I developed my first black and white photograph in the school's darkroom in 1988. Ever since I have a long lasting but also miscellaneous and some times turbulent relationship with photography. It started as a teenager's thrill, it become a bachelor's degree as well as a source of income during my studies, to evolve to a very well paid profession. But in the way the joy and the passion of taking pictures was sidelined by the responsibility of running a demanding business. It was an era that I was annoyed if a friend was asking me to take a picture on a holiday or on a trip. I usually went for vacation without a camera at all and even if I did take a camera with me I used it very sporadically.
That was the case when I visited New York city 12 years ago. It was only when I started blogging here, that I rediscovered the joy of taking pictures and reinvented my photographic identity. If I had spent now, 3 weeks in Manhattan I would probably have pictures for dozens of posts but back then I hardly took the camera out of the hotel room. I took some nice pictures at the Central Park and to a walk from Times Square to Brooklyn Bridge (you can see the relevant posts here and here) but along with the shots I included today, that is pretty much all the keepers from the trip. A rather slender outcome for more than 20 days in the most impressive city of the world!
But at least I had a good time :)
The Grand Central Terminal, as impressive as it can get!
The Guggenheim museum, a true landmark of NYC!
The last picture is for @traisto, she knows why :)
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