I posted a picture of this in Black & White awhile back and then found this negative last night…
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NYC 1985
Spent over an hour cleaning up this dusty negative. I think it was worth the work since it is exactly the type of picture I had set out to take thirty years ago.
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Lower East Side 1988
A couple of oldtimers schmoozing…
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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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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…
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“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!
LIFSCHULTZ Sign West Side Highway 1989
Took this one stuck in traffic…
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“The YALE Truck” West Side Highway 1985
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Laundry 1989
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Another Black & White Memory “La Tacita de Oro” 1986
I know this total hyperbole but I once heard that the Beasty Boys lived upstairs in this adorable wooden house on West 100th St. Regardless of who lived there, this building was still in its 19th century elegance when I took this photo. I think there may be a modern restaurant called the Metro Diner there now…
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“Double Dutch” Harlem 1988
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The Turtles of the 79th Street Rotunda
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No Helmets 1988
Almost impossible to see kids riding a bike without helmets these days…
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“Sex, Drugs & Rock N Roll” 1985
In 1973 I stopped taking photographs for reasons which I will not explain, but in December of 1984 I bought an AE-1 Canon and a 50mm lens and started to photograph New York, most often while I was driving my yellow cab. This image was pushed heavily (Probably 3200) since I figured that was the way to go, and to be honest, I never became very good at developing film. Printing was different, but I guess my fear to develop film by inspection with a green safelight, left me guessing, and more often than not, the results were just passable…
Lower East Side 1989 (Who is this Photographer?)
Could I have taken a picture of Dave Beckerman 16 years before I met him and became good friends with one of New York’s most dedicated photographers?
Dave says no, so he remains unknown, like the famous soldier…
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Hell’s Kitchen 1985
The last one standing…
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Bowling at the Beacon 1989
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“Stubbie” 1989
These old fat hydrants were patented in 1909 and installed in the mid-twenties. They were removed in 1993 for reasons which had to do with water pressure…
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The Last Pharmacy 1985
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Lower East Side 1986
I think these tenements were on or near East Houston Street.
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STREET
Could this be the cover for my next book?
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Black and White Street Photographs of New York City by Matt Weber 