Beach scenes, wild turkeys and fantastic abstract forms in glass grace the M.T.A.’s new Long Island Rail Road terminal, with works by other artists. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “photography”
Nathan Lane to Return to Broadway This Winter in ‘Pictures From Home’
By Gotham Rex on October 25, 2022
The play, written by Sharr White and directed by Bartlett Sher, will also star Danny Burstein and Zoë Wanamaker. Source: New York Times
A ‘Time Capsule’ in Photos, Just in Case a Beach Changes
By Gotham Rex on September 18, 2022
A condemned building along a beach in Queens is coming down. A photographer spent the summer visiting beachgoers who felt protected by its standing. Source: New York Times
Aperture Foundation Lands a New Headquarters
By Gotham Rex on September 15, 2022
The nonprofit photography organization will relocate in 2024, to offices across from the American Museum of Natural History, with greater visibility. Source: New York Times
Can a Neighborhood Be Instagrammed to Death?
By Gotham Rex on August 5, 2022
The return of tourism to New York has brought crowds back to one of the most popular selfie spots on earth. People who live there aren’t feeling #grateful. Source: New York Times
Portraits of the 2022 Tony Nominees
By Gotham Rex on June 6, 2022
As Broadway embarked on its road to recovery, these 45 theater artists helped pave the way. Source: New York Times
They Earn Tens of Thousands by Turning in Idling Trucks
By Gotham Rex on March 22, 2022
A New York City clean air program is providing a well-paid gig to “idling warriors” who blow the whistle on polluting vehicles. Source: New York Times
Hiram Maristany, ‘People’s Photographer’ of Spanish Harlem, Dies at 76
By Gotham Rex on March 16, 2022
He sought to depict his community “from the inside out” and to challenge negative images of Puerto Ricans in New York. Source: New York Times
Why We Love Red Hook, Brooklyn: The Salt, the Light, the Emptiness
By Gotham Rex on March 3, 2022
The isolated Brooklyn enclave, which resembles a forgotten seaside town, seems to be every New Yorker’s favorite neighborhood. At least for an afternoon. And not in flood season. Source: New York Times
Michele McNally, Who Elevated Times Photography, Dies at 66
By Gotham Rex on March 1, 2022
The paper won six Pulitzer Prizes for photography during her tenure as its director of photography and a trailblazing member of the newsroom’s top management. Source: New York Times
A Fall From the Society Pages to Prison Unsettles Greenwich
By Gotham Rex on February 18, 2022
The sealing of the case against Hadley Palmer, 53, who must register as a sex offender for secretly filming minors, has revived questions about judicial favoritism for the wealthy. Lawyers say they were trying to protect her victims. Source: New…
Stephanie Selby, Ballerina Who Inspired Many, Dies at 57
By Gotham Rex on February 12, 2022
A 1976 book of photographs and text traced her year at the School of American Ballet and made her famous. But a darker story lay underneath. Source: New York Times
Julie Saul, Effervescent Manhattan Gallerist, Is Dead at 67
By Gotham Rex on February 12, 2022
She promoted photographers like Sally Gall and Arne Svenson, and she later broadened her gallery’s scope to include multimedia artists like Maira Kalman and Roz Chast. Source: New York Times
What This Portrait of Mayor Adams's Mother Means to New Yorkers
By Gotham Rex on January 9, 2022
Dorothy Mae Adams-Streeter posed for a portrait at her 75th birthday party. Her image, floating in a brandy snifter, has a powerful resonance. Source: New York Times
Bettina Grossman, an Artistic Fixture at the Chelsea Hotel, Dies at 94
By Gotham Rex on November 13, 2021
Her apartment was so crowded with her artwork that she slept in the hallway. But she did not become widely known until near the end of her life. Source: New York Times