The Occupy Wall Street movement fascinates me. On my way to Wall Street to see the Stock Exchange (technically on Broad Street), a few protestors heckled me for having a tripod saying “You can’t make a photo here, you can’t make a photo there, you’re gonna get arrested…” boo hoo hoo etc. Seriously, OWS heckled me, not the police! Maybe it’s their attempt to draw attention away from themselves–oh wait that is the point isn’t it (it’s never them). Anyway, I went about my business, photographing Straight Up, to a space, a subject we all own, and something greater than the surrounding buildings and politics of the day–even those found on Wall Street.
Tag: Manhattan
Fifth Avenue at 32nd Street
While making this image a passerby chucked the remnants of a Super Slurpie into the stinky trash bin near the camera–it splashed out and almost soiled the lens two feet below. Hazards of the process. The Empire State building sneaks in from the bottom left, but I like the bird. This daily post is for Jared, Sandy, and Rebecca (who I hope made her flight safely back to Amsterdam).
Katz’s Deli
All I can say is Pastrami sandwich…best in the city. And who hasn’t seen “When Harry Met Sally”
Louise Nevelson Plaza
This is the first image I made in the Straight Up series which affirmed the project.