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Howard Beach subway station, NYC

I'm getting ready for China; my flight leaves tonight. I've been frantically trying to tie up loose ends and pack. Unfortunately my bag is heavy. I'm not exactly certain of my itinerary and so I've erred on the side of caution with respect to different guages of clothing. And I'm carrying a suit, as I'm attending a wedding mid-way through my trip. And of course, one bag is full of film. I'm packing around 100 rolls of film and four cameras.

Before my trip, I'm planning on seeing Mark Morris perform at Lincoln Center. The show starts at 7:30, and is slated to run less than two hours. From there I'm going to take a cab to JFK. My flight leaves at half past midnight. I'm cutting it a little close, but I can't bear the thought of missing the dance performance.

I'll be gone for about seven weeks. I'm going to try to blog from the road, using out-takes from the project I shot in China last year. We'll see how it works. Unfortunately, they won't exactly match up with what I'm doing, but it's about as close as I can get; I won't be developing and scanning film while I'm away. :p

I wish everyone a great rest of the summer!

Comments (16)

Have a great trip to China, I'm sure you will manage to capture many fascinating places. Love your B&W images, the dark contrasts and tones are excellent.

Posted by John Maslowski on 20 Aug 2009, 7.16 AM

OO nice !! very impressive contrast..well done

Posted by LordeX on 20 Aug 2009, 7.41 AM

Have a great trip Eug!

Posted by shan on 20 Aug 2009, 7.54 AM

thanks for your well-wishes! i hope i make some decent images while i'm there!

Posted by eugene on 20 Aug 2009, 10.25 AM

Love the image. The eye really gets drawn in.

Posted by Amit Basu - Black and White Photography on 20 Aug 2009, 11.23 AM

Reminds me of the movie night train. creeepy.

Posted by Myrtle Beach Week on 20 Aug 2009, 11.24 AM

thanks amit. i actually took this when i was coming back from a trip somewhere (tho i don't remember now exactly what trip it was). for those of you not in new york, the howard beach stop on the A train is the stop for JFK airport.

Posted by eugene on 20 Aug 2009, 11.26 AM

myrtle: i've never seen night train. is that the one that just came out?

Posted by eugene on 20 Aug 2009, 11.27 AM

brilliant contrast!

Posted by faisal on 21 Aug 2009, 12.00 PM

Beautiful picture, keep up the good work!

Posted by Patrick on 22 Aug 2009, 3.27 AM

Have a nice trip, looking forward to many nice photos from china!

Posted by Mijou on 22 Aug 2009, 10.09 AM

thanks patrick!

faisal: I'm trying to get decent contrast online. I keep struggling with not making things overly contrasty.

mijou: thanks! I'm looking forward to some decent images of china too! I hope we don't get disappointed! :)

Posted by eugene on 22 Aug 2009, 11.11 PM

great pic!!nice shot man

Posted by singapore corporate industrial photographers on 31 Aug 2009, 3.12 AM

The subway is a great place for street photography. I just got back from NYC.

Posted by Piet Osefius on 11 Sep 2009, 6.46 AM

feel like an old film-noir movie!

Posted by crash on 11 Sep 2009, 9.29 AM

piet: i totally agree. i love shooting in the subway. one of my favorite books is bruce davidson's book of photos taken in the new york subway of the 80s.

Crash: if only they wore those old hats and trench coats. :p

Posted by eugene on 17 Sep 2009, 12.13 AM

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