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From My Archives- A Beatiful, Snowy Photoshoot

On occasion, I will go through some of my catalog of work and look back on certain periods of my work. Since we are in the last depressing months of this New York City winter I decide to pull out some photos I took a few years ago during a frigid, snowy photo walk. I remember this walk well since about half way through the telescopic focus on my lens broke.

I was trying to capture how New York life still goes on despite a horrible storm. Until my lens broke… I still was able to capture some photos but all in all, you might consider this an outtake collection.

A Cold Day on Nostrand Avenue – A Closer Look At Brooklyn

by Mark Giarrusso

On a cold Wednesday last week, I ventured out to Brooklyn. Admittedly, I have not spent a lot of time there but you can see the appeal as soon as you ascend the subway station stairs. You step out into the charm and angst which make Brooklyn known the world over, even outside of it’s attachment to New York City.
I was fortunate enough to be able to have access to a rooftop looking out towards Manhattan You can see the tip of the Empire State Building and some of the glitzier high rise apartments but it might as well been a world away. These photos, some are heavily edited for a vintage effect, only begin to scratch the surface. I hope to spend more time in the upcoming year exploring and documenting the unique (dare I say quirky?) beauty of Brooklyn.

4 World Trade Center Photos

by Mark Giarrusso

12 and a half years after the tragic day of September 11th, 2001 the new World Trade Center has risen in the Financial District in New York City. These photos were taken this spring from 4 World Trade before the building was entirely open to the public. Does it replace what was lost? No. Can it’s mere presence erase that horrible day from history? It can and will not. But that is not its function. Nor should it be. With views that sweep across New Jersey, New York Harbor, the Freedom Tower, and uptown with the Empire State Building dead center on the horizon, it simply reminds us that We Will Rise.

Photographers note: All of the below photos were taken with an iPhone as I was unable to bring my camera into the building.

World Trade 7 — 4 World Trade, NYC, 2014 Photo by Mark Giarrusso

World Trade 6 — 4 World Trade, NYC, 2014 Photo by Mark Giarrusso

World Trade 1 — 4 World Trade, NYC, 2014 Photo by Mark Giarrusso

World Trade 2 — 4 World Trade, NYC, 2014 Photo by Mark Giarrusso

World Trade 5 — 4 World Trade, NYC, 2014 Photo by Mark Giarrusso

World Trade 4 — 4 World Trade, NYC, 2014 Photo by Mark Giarrusso

World Trade 3 — 4 World Trade, NYC, 2014 Photo by Mark Giarrusso

New York Photography- Rockefeller Center

by Mark Giarrusso

In the heart of New York City lies Rockefeller Center. The architecture is second to none. The art deco designs are perfect and when photographed in black and white they give off a perfect noir feel. The beauty of the gardens in the plaza and the views from the top of 30 Rockefeller Center are incomparable. When built in 1930, the 22 acres it covers were dedicated to beautiful murals, sculptures, and architecture from the most (and infamous) artists and artisans of the day. Today it stands as one of the most visited places in the world.

Flower Isolation — Flower, Rockefeller Center, NYC, Photo by Mark Giarrusso, 2013

Statue Detail, Rockefeller Center, NYC, Mark Giarrusso, 2013

Art Deco Fifth Ave., Rockefeller Center, NYC, 2013, Photo by Mark Giarrusso

Atlas Noir — Atlas, Rockefeller Center, NYC, 2013 by Mark Giarrusso

Top of the World — Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, NYC, 2013, Photo by Mark Giarrusso

View from 30 Rockefeller Center — 30 Rockefeller Center, NYC, Photo by Mark Giarrusso, 2013

View Up 30 Rockefeller — Rockefeller Center, NYC, 2013, Photo by Mark Giarrusso, 2013

Angel Noir — Rockefeller Plaza, NYC, Photo by Mark Giarrusso, 2013

30 Rock Art Deco — 30 Rockefeller Center, 2013, Photo by Mark Giarrusso

Atlas Statue Detail — Atlas Statue, Rockefeller Center, NYC, Photo by Mark Giarrusso, 2013

New York City Photography- Central Park

by Mark Giarrusso

At the very heart of the vast urban sprawl of New York City lies Central Park. Call it what you will. An island. An oasis. From The Plaza to the old Band Shell. The park itself and the buildings which surround it are as quintessential New York as you can get.

Plaza Entrance — Plaza, NYC, Photo by Mark Giarrusso, 2013

Buildings Noir — Central Park, NYC, Photo by Mark Giarrusso, 2013

Stone Bridge — Central Park, NYC, Photo by Mark Giarrusso, 2013

Central Park Tree — Central Park, NYC, Photo by Mark Giarrusso, 2013

Band Shell — Central Park, NYC, Photo by Mark Giarrusso, 2013

Essex House — Central Park, NYC, Photo by Mark Giarrusso, 2013

Central Park in Black and White — Stone Bridge, Central Park, NYC, Photo by Mark Giarrusso, 2013

Central Park Overview — Central Park, NYC, Photo by Mark Giarrusso, 2013

New York City Photography- A Rhapsody in Blue

by Mark Giarrusso

New York City is a place of incredible color. The one color in particular I always associate with the city more than any other is blue. I look up and see a glorious reflection of the sky off of the glass of the buildings or off of a simple rain puddle on 8th Avenue. The city is wrapped up in blue, just take a look around.

Rhapsody in Blue — 42nd St. in Blue, NYC, Photograph by Mark Giarrusso, 2013

New York City Neighborhood Photography

by Mark Giarrusso

I love the variety of neighborhoods in New York City. Walk a few blocks and you can go from Little Italy to Chinatown. From Koreatown to the Garment District. In the upcoming weeks I will be spotlighting in photographs the mosaic of communities that make up New York. They will not be advertisements or real estate agent walking tours. Rather they will be what the communities look like from the street level. As if you took a stroll and simply looked around. The point is to draw the flavor out from what that neighborhood has to offer from the average point of view in every day life.
The first in this series is Sutton Place. A very small neighborhood on the east side of Manhattan. Sutton Place and Sutton Place South run from 53rd Street to 59th Street. It’s as far east as you can go on the island of Manhattan at that point. The numerous cul de sac parks offer sweeping views of the East River and Roosevelt Island, as well as the Queensboro Bridge.
Sutton Place is considered one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in all of New York City. The wealth is evident from the attentive doormen of the high rise apartments and the clothes of the women walking around on a sunny day.
It is a beautiful yet exclusive part of the city that certainly adds to the character of all New York.

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