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A New York Photography walk
Lucas BB, 2010/12/01
Seven years have passed since I last traveled to New York City. In the days when we were doing Tokion I would frequently travel to the city but always seemed to dread the place. The people were cold, certain areas were extremely dangerous, everybody seemed to think they were the center of the world, and all in all it was actually a pretty boring place.
Things have changed. This time I found the people were pleasant, the city was safe and our theme for the issue, photography, seemed to be an incredibly exciting and timely topic. We discovered and learned that this artform, which some have claimed is finished, is in fact actually just beginning. Photography is being remade and rethought and reinventing itself. To our surprise, this metamorphosis is taking seed in New York City.
The PAPERSKY crew decided to take a walk around New York with photographer Wakagi Shingo by our side, clicking and capturing some iconic New York landmarks along the way. We walked, talked and breathed photography for about two weeks. In that time, Papersky met up with some of the driving photographers young and old behind this metamorphosis.
We also visited some of the best photography galleries in the city. Of course, we stopped by MOMA, Aperture and The International Center for Photography as well as managed to take a peak into a few photography workshops. And of course, before returning to our home in Japan, stopped by some amazing bookshops.
To sum up our trip in brief, a rebirth of photography is firmly taking seed in New York City, and in my humble opinion, the message simply declares: Photography is about creating and capturing goodenergy and in doing so, inspiring life.
PAPERSKY #34: NEW YORK | visionary
Tags: art, culture, shop
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