I WENT TO NEW YORK RECENTLY FOR A WEEK AS PART OF AN ART TRIP. I SAW THE MET, THE GUGGENHEIM, THE WHITNEY, AND THE MOMA. SO BASICALLY LOTS OF ART GALLERIES.
THE MOMA WAS DISAPPOINTING FOR ME BECAUSE THERE WASN'T THAT MUCH ART IN IT, JUST LOADS OF EMPTY SPACES WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT LAYOUTS AND STYLISED BUT MINIMALISTIC LIGHTING. THERE WERE ALSO CURVES AND BENDS THAT GAVE THE PLACE A "WOW" FACTOR. THE MET WAS HUGE WITH LOADS OF ARTWORK AND WAS MORE LIKE A MUSEUM THAN THE MOMA IN THAT IT HAD CHRISTIAN CHAPEL WORK AND THEN MODERN CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY, LIKE 'SITTING ON A WALL, HAIKU IV' BY WING FEN OR 'RAIN FILLED SUITCASE' BY JEFF WALL.
WE THEN TOURED SOME OF THE FAMOUS LANDMARKS LIKE THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, ELLIS ISLAND, TIMES SQUARE, THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE AND OF COURSE CENTRAL PARK. THE TEMPERATURE WAS CHILLY AND THE FOOD WAS JUST THE SAME SORT OF STUFF: BURGERS, CHIPS, CHINESE, ITALIAN AND SOME KEBABS. ON THE OTHER HAND THERE WAS WHOLE FOODS, WHICH WAS EPIC AND HAD ALL THE FOOD YOU COULD HAVE WITH SOME PEACH TEA AND BOTTLE CAPS WITH SAYINGS ON THE UNDERSIDE. . . VERY COOL. BUT OTHERWISE, THE TYPICAL FOOD WASN'T VERY EXCITING. THERE WERE SO MANY PHOTOGRAPHIC OPPORTUNITIES, EVEN THOUGH WE ALL HAD CAMERAS ON US, IT WASN'T ENOUGH, YOU NEED AT LEAST A MONTH THERE TO GET THE LEVEL OF SHOTS THERE. OF COURSE YOU GOT INCREDIBLE NECK ACHE AFTERWARDS SO BREAKS WERE IN ORDER.
HERE ARE SOME UNEDITED PHOTOS OF THE TRIP FROM WHEN WE WALKED THROUGH CENTRAL PARK AND WHEN WE WERE DOWNTOWN.
NOW WHILST EVERYONE ELSE WAS TAKING PICTURES OF THE VIEW OUTSIDE FROM THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING OBSERVATORY, AND I DID GET SOME SHOTS, IT WAS FREEZING SO I WENT INSIDE AND TOOK SHOTS OF PEOPLES FEET. SLOW SHUTTER SPEED, FOCUSING ON THE FLOOR AND NO TRIPOD. HERE IS THE VIDEO I MADE FROM THOSE SHOTS:
