You want to talk Sandwich? Pastrami to die for!
As a dyed in the wool New Yorker and a hopeless romantic, no Valentine's Day would be complete without a little "When Harry Met Sally." Perhaps the restaurant where Meg Ryan faked an orgasm and Rob Reiner's Mom said "I'll have what she's having" is not the typical love story but the sandwiches at Katz's are so good that corned beef to take away deserves one of those blue Tiffany boxes.
Of course this isn't really a February fourteenth view but close, the very beginning of spring on East Houston Street. It was the day of the 99th Memorial for the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. After paying my respects I decided to take a walk over to Pike and Henry to see what the view of the famous photograph by Bernice Abbott looked like now. Walking that route, through the Lower East Side, I was inspired to try my hand at street photography for the very first time.
I wound up getting several good shots that day and this was not even my favorite but there is a story to go with it, a typical New Yorker story that I love to tell. For this particular composition I was standing as far from the curb as possible and holding my old Canon G10 over my head trying to frame a bunch of people waiting for the light to turn green for the foot of the photo while getting in the whole famous Katz's sign above the building.
After a few angry cab drivers finally drove me back towards the curb with their honking horns I pulled the camera down to eye level to start chimping the shots. I muttered to myself "Ah Shit!" but loud enough so the young man in this photo heard me. He said "I'm sorry" thinking I was trying to shoot over the crowd and I said "It's nothing you did. I'm upset because I cut off your puppies feet."
Hearing that the young man said "Oh okay I'll pose for you." The light turned green, the rest of the pedestrians cleared out and two perfect strangers played photographer and model for a little while. It was a very fun exchange with a person I never saw again. I thought of the Tyler Durden expression "Single Serving Friends."
Happy Valentine's Day.
You want to talk Sandwich? Pastrami to die for!
As a dyed in the wool New Yorker and a hopeless romantic, no Valentine's Day would be complete without a little "When Harry Met Sally." Perhaps the restaurant where Meg Ryan faked an orgasm and Rob Reiner's Mom said "I'll have what she's having" is not the typical love story but the sandwiches at Katz's are so good that corned beef to take away deserves one of those blue Tiffany boxes.
Of course this isn't really a February fourteenth view but close, the very beginning of spring on East Houston Street. It was the day of the 99th Memorial for the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. After paying my respects I decided to take a walk over to Pike and Henry to see what the view of the famous photograph by Bernice Abbott looked like now. Walking that route, through the Lower East Side, I was inspired to try my hand at street photography for the very first time.
I wound up getting several good shots that day and this was not even my favorite but there is a story to go with it, a typical New Yorker story that I love to tell. For this particular composition I was standing as far from the curb as possible and holding my old Canon G10 over my head trying to frame a bunch of people waiting for the light to turn green for the foot of the photo while getting in the whole famous Katz's sign above the building.
After a few angry cab drivers finally drove me back towards the curb with their honking horns I pulled the camera down to eye level to start chimping the shots. I muttered to myself "Ah Shit!" but loud enough so the young man in this photo heard me. He said "I'm sorry" thinking I was trying to shoot over the crowd and I said "It's nothing you did. I'm upset because I cut off your puppies feet."
Hearing that the young man said "Oh okay I'll pose for you." The light turned green, the rest of the pedestrians cleared out and two perfect strangers played photographer and model for a little while. It was a very fun exchange with a person I never saw again. I thought of the Tyler Durden expression "Single Serving Friends."
Happy Valentine's Day.