April 14, 2007
Before 7 a.m. ...
... 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, man.
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!
Posted by: Eric the...bald at April 14, 2007 11:12 AMAstonishing. Gorgeous. You show amazing talents: acting, writing, and now photography.
Bitch.
Posted by: RTG at April 14, 2007 2:34 PMhahahahahahahahahahaha
Posted by: red at April 14, 2007 2:50 PMI 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.
Posted by: red at April 14, 2007 6:49 PMTrue. I take pictures of everything and anything. Everything has a certain intensity. Very nice pics.
Posted by: RTG at April 14, 2007 9:50 PMthe neon police station cracks me up.
Posted by: mere at April 15, 2007 7:19 AMI 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.
Posted by: Marti at April 16, 2007 11:01 AM