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east harlem

seth — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:35:01 +0000

More photos from East Harlem I shot around the end of winter. These are unedited and haven’t even been spotted for dust yet, and most I would likely crop, but for the sake of just going through my massive backlog of old work, here they are.

East Harlem – Sunbeam (2010)

East Harlem – Call (2010)

East Harlem – Street (2010)

East Harlem – Red Jacket (2010)

new post

seth — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:18:50 +0000

From December 2009. This was the last frame I shot. It was really cold that day.

Amanda in Central Park (2009)

july 4th

seth — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:30:52 +0000

I took the below photo a year ago in Watertown, NY on the 4th of July. I’d like to get out of the city this year, but I’m not sure if I’ll have the chance. Busy, busy, busy.

More shooting soon, hopefully…

4th of July Drawing (2009)

cold

seth — Sat, 22 May 2010 15:05:26 +0000

Something actually shot in 2010? Shocking.

Petra on 44th St (2010)

oaxaca, mexico

seth — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:50:06 +0000

Oaxaca, Mexico (2009)

old/new

seth — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:48:07 +0000

I have a lot of old film I’m trying to get through. Working on it…

oh, spring

seth — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:02:46 +0000

The weather was nice here in New York for the first time in a long time yesterday. The past few weeks have been a mix of rain, snow and very often, bitter cold. And while I can’t claim to be completely ready to welcome warmer weather, I am hoping the rise in temperature also means a renewed desire to create work.

Winter has always been debilitating to my creative process. So much so that I’ve almost come to expect that I’ll make almost no new photographs between the core months of winter (namely, January and February). Still, somehow I need winter.

As far as seasons go, winter is probably my favorite; there’s something strangely attractive about a season that shuts all of us inside for the better part of its duration. For me creatively, it provides a period of time where I can step back and evaluate what I’m doing photographically and where I want to go. All this time spent thinking seems like a good idea, but inevitably has its drawbacks as well.

My fatal flaw as a photographer has always been too much thinking and not enough doing. I find myself struggling with an idea for days, even weeks, before I ever think to attempt it. Instead I play-out in my head every possibility of what I want the photo to be. When really, if I tried working through the idea instead of just thinking about it, I would probably have far better end results.

Here’s to hoping spring is more productive.

East Harlem – E 111th St and 3rd Ave (2009)

7am

seth — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:22:09 +0000

I took this photo while on my way home from Brooklyn at 7am.

Coney Island N (2009)