2 May 2008, New York City, NY – This is another image I have wanted
to make for a long time. I have carried cameras through the streets
of New York for years without finding it, all the while thinking
about how to make it and make it right. This picture is New York all
at once — construction, ads, underground steam, taxis, buses and
all. Leah and I were walking down 42nd St. when I noticed we were
approaching the typical orange and white tower. Just past it were
these workers, one of whom was jumping on the freight to make it
settle in the right place. We continued walking and I readied my
camera until we were right in the spot where the steam would be a
backdrop to the moment and I wheeled around and fired off three
frames and kept moving. The feeling was the culmination of years of
thinking about it, of theorizing street photography, of getting into
the right spot to react with a camera, to be on the streets of new
york making split-second art.
Photo by Dominick Reuter
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Extra points for the Duane Reade, truly a NYC staple as well. I love that you have the construction workers in the foreground and the Deadliest Catch guys in the background. There must be some metaphor that can be made out of that juxtaposition.