> > >He did a series called As From My Window I Sometimes Glance, in which > >he photographed scenes from his apartment in NYC. > > > >Some of them are here: > >http://tinyurl.com/ypq8zj > > > >http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?VP=Mod_ViewBoxInse > rtion.Vie > >wBoxInsertion_VPage&R=2S5RYD1974RW&RP=Mod_ViewBox.ViewBoxThum > b_VPage&C > >T=Story&SP=Story > > > > > OMG - You know, I never saw these (well, at least that I > recall) .... > but there are many of the photos I took in the 70's and 80's from my
> window that could have been taken in 1958 as well -- in fact, > I lived a > block away from where I live now > in 1959 for a few months... on 6th street - well before I got into > doing photography. And the Smith photos > I know well are the coal miners, the kids in the woods, etc > and um the > old guy in the boat :) So mine are > not by way of an homage. That second shot sure looks like my 'hood. > I'd love to know what corner that is. > > I have this vague recollection that someone I knew from the days when > the Game Room was in the basement > next to the Beacon theatre (it is now a bar/club of some > sort) lived in > Smith's building, which I thought was > then , at least, on the upper west side. > [...] The pictures were taken from 821 Sixth Avenue. I don't know if that's near Sixth Street. Apparently the building was once a brothel, but was rented cheap by jazz musicians and other arty bohemian & Beat types. Smith also did a series called The Loft From The Inside In, in which he photographed the people who lived there and passed by. http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?VP=Mod_ViewBoxInsertion.Vie wBoxInsertion_VPage&R=2S5RYD52NHB&RP=Mod_ViewBox.ViewBoxThumb_VPage&CT =Story&SP=Story > > Well - now the question is (and I googled first to no avail) > where did > that title come from? surely a line > of verse... I think Smith invented the title. His photography was great, but his prose was leaden and portentous - which I think that title is. > > The character of the east village is being rapidly destroyed > by the NYU > high rise dorms and luxury buildings > It is beginning to get a little scary on a number of levels. > > You can tell I just got up -- I'm running off at the keyboard ! > > ann It looks like a great area. It's a shame these places get ruined. I'm living in an area which I love at the moment, but already it's starting to be surrounded by more and more high rises. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
