West 39th Street New York City | Black and White Street Photography
Summer Pedestrians Crossing a Busy Manhattan Street
New York is at its best for me when everything seems to be happening at once.
I was standing on West 39th Street watching pedestrians pour across the intersection, each person moving independently yet somehow becoming part of the same larger rhythm. Some are crossing quickly, others seem completely unhurried, and one woman walks through the middle of the street carrying an open umbrella.
The people are what make the photograph, but the city surrounding them matters just as much.
Tall Manhattan buildings rise tightly along both sides of the street, creating a corridor that pulls my eye deep into New York. Vans, taxis and delivery vehicles crowd the intersection. Streetlights, signs, scaffolding and windows fill nearly every remaining space. There is very little visual quiet anywhere in the frame.
I chose black and white because it brings all of that complexity together. Clothing, vehicles and architecture stop competing through color, and the photograph becomes about movement, repetition, scale and the extraordinary density of the city.
What I like most is that there isn't one obvious protagonist. My eye keeps moving from person to person, discovering small gestures and separate stories throughout the scene.
This is the kind of New York photograph I enjoy making most. No landmark is necessary. No dramatic event is taking place.
It is simply Manhattan on a summer day, full of people going somewhere.
© Dan Kosmayer, 2011
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