Of Light and Shadow
December 1st, 2009 § 4 Comments
“Over the great bridge, with sunlight through the girders making a constant flicker upon the moving cars, with the city rising up across the river in white heaps and sugar lumps all built with a wish out of non-olfactory money. The city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world.” ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pinch and a punch, it’s the 1st of December, already. Sheesh! Blink and the whole year’s gone, just like that. Sometimes I wish I could slow it all down. And have more moments of pause; more moments to breathe life in.
I love the hazy filmic quality of these Polaroid images. They seem to capture small moments of quiet in the midst of the ceaseless city. It’s the New York that lives in my memory, coloured with scenes from wonderful movies and novels. I love the long, lanky shadows and the warm palette; they feel just like stills from an ethereal ‘film noir’. So wonderfully lyrical.
Image Credits | ToTR, Edward Kimuk | Spectra 7/10, NYU-01, SOHO-08, Greenwich Village-01 by ToyBox | Click on image titles to view larger or for licence details.
hi there alisa , hope u have a great xmas , much luv Helen fisher Xx
NYC, be still my beating heart. I love that place. Great photos. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
I think I see the Strand…
Oh yum… I totally agree. It is like a dream remembered, isn’t it? Love these photos – thanks for sharing them
K