… an entire life can be lived. Yesterday I was up at 4 a.m. … and all of the photos taken below come from before 7 a.m.
Dawn in Manhattan. It’s otherworldly.
5:30 a.m. This is the view from the end of my street.
Another view of Manhattan – a bit north of midtown.
Even farther north. God … spectacular.
Walking to catch the bus. Glancing to my right, repeatedly … for the views. The city can be seen at the end of every street or alley.
In the city now. It’s 6 a.m. Port Authority … already awake and handling its everyday duties.
6 a.m. Some human needs never slumber. A little peeping, a little palm reading, a little pawn-shopping …
Walking cross-town. Saw a dusty truck. Everywhere you look (seriously, everywhere) you can see remnants, memories, memorials … you just need to know HOW to look. You can’t walk 3 steps without seeing something like this.
I turn north. I head towards Times Square. Amazons towering above me in the dawn light.
Times Square at dawn. Seriously – it is surreal. It’s surreal in mid-day as well … but at dawn? FanTAStic.
Dawn patrol.
The Nasdaq never sleeps. We do … but it does not.
This way, please.
Now here – you can see the glow of sunrise on that one patch of building. Shivers! I saw that and felt what Emily Byrd Starr would call “the flash”.
Somehow incongrous … this little old-fashioned looking building surrounded by corporate gleam.
That last photo was taken at 6:49 a.m.
A whole life lived before 7 a.m.
I imagine it is really cool to see the sunshine hit the tops of the buildings first and reach toward the ground.
I am so glad you got that camera. Your photographs provide a much-needed reminder to me that there is wonder all around if I’ll only see it.
And I love that even the police have neon!
Astonishing. Gorgeous. You show amazing talents: acting, writing, and now photography.
Bitch.
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I love the neon of the police station too … too funny.
and i’ll tell ya – it’s amazing having a camera because you really start to pay attention. at least that’s what has happened for me.
True. I take pictures of everything and anything. Everything has a certain intensity. Very nice pics.
the neon police station cracks me up.
I think the Police *have* to have neon. Isn’t there some kind of law saying that any building with a sign in Times Square must have a minumum of 30% of that sign illuminated? I’m pretty sure I heard that, so really they’re just obeying the laws they enforce. WTG, NYPD.