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Better Than Real Because It's Not.
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(Sep 12) The touchstone of the year for me, has turned out to be whether or not I got into the city to photograph the Tribute in Light with the ubercamera. This isn’t the first trip the camera has made for this purpose, but the weather was uncooperative last time. I would have considered this a failure to execute, had I not made it in, or if I’d returned with the same photos as before.
It is a poor substitute for what was lost. It isn’t really even as tall as the old One World Trade Center was, but it lacks the gravity of the Twins, and pretends to be much taller than the Twins were. Sadly, New York’s new signature building is a poseur.
Reminders of the true giants that stood in the neighborhood.
Viza is right, the effect wears off over time. For me it’s the point of doing it, more than seeing it.
Odds are, I’ll never be walking around in this specific location again.
The symbol of our era of decline. Less than half of what there used to be where you can see it, everything else close to ground.
Once we reached for the sun,
Now,
We just fake it.
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(Sep 11) It is past 9 PM on a Sunday night. I head into the city with the ubercamera for a familiar journey. I really don’t know much about how to use the camera still at this point (and still don’t), but I got some good results. Again, this may be the last time they do The Lights, and the neighbors must absolutely hate the installation. So, although I have to move in a couple of days, I get on the train.
Brooklyn Bridge, 1:15 AM. That brightness in the distance turned out to be The Tribute In Light.
Not only did the clouds defile the view, so did the contractor working on the bridge.
Despite these unfortunate circumstances, the ubercamera remained uber.
Oh how far my new camera has come from the others.
At this point, I still wasn’t quite sure they were even on.
A look around… Downtown.
Midtown, Manhattan Bridge, Empire State and Chrysler Buildings. The top of the ESB is in the cloud cover.
There it is.
The clouds were unfortunate, to say the least.
Tributes to the dead.
The new station. It is a big yawn, and no longer opens in a convenient spot (for me).
I wonder what that’s lit for.
I do some version of this shot every time.
Phaser attack?
This was the only decent shot out of a dozen in this same spot, which I’ve used in the past.
One more “it looks like it’s coming from the building” shot.
This one really is coming from the top of the building. This is the parking garage the installation sits atop.
The Lights are not actually at the World Trade Center. There, down the block, is the new One World Trade Center.
Up close, and personal.
I don’t like this shot so much, but it is the last one I took for the evening, and thus possibly the last one I’ll take of the Tribute In Light.
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(September 11) This year, I had the same camera as last year, but in the end I decided to go take some photos again this year, and Viza was looking for an excuse to get out of the house, so he came along with me. In the third year I’ve been around to see the lights, I already know that the ideal forecast is party cloudy, and this year we were lucky.
Outside the fire station on Carroll & Bond
From the Gowanus Canal
Viza and I wait for the subway
I literally heard this scene calling out to be photographed. Is that how it works for people with talent? I’ve always wondered.
Seven years later, there’s still a whole lotta nothing here
The sages of the World Trade Center speak to us
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