Black and White Street Photographs of New York City by Matt Weber

November 30, 2015November 30, 2015 Matt Weber (Street photography), Color, Old New York, signs

“God Makes House Calls” 1985

Queens? Brooklyn? You tell me…

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November 30, 2015November 30, 2015 Matt Weber "New New York", (Street photography), Cars & Buses, Men of New York, Times Square

42d Street 2015

Not many have that special something, that chutzpah, that sex appeal, that supreme confidence to wear sunglasses at night! And the ladies love it…
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November 29, 2015November 29, 2015 Matt Weber (Street photography), Cars & Buses, Color, Old New York, signs, Times Square

42d Street & 7th Ave. 1985

Win a Rolls Royce!

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November 29, 2015November 29, 2015 Matt Weber "New New York", (Street photography), Color, Fights & Playfights, homeless, Men of New York

“Homeless and Fearless” 2015

They woke up a homeless man by kicking the box that he was sleeping in and insulting him, and he grabbed a homemade weapon of some sorts and took after the group.

Then I watched the group back down as they realized their joke had gone too far. The last time I saw one guy stand up to this many guys without displaying fear was in 1979…

November 28, 2015November 28, 2015 Matt Weber (Street photography), Men of New York

Tourists 2007

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November 27, 2015November 27, 2015 Matt Weber (Street photography), Old New York, signs, Times Square

42d Street 1985

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November 26, 2015November 26, 2015 Matt Weber (Street photography), homeless, Men of New York, Old New York

Thanksgiving 1987

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November 25, 2015November 25, 2015 Matt Weber (Street photography), Color, Old New York, signs

Broke Coke 1985

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November 25, 2015November 25, 2015 Matt Weber "New New York", (Street photography), Color, Men of New York

Ground Zero 2015

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November 24, 2015November 24, 2015 Matt Weber (Street photography), Graffiti-NYC Tags, Kids & Teens, Old New York, Women of New York

The Girls of Hell’s Kitchen 1986

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November 24, 2015November 24, 2015 Matt Weber (Street photography), Men of New York, Times Square

“The Deuce” 2014

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November 23, 2015November 23, 2015 Matt Weber (Street photography), Cars & Buses, Color, Old New York

The Highline 1985

Almost all of my images are available for documentary use, and also can be purchased as signed prints at very reasonable prices…

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November 23, 2015November 23, 2015 Matt Weber "New New York", (Street photography), Color, Coney Island, Women of New York

Summer ’15

Primer look back…

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November 22, 2015November 22, 2015 Matt Weber "New New York", (Street photography), Color, Women of New York

NYC 2015

Primer look back…

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November 21, 2015November 21, 2015 Matt Weber (Street photography), Old New York, signs, Times Square

I never liked super wide angle lenses. This was taken with a 20mm 2.8 and I rarely took it with me when I traveled. You can see what was left of the Times Sq. bowling alley, and I wish I had taken a few shots inside when I bowled there. It was like walking back into the 1940’s with the old timers smoking their cigars, and placing bets on the ponies…

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November 20, 2015November 20, 2015 Matt Weber (Street photography), Cars & Buses, Old New York, signs, Urban Landscape

Amsterdam Ave. 1969

This is just a frame from an 8mm film I shot with a friend when I was a kid, but it is like looking into a lost world. The upper west side was. Not worth belaboring the obvious…

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November 20, 2015November 20, 2015 Matt Weber "New New York", (Street photography), Color, Kids & Teens

NYC 2015

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November 19, 2015November 19, 2015 Matt Weber (Street photography), Old New York, signs, Times Square, Urban Landscape

“The Little Building that Could” 1986

I really liked that this little building somehow survived the developers, who had attached their sign with a picture of a 34 story tower, proclaiming “1964 Fall Occupancy”. Twenty two years later the little greasy spoon was still serving affordable meals just one block south of Times sq.

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November 19, 2015November 19, 2015 Matt Weber "New New York", (Street photography), Color, Men of New York, Subway

Summer 2015

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November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 Matt Weber "New New York", (Street photography), Color, signs, Women of New York

UNtitled 2015

I think I’m done trying to shoot cute…

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November 17, 2015November 17, 2015 Matt Weber (Street photography), Color, Old New York, signs

“The Strip at Night” 1985

Remember, you can license this image and almost all of my other photos for documentary use and also purchase signed archival prints from my store: http://mattweberphotos.com/

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November 17, 2015November 17, 2015 Matt Weber Color, Coney Island, Uncategorized

“My Last Roll of Kodachrome” 2008

Progress is hard to swallow sometimes. Even though I’ve shot black & white film for a very long time, once or twice a year I’d shoot a roll of Kodachrome just for posterity’s sake. When Kodak stopped manufacturing K-64 it came as no surprise to anyone, but hurt almost anyone who’d been raised on the stuff. It wasn’t a high contrast “big color” type of film, but it was the closest thing to reality that one could put in a camera. It had a long run and now it lives in our scrapbooks and 8mm home movies from our past…