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Washington Heights

All of these photos were taken with my Olympus OM-4T and the Zuiko 28/2 lens, which was the only lens that I had brought with me. I usually travel around with only one lens, figuring that it will make me think. It doesn't, but sometimes the pictures come out good anyway.

Interestingly, although I lived in Washington Heights for two years, I took these photos before I moved there.  While I was actually living in Washington Heights (1995-1997), I didn't do much photo work.

Click on the thumbnails to see enlargements.

This is a picture of a house that is sort of hanging off the side of a cliff. This is probably the best photo, both technically and artistically, that I've taken to date. Unfortunately I no longer have the print! I gave it to a friend as a gift. I will make another one sooner or later.

Addendum 2/22/99: I have finally made another print of this photo for my LRPS portfolio. It's on Forte Polywarmtone paper and looks a bit different from the one above. I'll scan it in color at some point.

Addendum 2/23/99: Argh! My enlarger was out of alignment when I made the new prints. The focal plane is skewed. Argh!

I'm not quite sure what to call this thing. On top was part of Fort Tyron Park, and it seemed like the only purpose of this structure was to hold up the park. It came out nicely, though. I burned the sunlit area in for ages but the neg was totally wiped out.

Just a tree. I printed this full-frame because it seemed to work best that way. (I crop most of my prints to 8x10.)

The Cloisters as seen from the curving driveway leading up to the main entrance. I printed this very recently (February 22, 1999) on Ilford post card paper so I could mail it to my friend Izzy. The post card paper is pretty much normal Multigrade IV RC paper, except that it is a bit heavier (Ilford calls it "Portfolio" weight) and has a back that it's easy to write on. It's a lot of fun to print up postcards and mail them off to people. The second print is just from an 8x10. Believe it or not, this is a straight grade 3 print. No burning or dodging.

Update September 1999:  This photo was published in the July 1999 issue of Practical Photography magazine.