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Staircase

March 31, 2016 • 1 Comment

I was attracted to photograph this staircase when leaving a party on the third floor of a Haussmann period apartment on Avenue Niel. This building is from the second, 1860’s phase of the great Baron’s reconstruction of Paris. The rules imposed a certain homogeneity to new residential construction, which contributes to the beautiful proportions of...

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Trompe l'Oeil

March 24, 2016 • 1 Comment

The Plaza Hotel New York, reflected in “The Pond” in Central Park is a kind of “fools the eye” use of a water reflection. This image can’t be trusted in other ways too. Primarily it is shown here upside down, given that its natural aspect was the wrong way up. The eye accepts this trickery and quickly identifies the trembling image with the real bu...

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The Runner

March 17, 2016 • 1 Comment

This is one of many images that I like to take of people in silhouette. They frequently happen to be runners, but can also be captured going about their business in transparent sections of modern buildings, or be strongly backlit at night. I like the effect of anonymity, which places the emphasis on the action of the individual rather than who they...

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Street Of The Dead : Road Of The Living

March 10, 2016 • 1 Comment

Cities of the dead are always fascinating. The customs of different cultures reflect the social and anthropological certainties of the living and their instructions to their survivors on how to handle their demise. The greatest such example that I know of in Europe is the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris, closely followed by Highgate cemetery in Lon...

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Opening A Fern

March 03, 2016 • 1 Comment

Yesterday New Zealand started its referendum process to keep or change its national flag. The new proposal, which I like, highlights a silver fern. Also yesterday, the new transport hub at World Trade Center opened in New York, spreading its enormous “wings”, the subject of this architectural study. As I pondered these two events, I was drawn to...

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