Around the City: Photographs by Sandy Kaufman

SA N DY K AU F M A N | A R O U N D T H E C I T Y

Caption 1

The Skaters 3

Zig Zag White 4

Greys 5

In the Window 6

Curled Vines 7

Metallic Red 8

Dinosaur Smile 9

Miniature Fence 10

Tree Patterns 11

The Shape Above 12

Rounds 13

Isolated Cloud 14

Tightrope Walkers 15

Dots 16

Iridescence 17

Flip 18

Mouse 19

Edged Green 20

Planes 21

Vertical Waves 22

Road Star 23

Soft Greens 24

Rust and Light 25

Rainbow 26

Bulb 27

Mitered 28

M 29

Shadow Shape 30

Flag of Light 31

Foldup 32

X O 33

Corsetted Column 34

Diagonal 35

Rust and Shine 36

Untitled 37

Arch and Streetlamps 38

Folds 39

The Aerialist 40

Bejeweled Mesh 41

Knot and Smile 42

Hinge 43

Tilted Form 44

Pink and Silver Pipe 45

Curling Vines 46

Fork 47

Alphabet 48

Indigo Shadow 49

Flying Line 50

3D Curl 51

Subway Seat 52

Air Corner 53

Twiggery 54

Climbing Shark 55

Striped Trio 56

Wire Form Through Glass 57

Blue 58

Park Chair and Table 59

Frizzy 60

Metal Forms 61

Lookout 62

Charging Bull 63

Natural Elements 64

Stemware Light 65

Day-glo O 66

Day-glo Shapes 67

Birch 68

Shadow Shape and Line 69

Cityscape 70

Spring Green 71

Scratchy 72

Like Puryear 73

Pattern Sign 74

Intersection Icons 75

Reflection through Glass 76

Still Life 77

Noguchi 78

Scratched 79

Delicate Shapes and Line 80

Patterned Slivers and Stripes 81

Patch 82

Blue Through 83

Intersections 84

Converging Twigs 85

Soft Color 86

Curtain and Emerging N 87

Painted ( ) 88

Sunlit Wall 89

Warrior 90

Edward 91

Ochre Light 92

Shadow Shapes 93

Butterfly 94

Elephant and Pouring Water 95

Wire Shapes 96

Edgy 97

Brooklyn F Train Station 98

Siding Stripes 99

Disk and White Chimney 100

Gowanus Landmark 101

Form and Brush 102

Eagle 103

Composition 104

Orbs on Green 105

Veiled Light 106

Spectral Light 107

Nail and Door 108

The Pour 109

The Diagonal 110

Patch 2 111

Surface Color 112

Grey Blue Lines 113

Color Field 114

Chopper 115

Aqua Edge and Grid 116

Shadow Shapes 117

Cellophane Light 118

Swimming 119

Arm 120

Handstrokes 121

Trio 122

Orbs 123

Pyramid 124

Captured Spring 125

Grid on Glass 126

Coiffed Top 127

Abstract Forms 128

Painted Post 129

Arabesque 130

Petals on Slate 131

Orange String 132

Danny’s Big Brushstroke 133

Untitled 134

Slots and Light 135

Bird, Nest, and Bell 136

Sky Background 137

Blue Diamond 138

Greenery 139

Railing 140

Corners 141

Painted Watertank 142

New York Icon 143

Cellphone Talker 144

Lips 145

Forms 146

Green Wash 147

Like Puryear 2 148

Gap 149

Concrete 150

Diagonal Ribbons 151

Directionals 152

Edges 153

Levelled 154

Subway Metal 155

New Spring 156

Caption 157

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delicate acrobatic wire. The digitized sky through scaffolding nets. Directional arrows painted on roads. Reflections of light bouncing off glossy paint. Shadows of spring branches on white metal.

I am looking through the camera lens like a fascinated tourist who is seeing the familiar as unfamiliar elements of visual poetry—abstraction, grace, and unique juxtapositions in the changing light.

Sandy Kaufman is a painter and photographer living in Brooklyn, New York. He has worked for Columbia University and New York University for the past 20 years as a creative director while continuing to work on his paintings and photography. Now, he is focused solely on his personal art.

http://www.sandykaufmanphoto.com