Tuesday, 6 January 2015
Sunday, 4 January 2015
Central Park Lake by Dave Beckerman
2008. Central Park Lake. San Remo towers in background. In 2008 I began to shoot with digital infrared. This was done with a camera that was modified to only transmit infrared to the sensor; at a spot by the willow trees where I like to sit down and get away from the noise and rush of the city.
Central Park - Dave Beckerman
This is from infrared film (Kodak HIE) which isn't produced any longer. It was shot in 2003.??We're on the other side of the bridge, looking towards 59th street. Black and white infrared film makes green leaves, grass etc. white.
Shakespeare silhouette in Poets Walk, photographed with infrared film (Kodak HIE) about 2007 with Leica M3.
Media: 35mm Film
Keywords: Vertical, The Secret Garden (from the novel)
Central Park North, 2006 (Infrared film). You turn a corner in the formal gardens, and surrounded by hedges is this reflecting pool and statue. The figures are based on the book, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnet, which was also a fantastic movie.
Central Park by Dave Beckerman
This is from a large format camera, circa 1993. Location: along park path under East Drive near the Boathouse and Central Park Lake. Built: 1862 by Vaux and Mould In architectural lingo, ”trefoil” means a design featuring 3 lobes, like a shamrock. Consequently, ‘quatrefoil’ and ‘cinquefoil’ mean designs featuring 4 and 5 lobes.
This shot is from 1990, 35mm film. Bethesda Terrace is on two levels, united by two grand staircases and a lesser one that passes under Terrace Drive to provide passage southward to the Elkan Naumburg bandshell and The Mall, of which this is the architectural culmination, the theatrical set-piece at the center of the park. The upper terrace flanks the 72nd Street Cross Drive and the lower terrace provides a podium for viewing the Lake. The mustard-olive colored carved stone is New Brunswick sandstone, with a harder stone for cappings, with granite steps and landings, and herringbone paving of Roman brick laid on edge.
Yellow Brick Road Central Park by Dave Beckerman
Friday, 2 January 2015
Thursday, 1 January 2015
Gapstow Bridge by Regina Geoghan
Gapstow Bridge in Central Park is one of the most well known and most viisted and photographed of the bridges in the park. Located in the SouthEast corner of the park, it spans the Central Park Pond. Gapstow Bridge was originally built in 1874, designed by Jacob Wrey Mould. The wooden bridge with cast iron railings did not hold up to weather and usage and in 1896 was replaced with the current schist stone span. The current Gapstow Bridge was designed by Howard & Caudwell. It stands 12 feet high and is 76 feet in length. During summer months the bridge is covered with green vines and in this image one can see a residue of the vine in autumn red color. This image shows the Gapstow Bridge from a norhwest looking view framed in peak autumn foliage.
Photograph of Gapstow Bridge and reflections in summer in Central Park.
Photograph of New York City's Central Park Pond and Gapstow Bridge in late summer.
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