As older buildings are torn down we get to see the canvas beneath the paint, and I love it. This city is often more beautiful in its gaps than in its monuments.

Such a shame all these textures will likely fade away within my generation.


Debonair, with some expired ISO100 film



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Early morning walk down Park ave. Love the opportunity to take a long walk before work these days.

The curtain of buildings down the lane against morning sunlight can create unexpectedly beautiful, almost natural landscape-like scenery.



I was sufficiently out of it to forget the #Debonair already shoots in portrait orientation, so this one's an accidental horizontal shot.



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Shot from a long morning walk down park avenue. Early mornings are best for Manhattan.


#debonair with expired ISO100 film


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It's still possible to head out during the small hours of summer morning, when the lights are not quite f8 and ready yet.




Debonair with an expired ISO100 film.


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Passing by.

Underground tunnels and concrete canyons minutes away from the heart of midtown Manhattan. Raised track platforms had been abandoned for decades, covered in overgrown flora.

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Brilliant, spotless summer day in #NYC today.





Debonair with expired ISO100 film.


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Storm. I used a Holga 120N and Arista EDU 100 film to make this photograph. #holga #toycamera #mediumformatfilm #blackandwhite #storm

Looking out.




The building on the other side is the Manhattan Center at 34th street, originally built in 1906 by a businessman and theater impresario Oscar Hammerstein I.

At the time it was named Manhattan Opera House and meant to compete against the famous Metropolitan Opera - and apparently it was wildly successful, to the point that the Met paid Hammerstein to not produce any more operas for 10 years.

Buildings around #NYC 's bustling theater district are full of fascinating bits of history. It's a shame more people don't know about them.


#Debonair with some expired ISO 100 film


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Summer is here. I'm looking forward to the rainstorms and darkening clouds during the day.


Some old ISO 100 film with #Debonair


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