NYC Skyline from Hoboken
Who knows where exactly I was or when. At least ten years ago, and I think it was from Hoboken — I guess you can figure it out from the buildings. It’s pretty damned close to the Andreas Feininger shot I was trying to emulate. I think he was the first photographer that I felt a real affinity to when I started shooting seriously. Adams was a great technical teacher for me, but his subject matter didn’t turn me on. Feininger was more of an experimentalist – which is what attracted me to him. Of course his shot was done with big Bertha – and this is just lowly 35mm film. And on top of that, just a flat boring sky. Oh well. Can’t have everything. Still, the detail is pretty amazing. There’s a clock on one of the buildings. It reads: 2:20.
Very good.
Really like this one.
Craig Nisnewitz
July 4, 2009 at 4:22 am
This looks to be taken higher up in Jersey then Hoboken. Maybe Edgewater?
Eugene Z.
July 6, 2009 at 11:05 am
It wasn’t Edgewater. The street that you can see through to the East River is 47th Street (left third of image). Also in the shot is the Intrepid (on right). Closer to Weehawken. I can read a sign next to 47th street: Millar Elevator Industries. They’re still there if you do a google map search.
Dave
July 6, 2009 at 11:17 am