New York the home of some of the greatest street photography, with Frank, Winogrand, Friedlander and Klein all working these streets I have wanted to visit for many years.
I had never really considered the importance of seeing Robert Frank's famous work The Americans actually in America but it was apparent what an advantage this was when following a group of elderly Jewish women around the Metropolitan Museum of Art allowed me a relevant reaction from some of the people around when the book was created. What a fantastic exhibition it was too with Franks contact sheets and original correspondence all available for us to see.
I never travel without a camera so as I was in the Big Apple I felt the urge to embark on some street photography myself which I've shared with you below, and in the opening image (which if you look closely you can see me in the reflection in cap talking to somebody whilst cheekily grabbing the shot of man with can in brown bag on the Statten Island Ferry.)
The trip was very productive also in meeting with our contemporaries at La Guardia College New York. The chance to chat to their students and critique their work was valuable to all of us, hopefully this is something that may continue in some form or other, with 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students all staying together in the same accommodation from Stockport also gave us chance to have a good heads up about what to expect in years to come.
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