New York City Water Tower Black and White Photography
Rooftop Geometry Above New York City
New York reveals itself differently when I stop looking at the streets and start looking across the rooftops. In this photograph, an old water tower rises from a dense collection of buildings, windows, pipes and rooftop structures, becoming the one simple shape surrounded by layers of urban geometry.
The tower immediately caught my attention. Its weathered cylindrical tank and angular metal support frame stand in sharp contrast to the much larger building behind it, where rows of dark windows create their own repetitive pattern. Lower in the frame, rooftops overlap one another with vents, brickwork, skylights and industrial structures filling almost every available space.
I chose black and white because colour would have competed with what interested me most. This photograph is about form, texture and scale. The pale building facade becomes almost graphic, while the darker water tower separates itself clearly from its surroundings. Lines cross lines. Rectangles sit behind diagonals. Old materials exist beside newer construction without any attempt to make the city visually tidy.
That is one of the things I enjoy about photographing New York City. There is always another layer. Something utilitarian can become the strongest element in the frame simply because of where it sits and how the surrounding architecture organizes itself around it. Here, an ordinary rooftop water tower becomes the centre of a much larger study of New York architecture.
© Dan Kosmayer, 2005
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Every photograph in my collection comes from my own travels, explorations, and years behind the camera.
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