I’m a New Yorker, and I run. I get bored doing laps around the park or running up and down the Hudson River path. Instead, I use my long-distance runs to explore the neighborhoods in my city, especially in the outer boroughs. I’ve decided to take a cheap digital camera with me on some of my runs to document the city and its changes as seen when crossing on foot.


Friday, October 1, 2010

Picturing the outer boroughs, this time by a real photographer

A good friend of mine—who lives all the way out in Montgomery, Ill.!—sent me a link to the website of a photographer named Nathan Kensinger. He specializes in the industrial edges of New York City. He hits a lot of the same neighborhoods I pass through, but actually climbs over the fences to see what's usually hidden from those of us on the street. And his photos are beautiful.

Check out his essay on the rail tunnels hidden below East New York, and this one on the "desertification" of once-prime Williamsburg land.

His work is showing at the Capture Brooklyn show at the powerHouse Arena in Dumbo until October 15. I'm going to try to go this weekend. Here's a slideshow of images from the exhibition:


Capture Brooklyn - Winning Entries from New York Photo Festival on Vimeo.
Posted by Pat Regnier at 7:14 PM

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