ZOOKART

Journal · 3 Dispatches

Notes from
the Street.

Long-form pieces about the things that show up later in the work — the way a New York facade carries a hundred years of paint, the geometry of a bridge at first light, what makes a found street feel like a built one.

01 · New York, NY · November 8, 2013

SoHo, NYC

Cast Iron, Bright Paint, and a Photographer’s Dream

SoHo is home to the world’s greatest collection of cast-iron architecture. But more than that, SoHo is unique among New York’s neighborhoods for its classical French and Italian architectural designs. It simply doesn’t look like anywhere else — not even the neighboring West Village or Lower East Side.

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02 · New York, NY · November 9, 2013

Bridge Looks

Steel, Sky, and the Geometry of New York

For me, it’s all about New York streets. They’ve been immortalized in songs and poems, movies and books. I’ve spent years documenting them with a camera, and I don’t think I’m any closer to understanding them than the day I started. They’re their own kind of language.

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03 · New York, NY · November 8, 2013

Street Scenes

Real Moments, Real Light, Real People

You never know what you’ll find on the streets. And if you happen to be a photographer working in New York, that’s doubly true. I’ve had the good fortune to shoot all over the world, and every time I come back to New York, I’m reminded of why I started my career here.

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