Most of my work is about the city, the walls, windows, fire escapes,
rooflines, water towers. I love how they constantly change with the
light, dramatic in sun, subtle under cloud.
This was a chance seeing of the drama of
light in a window on West Broadway. The key opposites here are light
and dark. One can’t understand or appreciate the one without the other;
here the dark—infinite, almost ominous—dramatically
sets off the luminous books in the light of the evening sun. Light
illuminates books, which, in turn, illuminate us.
What beauty my images may possess is
largely due to Aesthetic Realism, and the effect those who teach based
on it, have had on my seeing.
