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Saturday, February 23, 2013

From a Cafe

New York ~ May 6, 2009

MoMA

It's funny, I thought the obvious thing with this photo would be to crop out the odd pieces on the sides and bottom, but it killed the photo. Leaving them in made it less perfect, but more balanced or more interesting, or more something. This was an amazing day in NYC, with perfect spring weather and a long birthday walk from downtown up to Central Park.

Today I'm taking part in Weekend Reflections by James.

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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Man and Nature

New York ~ May 6, 2009

Central Park

Primordial glacially-scoured bedrock coexists in harmony with the designing hand of humans in and around Central Park. This, I think, is part of the fascination.

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Deco is Everywhere

New York ~ May 8, 2009

One of the many fun things about being in New York City after having not visited for so many years (decades) was finding delightful Art Deco designs everywhere I looked. I'm sure that when I was there in 1969 (?) I didn't even know what Deco was.

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Lines and Traffic

Intersection from the Empire State Building

New York ~ May 8, 2009

As seen with a zoom lens

from the top of the Empire State Building

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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Ground Zero

New York ~ May 8, 2009

Please click photo to enlarge

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An Ancient Design on the Floor?

New York ~ May 7, 2009

Metropolitan Museum of Art

I believe this was in the Roman section. Since it's on the floor for everyone to walk on, I think it must be a reproduction or a design meant to recall the period.

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Monday, July 26, 2010

City of New York

New York ~ May 6, 2009

This manhole cover was made in India. There were some interesting comments when I posted another metal cover in Astoria, Oregon, that was also made in India. Especially check out the comment by Kcalpesh on that post. I thought maple leaves were the symbol of Canada, so maybe this is a secret passageway to our neighbor to the north.

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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Everyone's MoMA

New York ~ May 6, 2009

MoMA (Museum of Modern Art)

I think everyone takes this photo, and here is my contribution. It was an incredibly beautiful day - perfect temperature, a lovely walk. It was also my birthday, which made the walk with my honey and the visit extra special.

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Monday, July 19, 2010

Drafts

New York ~ May 4, 2009
Library Walk outside the New York Public Library

Poet: Julia Alvarez

Sculptor: Gregg Lefevre, 1998

You can see another pic from this series of sidewalk reliefs on my Tapirgal's Daily Image blog here.

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Friday, July 16, 2010

Deco on Fifth Avenue

New York City ~ May 6, 2009

Fifth Avenue

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Friday, July 9, 2010

Egyptian Ducks

New York ~ May 7, 2009

Metropolitan Museum of Art

I love the ancient Egyptian portrayal of animals. What I read somewhere is that because the Egyptians didn't have the rigid restrictions for portraying animals that they did for portraying humans, the animals are depicted more realistically, relying on the artist's perceptions rather than on the learned conventions for human forms. For this reason, they have a particular charm and realism. I love what the dim lighting did for this photo.

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