The Hushed Melancholy of New York’s Empty Restaurants

21 Club, 21 West 52nd Street, 2009

Cafe des Artistes, 1 West 67th Street, 2009

Delmonico’s, 56 Beaver Street, 2009

Arturo’s, 106 West Houston Street, 2009

De Robertis, 176 First Avenue, NYC, 2009

Photography by: Wijnanda Deroo, Treadwell, New York

The Empty Restaurants of New York is an emotionally moving collection of photographs by the Dutch photographer Wijnanda Deroo.  Deroo’s work depicts the hushed melancholy of vacant interiors found in the cafes and restaurants from four of New York City’s five boroughs.  Instead of actual people, there is the presence of people who have been there before and who might be there again.  Despite the lack of people present in Deroo’s work, there exists a tangible presence of human experience and activity, manifested in the subtle clues left behind from a once vibrant history.  Her alluring use of color and composition invites the viewer into these hauntingly empty spaces with emotive power, reinforcing the perspective that beauty can be found in the least likely of places.

An Emotional Meditation: Alone in New York

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Slide Show: The Hushed Melancholy of New York’s Empty Restaurants

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Just What I See: Photographs of New York City Street Life

Photography by:  Greg Schmigel, NYC

Just What I See is a remarkable collection of iPhone photographs of New York City street life by Greg Schmigel.  The series of black-and-white photographs offers a candid look at everyday moments in the lives of people and strangers on the streets and public places of the city.  The images reveal a deeply personal sense of beauty evoked by the more simple aspects of life: the facial features of a stranger, a man’s gait, the shadows or reflections of a woman, the quiet smile on the face of a passing child.  The photographs capture the beautiful, dreary, mundane, sad and sometimes outrageous features of daily life in the big city in a very intimately touching way.

Alone in New York: Feeling Lost Amidst Crowds

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Slide Show: Just What I See/New York City Street Life

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