It has always been common to see a twenty year old Chevrolet on the streets of Manhattan. So why is this anything but common? ©Matt Weber
The Circle Line 1985
I keep finding old negatives from ’85 which have elements of my childhood. This boat would have been the one I rode on several times. Long gone, I imagine it may have been pre-war, and it left one exposed to the elements much more than the new ships…
This image and most others can be licensed for documentary use and is also available as a signed print…
©Matt Weber
East 14th Street 1985
At first I was far more interested in photographing the old buildings and signs than the people of New York, which is obvious by what I focused my camera on…That would change.
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The Beacon Bowling Alley 1985
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East 13th Street & 3d Ave. 1985
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East Harlem 1988
A rather famous display of stuffed animals in an abandoned building uptown…
©Matt Weber
Checker Heading West on 86th Street 1985
The little five story buildings in the background are no longer with us. A 21 story uber edifice replaced them in 2008 and there are 21 apartments in the building…©Matt Weber
Harlem 1985
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West Side Highway 1985
The old lampposts on the west side highway were noteworthy to me as I began photographing New York.
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Maxwell House 1985
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Howard Johnson’s Neon 1985
This sign was one of New York’s better examples of neon craftsmanship.
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©Matt Weber
Union Sq. 1985
Union Sq. is now a very happening meeting place for the younger New Yorkers, but thirty years ago, it wasn’t…
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©Matt Weber
VARIETY Theater 1985
Having fun searching through these color negatives from ’85
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©Matt Weber
“Greasy Spoon” 6th Ave 1985
I posted a picture of this in Black & White awhile back and then found this negative last night…
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West 86th Street & Broadway 1985
The view from the roof of my old building…
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West Side Highway 1984
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Self-Titled 2013
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Winter 1987
It’s hard to believe that I have been shooting with a digital camera for almost a year now! There are a few advantages but then I come across an old negative like this, and the whole film vs digital argument instantly reappears, and ends immediately, with one glance…
©Matt Weber
“The Last 1960’s Taxi in New York City” 1985
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LTD II Taxicab 1988
The Crown Vic taxis appeared in ’81 and before that we had these bad boys which were as big as Cadillacs!
“Der Rote Lastwagon” 2014
Amazing how one picture can change everything.
This one almost did just that. I saw a man with a red backpack adjusting his yarmulke, when suddenly “Der Rote Lastwagon” made its fateful left turn. Suddenly the Bechers became seekers and had me over to their house, full of other important Dusseldorfians. Shore swore it was not a bore. Ladd was glad. Bram said Damn! Stuart said screw it, and almost stopped taking pictures. Gilden left the building. Peters said it was sweeter. Turpin started chirping. Blake said it was Jake. Eric became hysteric. Harper said it was sharper. Poor Vivian, almost came back from oblivion. Meyerowitz hired it for Bystander. Even Colberg called to apologize for bashing “street” for so many years…
But then Frank said it stank and it was over.
Laundry 1989
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The Turtles of the 79th Street Rotunda
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gibbous
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Black and White Street Photographs of New York City by Matt Weber 