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Man Posing on the Subway Manhattan NYC
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Basketball Performer and Participant Union Square Manhattan NYC
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Washington Square Park Manhattan NYC
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West 4th St Basketball Courts Manhattan NYC
These photos attempt an impression of the play as opposed to a document of it. I had a wide lens on my camera when I came up out of the subway and rather than over-jockey for a better view, I opted to use the fence as a kind of screen to mediate the action.
I’m not sure when the W4th courts got sponsorship but the Nike banners don’t look new and so much of the village has gone through similar changes that conspicuous branding seems more a cosmetic than a practical shift. That is, there was plenty of basketball on these courts before Nike got there.
Man with Himself on His Back NYC Subway
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Toxic Baseball Field Red Hook Brooklyn NY
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Lead-poisoned playing fields. Here’s the NY Times story from earlier this month.
Smiling Woman on the Street Carroll Gardens Brooklyn NY
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Under the Manhattan Bridge Ramp Brooklyn NY
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Café Select Manhattan NYC
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The meeting of renovation, refuse, and reflexivity is as historically common an event in Lower Manhattan as the hailing of a taxi cab. The condition pictured above simply would not do in most cities, the open façade looking out over not much at all. In Manhattan, however, while we enjoy our fried halloumi or the like over brunch, I sense that this kind of juxtaposition is tolerated because we always have each other to look at.