New Photo Book: Apple Sweat
The first week of August 2006 was hot in NYC. The hottest it’s been since 1936. Cars overheated. Power went out. People even died. And Heather and I were visiting New York City together for the first time.
Wandering the city with my camera bag, I soon discovered that the tape was melting off my Holga and my huge digital SLR attracted unappreciative stares. It turns out NYC is a Lomo kinda town.
The Lomo LC-A is a tiny brick of Russian camera awesomeness. It’s quiet and unobtrusive. And since you can set the focus (such as it is) manually, it’s easy to just walk around and shoot from the hip. So that’s what I did.
And my camera found New York in a rare moment. A city of incredible diversity, united in sweat. From Chinatown to the Village to Coney Island, New Yorkers were out in the world, doing their jobs, making the best of it. By the time the rain started to fall and the heat began to fade, we felt a new bond with the people who call New York home.
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wow. gotta love instant publishing gratification. forward by Spike Lee?
my huge digital SLR attracted unappreciative stares
Strange, since I think NYC is the town most used to people lugging around huge or unusual cameras.
they sample shots look really great. i love the color saturation.
What a fantastic idea. I agrea with the Leah, the preview looks awesome.
Howdy, Derek! :) I'm sorry you visited my fair city in the midst of the heat wave -- on the other hand, you got great creative results. (You should have come to my office -- our air conditioner was broken down for the week. Yeeeugh!)
Quick question about Powazek.com and Vox: Are you crossposting from powazek.com to here (or from here to there) automatically, or are you cutting and pasting? I'm just now exploring Vox; if there's a way to make the magic happen a little faster, that would be so groovy...
No apologies necessary - we had a great time!
And, no, I've got no cross-posting automation in place - I'm just copy and pasting the old fashioned way.
Ah. Thanks, Derek! :) And I'm glad you had fun!