Men of New York – Page 27 – Black and White Street Photographs of New York City by Matt Weber

May 30, 2011May 30, 2011 Matt Weber (Street photography), 9/11 Related, Men of New York

“Ground Zero” 2011

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I am now able to offer 16×20 “Archival Pigment Prints” of my “Street Photography” for only $175.00 “Silver Gelatin” darkroom prints are also available for many images. Thanks!

May 26, 2011 Matt Weber (Street photography), Men of New York, Old New York

As I scour my old negatives looking for a few good men, I found this fellow. Back in the ’80s I would only print the “exciting” pictures and an image like this would never have interested me. I’m happy to find it now, but almost surprised that I took this picture in the first place…

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May 25, 2011May 25, 2011 Matt Weber (Street photography), Fights & Playfights, Men of New York, Old New York

“Ready For Action” 1988

He was staring at someone across the street. Transfixed might be a good way to describe him. A dirty 2×2 hardly makes one a carpenter down these mean streets…

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May 23, 2011 Matt Weber (Street photography), Men of New York

Midtown 2011

May 21, 2011 Matt Weber (Street photography), Men of New York, Times Square

Times Sq. 1988

I’ve always had a bad habit of taking pictures of people posing for other photographers. This is one of the few times it may have paid off…

May 20, 2011May 20, 2011 Matt Weber (Street photography), Men of New York, Old New York, Times Square

“Unknown Photographer” Times Square 1988

You can see the Nathan’s on West 43d St. which had the venerable Times Square Bowling Alley upstairs. I bowled there a few times for 75¢ a game back in the late 1970s. Nathan’s french fries as we all know are just dripping in their grease which may be days if not weeks old. The Big Apple Porn theater would let you stay all day for $2.99 or as long as four flicks lasted…Who is this photographer? I don’t think it’s Eli Reed. Could it be Chester Higgins? I think he has one of those Quantum battery packs on his belt, which leads me to believe he was a press photographer…Oh well, he’s old school and was working the area at its seediest…

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May 17, 2011May 18, 2011 Matt Weber (Street photography), Men of New York, Old New York

“Houston Street” 1989

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I am now able to offer 16×20 “Archival Pigment Prints” of most images for only $175.00 “Silver Gelatin” darkroom prints are also available for some images. Thanks!

May 11, 2011 Matt Weber (Street photography), Men of New York, Old New York, Urban Wildlife

“Greenwich Village” 1988

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May 9, 2011 Matt Weber (Street photography), homeless, Men of New York, Old New York

“The Transaction” 1988

May 7, 2011May 7, 2011 Matt Weber (Street photography), Men of New York, Old New York, signs, Times Square

Midtown 1988

April 27, 2011 Matt Weber (Street photography), Cars & Buses, Men of New York

NYC 1989

I keep finding images which I had assumed were not very good and now, over twenty years later, they are starting to seem OK…

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April 12, 2011April 12, 2011 Matt Weber (Street photography), Cars & Buses, Men of New York, Old New York

Port Authority 1988

April 11, 2011June 1, 2015 Matt Weber "New New York", (Street photography), Color, Coney Island, Men of New York

“Three Tears” 2010

I don’t know the exact reasons for tattooing tears on one’s face. Sometimes it is for someone you have killed or sometimes it is when a friend or family member is murdered. I looked it up and it’s hard to be sure what these tattoos mean exactly. They do mean a death for each teardrop…

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April 9, 2011April 9, 2011 Matt Weber (Street photography), Men of New York

5th Ave. 2011

April 5, 2011April 5, 2011 Matt Weber (Street photography), Men of New York, Times Square

Times Sq. 2010

Just another face in the crowd…

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April 1, 2011April 1, 2011 Matt Weber (Street photography), Color, Men of New York

“Midtown South” 2010

March 29, 2011March 29, 2011 Matt Weber (Street photography), Fights & Playfights, Men of New York

“Diamond Dogs” 2011

March 24, 2011March 24, 2011 Matt Weber (Street photography), Men of New York, Old New York, signs

Lower East Side 2009

Fourth rule is: Eat kosher salamis!

March 23, 2011September 17, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), Men of New York, Subway

“Broadway Local” 2007

More Richard Prince here…

March 13, 2011March 13, 2011 Matt Weber (Street photography), Men of New York, Portraits

“The Camera Doesn’t Matter!” 2011

I got lucky and timed it just right. His camera’s extremely powerful strobe went off at the exact same moment I pushed the button on my Leica. I sometimes wonder if my camera is capable enough when compared to the “Hasselblads” of the world, but this guy reminded me that it’s not the camera, but the man who makes the pictures!