many people really liked this panorama, I decided to reshoot it much larger, and this is the new and improved version that will soon find its way into the portfolio with the usual size of 243×76cm (96×30in).
Digital, about 400 megapixel.

Somehow this bridge artifact deeply fascinated me, I kept coming back to it until I liked the panorama. Now I like it.
About 300 megapixel.

I am very excited to have two group show openings in May.

One is the BRiDGE as iCON show at the Tabla Rasa Gallery (Sunset Park, Brooklyn, see website for directions). It runs from May 22, 2008 until July 26, 2008. The opening reception is Sunday, May 25, 2-4 PM.

The other show is the BWAC Spring show (Red Hook, Brooklyn, see website for directions), where I will be showing the North-East-South-West series again, plus maybe 2 tiny panoramas. The show opens May 10 and closes June 15 (open only on weekends).

I hope to as many of you as possible in Brooklyn.

Broadway has so many facets while it’s making it’s way from north to south across Manhattan. It turns into a very residential area just north of Columbus Circle.
About 400 megapixel.

The Charging Bull bronze by Arturo Di Modica is the symbol of the financial district. According to wikipedia, the artist dropped the 3.2t sculpture off in front of the stock exchange as a present for the people of New York. The police impounded it, public outcry followed, and the sculpture was moved to its current location in the middle of Broadway. While taking the panorama I had to stop at least four times because some tourists wanted to stand in front of the bull have have their picture taken. Let me know which of the two versions you like better.
About 350 megapixel.

Riverside Park South is nearly finished, it just needs some small touch-up, and it’s actually quite nice, and very inviting for sightseeing, walking and biking. I like the fact that they left some artifacts of the old piers in the water, especially the old railroad barge transfer facility. I was also surprised to see so many people there at night, despite the signs that the park is closing at 11pm. Why the park is closing, I do not understand. Afterall, it’s a major throughway for bicycles. After I was finished with those two panoramas I moved on to the next location, the 72nd Street Ballpark and was promptly harassed by at least four cops in two vans, stating that I was doing something suspicious (photographing), and that I was trespassing. I was of course the only one that they harassed, all the others in the park that I saw were left alone. This encounter was way different than the Triboro bridge encounter, where the cops were just bored, but professional and somewhat friendly, while those four were clearly just out of line. So I will take the last panorama at the Ballpark as soon as the weather is OK again, before 11pm, so they can’t piss me off again.
About 250 megapixel.

Spring has finally arrived, and the cherries are blossoming. The Sheep Meadow is still officially closed until the grass is strong enough. This panorama wasn’t easy to shoot, since the meadow is pretty much completely unlit.
About 250 megapixel.

Roosevelt Island has a great view of Manhattan, especially the upper east side.
About 250 megapixel.