Photographer’s
Bite of an Apple NY MUD photo shoot impressions by Peter Giodani, photographer
New York is a city of déjà vu, familiar streets, buildings, hot dog
monumental views, you get overwhelmed by the streets and the
stands, bridges, NYPD, metallic subway trains, and the lady with
silver lining that ties the elements together.
a torch. It's hard to put down the camera for a minute in this city. Perhaps that’s because I've seen its moments numerous times
At 2 p.m. on a sunny day you can find yourself on a crossroad
through the frame of a screen and it's hard to perceive it otherwise.
of sunbeams from a few different directions. The reflection from
Or maybe it’s just because this city is painfully photogenic.
a skyscraper mixes with the one from a shopping window, while a metal facade gives a silver bounce from a side. As you watch
My first thought for the MUD photo shoot was the rooftop. Where
pedestrians strolling carefree through this kaleidoscope of light and
else can you fully embrace the metropolis cliché? What other shot
shadows, you can't escape the thought that you are looking at an
can be more iconic than a landscape of THE concrete jungle in
effect of a professional movie set. The game of light renders the
black and white? I was not wrong, but as days passed I realized
vast city into its full 3D potential.
the obvious. As you step down from the towering high ground of
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