I remember when this rather large mosque was being built and wonder how the upper east side would have reacted if this was after 9/11….Would it exist or would the outcry have been enough to make them build it elsewhere?
©Matt Weber
Harlem 1920’s Traffic light…Kodachrome-64
A very old and ornate traffic light photographed in the late 1980s…
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Harlem 1988
©Matt Weber
West 42d Street 1985 “Kodachrome-64”
I can have this image printed by a master printer (he really is a master!) and offer you a signed 16×20 of this image for only $250 plus shipping. A 20×30″ print for only $300! It’s still possible to receive this picture in time for Christmas…
©Matt Weber
Harlem Baseball 1988
©Matt Weber
West Side Highway 1985
These giant ornamental sculptures adorned many of the old west side highway’s entrances. Also known as the Miller Highway, it was torn down in the 1980s after a giant section collapsed and crushed some poor motorist…
©Matt Weber
Paragull 2011
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“Biker” Maine 2011
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September 2011
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“Busted” 2011
©Matt Weber
Welcome to my gallery featuring 4 Decades of New York Street Photographs
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" Maybe you want to
see some pictures of Harlem when it was still Harlem.You can leave comments if you feel so inclined. Most images can be purchased as signed ptints for your collection. "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. Please inquire about licensing my images for documentary use. Blu-Ray quality files (or 4K) are available for any project you may be working on…Thanks!
Black & White Photos of New York FOR SALE
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The Urban Prisoner is now available SIGNED!
*NEW BOOK! “Coney Island-Double Vision”
“More Than the Rainbow” Documentary
New York Times “Street Fights!
REVIEWS: The Urban Prisoner
“9/11 Tribute Fence” Greenwich Village 2011
©Matt Weber
Spiderman and the Hulk 2010
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The New Times Sq. 1990
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Coney Island 2011
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Stick Ball 1985
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The Neon Wilderness 1985
If you like cameras and cars, then here’s the oldest camera store with a Duster parked right in front. I don’t know if it really is the oldest store, but 1898 is pretty old. I don’t really know if the car’s a Duster, but it looks like one…
©Matt Weber
Taxi Driver LaGuardia Airport 1985
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Kenny Scharf??? 1985
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“The Collision” 2011
Anyone who’s grown up in a city or even a large town, knows what it’s like to have some malcontent just bump into you on purpose…He always says “Watch where the fuck you’re going!” and gives you the look that’s meant to make you feel lucky that he didn’t lay you out right then and there…
Street Photography © Matt Weber
“Seggi-719”
Finally re-scanned this “Old School” tag from one of the toughest kids to ever pick up a can of paint…
Street Photography © Matt Weber
“More Mayhem” 2011
Street Photography © Matt Weber
Black and White Street Photographs of New York City by Matt Weber 