Matt Weber (Street photography), Color, Women of New York

Central Park 2010

I tried to describe this picture to a friend of mine, but sometimes the essence of a photo is lost in translation. I was struck by the fact that this woman, who was clearly on her last legs was every bit as happy as the young kids who have their entire lives to look forward to. They were watching a juggling clown perform his tricks. I see too many old people sitting around this town waiting to die, and found this scene refreshing…

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Matt Weber (Street photography), Color, Men of New York, Uncategorized

“Smoke while you can” 2010

I could go on a long diatribe about how much I despise the new smoking law that Mayor Bloomberg is about to impose on New Yorkers, but I won’t. He may have changed the law to get re-elected a third time, but the people spoke, and he’s our mayor. You get what you vote for. I’d like to see a park ranger try to issue a $50+ ticket to these two fellas…

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Matt Weber (Street photography), Color, Uncategorized

“The Fun Lovin Criminals”

I’ve never done much commercial work, but I’m glad that I was able to supply photos to this band. I don’t normally listen to rap or hip hop, but this band wasn’t easy to label. Huey plays guitar and is the main vocalist. If Eminem or JayZ had huey’s skill on the guitar, they’d be even more famous and rightfully so. I never figured out why “The Fun Lovin’ Criminals” were unable to make it in a big way here in America. They did much better in Europe and I guess the British still know their music…

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Matt Weber (Street photography), Color, Coney Island

Coney Island 2010

Black & white looks pretty good when included in a color image…I guess it’s harder to include some color in a black & white photo without cheating…Soon Adobe will come out with a program eliminating the need for photography. It will plug into a database of several trillion stock photos and create whatever you ask it to…Seriously, I was thrilled to find four people with B & W in this image. Some would say why bother when you could reassemble four people from separate pictures in Photoshop. This type of work is apparently called “Post Modern Street Photography” and is considered a fresh new approach to an old worn out type of photography. I don’t agree, but I’m usually way too nostalgic for the past and I guess I’m missing the boat again…

Matt Weber (Street photography), Color, Men of New York, Portraits, Subway

“Not Just Another Suit” 2010

Here’s a fellow who has definitely arrived and wants to make sure you know. He might be a tough guy who has had some success on Wall Street. Then again considering he got on the train a couple of blocks from police headquarters, he might have a gold shield to go with his gold watch and chain…He didn’t like me very much…I can’t blame him.

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