In 1988 this tunnel was not a place you wanted to be…
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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…
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Brooklyn 1985
Studebaker went out of business in ’66 but this dealer was still standing in Brooklyn almost twenty years later…
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Slow Night at Coney
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Coney Island 2010
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“Under the El” 1988
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Twilight 2013
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“Faded Glory” 2003
In 2003 I visited Coney Island for the first time in over ten years. This was the first frame of film I exposed after parking my car. I had no idea that I would shoot over 500 rolls of film here during the next ten years…
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“Young Couple” Coney Island 2013
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La Sirena 2013
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Sad Boy 2013
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“Coney Island Baby” 2013
The first time I took my daughter to Coney Island, she was just shy of her second birthday. Now she wants to ride the freakin’ CYCLONE! I haven’t rode that contraption since ’78…
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Coney Quintet 2013
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Coney Island 2006
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Coney Island 2013
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Brooklyn 1990
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“Smoke on the Water” 1995
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“The Eiffel Tower of Brooklyn” 1985
Just scanned and ready to print!
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“Brooklyn Streetball” 1989 (New Scan)
I finally finished scanning the majority of the older work I did back in the ’80s last night. I have plenty of current work and some medium format stuff I’ve been avoiding, and I also have a huge amount of my “Prime” negatives in need of being rescanned…I’m still relieved to have gotten through this portion of my work which has taken me over two years!
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“L.I.R.R. / Subway Entrance Brooklyn” 1985
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“Eyes” Flatbush Ave. 1988
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Brooklyn 2009
Street Photography © Matt Weber
Brooklyn 1990
As I continue to search my older negatives, the overall feeling I get from the New York of twenty years ago is pretty depressing. This might be one of the better portraits I’ve done. It’s a sad one. Not as bad as the images we’ve all seen from third world countries, but this is New York and a twelve year old boy shouldn’t be out late at night training to become a squeegee man…
Street Photography © Matt Weber
Black and White Street Photographs of New York City by Matt Weber 