Ed Yourdon
Watching the petanque game
I initially decided to photograph this couple because I thought they struck an interesting pose. But then I noticed that they were watching something fairly intently ... which turned out to be the petanque game shown in the next several photographs...
Note: this photo was published in a Sep 12, 2010 blog titled "Amor o capricho."
Moving into 2013, the photo was published in an undated (mid-Oct 2013) MagForWomen blog titled Five Ways How Self-Esteem Affects Your Relationships."
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Things have certainly changed in Bryant Park, behind the main branch of the New York Public Library, during the past 40 years. In 1969, I recall the park being a staging area for several Vietnam protest rallies (click here for an example); today, it seems to be used for concerts, public movies, picnics, sunbathing, and petanque.
It's also amazing to see the high-tech, almost space-age, office buildings that now tower over the park, on 42nd Street, and Avenue of the Americas. When I worked in this area in the 1970s and 1980s, there were mostly 2-story and 3-story ramshackle buildings here, with pizza joints and tourist-junk stores on the ground floor...
I walked around the park for about half an hour, at lunch-time on a pleasant summer Saturday afternoon. Saw lots of interesting sights, did my best to capture the overall mood and feeling...
Watching the petanque game
I initially decided to photograph this couple because I thought they struck an interesting pose. But then I noticed that they were watching something fairly intently ... which turned out to be the petanque game shown in the next several photographs...
Note: this photo was published in a Sep 12, 2010 blog titled "Amor o capricho."
Moving into 2013, the photo was published in an undated (mid-Oct 2013) MagForWomen blog titled Five Ways How Self-Esteem Affects Your Relationships."
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Things have certainly changed in Bryant Park, behind the main branch of the New York Public Library, during the past 40 years. In 1969, I recall the park being a staging area for several Vietnam protest rallies (click here for an example); today, it seems to be used for concerts, public movies, picnics, sunbathing, and petanque.
It's also amazing to see the high-tech, almost space-age, office buildings that now tower over the park, on 42nd Street, and Avenue of the Americas. When I worked in this area in the 1970s and 1980s, there were mostly 2-story and 3-story ramshackle buildings here, with pizza joints and tourist-junk stores on the ground floor...
I walked around the park for about half an hour, at lunch-time on a pleasant summer Saturday afternoon. Saw lots of interesting sights, did my best to capture the overall mood and feeling...