:: Witold Riedel :: NYC ::subjective thoughts and observations by Witold Riedel, a New Yorker photographer and draftsman by choice.The Bear in Repose at The Morning News... and...- July 7, 2008 A new group of pictures of the bear just went live on The Morning News. (Thank you Rosecrans Baldwin.) The whole set is a bit darker than the previous ones. Some of the images contain, more or less hidden hints at places that open doors to stories. Some of the clues are much more obvious than others. But perhaps that&8217;s how most of the world around us works. There appears to be a very familiar layer, one that responds well to our predicted views of it. Then there is the stuff which we...http://www.witoldriedel.com/MT/archives/003382.shtml how everybody on the boardwalk knew my name. at least for a few seconds on a rainy morning.- July 6, 2008 the rain was not very heavy. it was still a surprise. i could have just turned around. only the doorman would know. nothing bad. i unfolded the scooter, locked the security latch, put on my skating hemet and kicked myself south towards the first traffic light. then towards the other side of ocean parkway and just kept kicking. avenue c, avenue j, avenue&8230; kicked on for the entire alphabet. all the way to z, then beyond. then towards the smell of salty water, all the way to one of the wet...http://www.witoldriedel.com/MT/archives/003381.shtml a gentle two days.- July 3, 2008 it felt very different to have the camera pointed at me yesterday. and i do not know what i ended up saying. i just don&8217;t. now i am worried that i looked really dumb. it is okay. somehow. the shoot today was rather excellent. i am much more comfortable sitting somewhere near a monitor, far away from the camera, able to trust an excellent crew&8230; we shot at this beautiful house in ditmas park. it was somehow magical. the air was fragrant, somehow sparkling with goodness and brilliance....http://www.witoldriedel.com/MT/archives/003380.shtml |