I want you to enjoy my galleries of street photography without getting lost. There are many different galleries with subjects you can peruse. If you you are interested in Subway photos there are plenty of images which show the NYC subway system in all its “splendor” You can leave comments if you feel so inclined. Most images can be purchased as either High Resolution digital files, suitable for reproduction, or as prints for your collection. Please e-mail me for details. “The Urban Prisoner” (Shown on the left) is my first monograph, published in 2004 by Sanctuary Books. Introduction by Ben Lifson. There are still some copies available for purchase. Purchase The Urban Prisoner from Sanctuary Books PLEASE SCROLL DOWN OR CLICK ON A GALLERY OF "STREET PHOTOGRAPHY" TO SEE THE REST OF MY ARCHIVES... E-mail Photographer All Photos © Matt Weber The Urban Prisoner is now available on AMAZON! ********************************NEW BOOK! “Coney Island-Double Vision”
December 1, 2011
Welcome to my gallery featuring 25 years of New York Street Photography
November 20, 2011
June 2, 2011
“The Coffee Stain Poet” 2010
You may wonder how rare a “Coffee Stain Human” is and the answer is, very rare. In twenty five years I’ve only encountered four of them. Do they matter? Do Siskind’s paint splotches matter? Try finding human coffee stains. This one may be the best of all, as he’s a struggling poet, with a cup of coffee in one hand, and his trusty #2 pencil in the other. He’s frantically scribbling haiku before the next rain comes and washes him away…
Street Photography © Matt Weber
February 28, 2011
February 23, 2011
Before the Future Came and Bit Me!
In 1977 when I took my girl to see this movie, I thought it sucked. Lame music and stupid white guys from Brooklyn. If you would have told me back then that 34 years later I would consider the film a classic and at 3 am half asleep, I’d take a picture of my TV set this good, with my telephone no less, well I would have had to consult a copy of “Future Shock” to see if this scenario was likely…I never read Toffler’s look into the future, but I guess he must have been right about enough stuff to make it such a bestseller. The telephone wristwatch was something which seemed to be in most futurists vision, but still hasn’t become a hit. Robots may build cars, but Rosie isn’t washing anyone’s dishes yet. That we haven’t been driving electric cars for the past quarter century is a crime…I’d be happy if they’d come up with a cancer drug that worked. That was one thing I was certain would be invented when I saw the Apollo crew land on the moon as a kid…
I still don’t own any records by The Beegees
All Photos © Matt Weber
February 14, 2011
NEW BOOK! “Coney Island-Double Vision”
A couple of years ago I came up with an idea for a book and thanks to some great work by Mike Peters, this has come to fruition! Most street photographers do their best work alone. Then they sit at their computers trying to figure out ways to promote their work. The solo nature of photography may be necessary most of the time, but I feel that to work with other photographers is a nice change of pace and I’m very pleased with the way this book turned out. I sent Mike 40 some odd images and he was able to search his archives and come up with many of his own pictures which complemented mine just perfectly. I was astonished that I had no changes in mind after looking at his layout…I hope you agree that sometimes TWO chefs can actually make the soup better!
The simple concept was that I make rectangular pictures in Black & White, and Mike makes his beautiful square images in color. Neither of us stage our photographs and the book is a nice view of separate but similar approaches to documenting one of New York’s most important and historic neighborhoods…
The book is a full size hard cover (12″ X 12″) with a dust jacket and is being sold at cost for the time being. If you want to buy a copy and have it signed, I’m fairly certain that we can accommodate you.
