OLDCASTLE QUARRY, LEE, M.A., 5.20.11., 11:19 A.M.

METRO TERMINALS, NEWTOWN CREEK, BROOKLYN, N.Y., 5.17.11., 6:47 A.M.

SKYSCAPES SERIES, LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y., 9.23.05., 6:58 P.M.

This photograph is the reason why photographers need outside opinions on their work. I found this in the Skyscapes "REJECT" box. Really!! I may need some help.

GOOD NIGHT IRENE

LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y., 8.28.11. 6:45 P.M


NEW YORK CITY, N.Y., 8.28.11., 7:36 P.M

Hurricane Irene could not have left the NYC metropolitan area in a more beautiful fashion. Thank you for not hammerin' us and thank you for
this!!!

Images © Ber Murphy 2011

RESIDENCE, GREAT NECK, N.Y., 06.01.11., 7:13 A.M.

IMAGES: © Ber Murphy 2011

ARCHITECTURE: Narofsky Architecture
INTERIORS: Ways2design

RED BULL ARENA, HARRISON, N.J., 7.22.10, 8:17p.m.

Image © Ber Murphy 2011

Major League Soccer's All Star Wednesday is upon us and this year it is being hosted by the local boys, New York Red Bulls, in their brand new footb.... soccer only arena, designed by Rossetti Architects. If it wasn't for the fact that it is being played in Harrison N.J., a stones throw from us here in the city, I don't think too many people around here would be so interested in new Summer Classic?, but the 25,000 seats are sold and I'm sure the hometown fans will be cheering on their  heroes. Differencing itself from the usual All Star games, this one suits up MLS's best, not against each other but against a visiting eleven. Usually a European or South American powerhouse, this years team is.....ohhhh I get it now, tkts are gone, Becks is in town playing his childhood team,.... second best team in Europe as of May 28th,...... is.....Manchester United. Best of luck with that lads!! Anyway, last year we made it out for one of the opening games and left nicely impressed with this new addition to the New York City's rich stadium history. The two and a half hours to get out of the parking lot, not so much impressed.

ASTORIA TURBINES, QUEENS, N.Y., 1.22.11, 9:43 A.M.

Image © Ber Murphy 2011

VERNON BLVD POWER PROJECT, LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y., 5.19.11 11.13 A.M.

Image © Ber Murphy 2011

1 WORLD TRADE CENTER, N.Y., 10.28.10, 11:27 P.M.

With all of the chatter surrounding the the worlds # 1 terrorist last week, I thought people might find it interesting to see what is happening on a day to day basis at the the World Trade Center. These photographs were taken at eleven o Clock in the evening and the amount of activity in the hole was astounding. From my elevated view, it looked like Fritz Lang's Metropolis, movement on every level and yet all blurred into one working unit. On ground level its hard to see whats going on behind the fence, but after almost nine years of insufferable politics, this thing is "movin on up"

PEPSI COLA SIGN, LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y., 3.12.11, 5:52 P.M.

Not to bore everyone with my personal and the chronological history of the Pepsi Cola sign again, you can read all about it in the previous post here, but suffice it to say, my original shot from the last year needed some extra oopmh. Many people have such an affinity for the sign that I was asked on numerous occasions for prints. Problem. It was shot with my newly bought iphone and not my trusty 8x10. Not everyone was pleased with the offer of a 1.6mb file print.  Option?, lets do it again for real. I trotted off to re-shoot only to find many factors working against me. No lights on the sign at Dusk, no lights on after midnight, no lights on at 5:30 A.M. So after checking the meta data on the phone from the original shot, for all the elements to come together, I realized would have to retrace my footsteps to a tee. Not my forte. But in serious photographer fashion, I waited another three months and sixteen days to return at the exact time and date as the original, one year later. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it!

Image © Ber Murphy 2011

MASTRO'S OCEAN CLUB, LAS VEGAS, NV., 2.25.11, 4:08 P.M.

Mastro’s Ocean Club, has a new location in the 500,000-square-foot "Crystals" development at CityCenter, Las Vegas, Nevada. Amidst a collection of luxury retailers, the Restaurant, recognized for its award-winning collection of sophisticated classic steakhouses and seafood locations, opened its newest location on the Strip, February 5 2010. The soaring centerpiece of the bi-level venue is an 80-foot sculptural tree house made of hand-crafted mahogany beams and sapele wood, designed by architect David Rockwell and the Rockwell Group. Restaurant design by KAA Design.
                                                                                                                                                                                                
Image © Ber Murphy 2011

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, 1.25.11 4:57 P.M.

Image ©Ber Murphy 2011

THE SHERRY

To be considered an Historic Hotel and in the National Trust for Historic Preservation one has to fit a certain criteria
1) Dead Old
2) Still Standing
3) Still doing business
4) Revered
My newest commisioned job is for The Sherry-Netherland Hotel in New York City. It is a thirty eight story, Neo-Romanesque landmark. Sitting on Fifth Ave and 59th street, it faces West and guards the East side entrance to Central Park. It meets all the above historic standards and then some. It was Built in 1927 by Schulze & Weaver and Buchman & Kahn, for Louis Sherry the ice cream magnate, and at the time was the tallest apt hotel in the world. It featured, and still does, travertine marble facing on the base and an soaring elaborate Gothic-inspired minaret, a widow's walk atop an asymmetrical roof reminiscent of a French chateaux, all in green aged copper.  Unique touches include the whimsical griffins with hanging lanterns that guard the exterior. Along with the Bergdorf Goodman building and the Plaza Hotel, "the Sherry" created a triangle of opulence on Grand Army Plaza.
I was approached by TGI Global along with The Sherry Chief Operating Officer Michael Ullman and Rooms Division Manager Kristina Kinet, to create a new set of images for the hotel. Mr Ullman felt from our first meeting that the tone of the series should be set with one of the hotels favorite artifacts, The Sherry Clock. By using the antique time piece in a modern setting, he wanted to reinforce the idea that even though the hotel is historic, lives on land marked streets and offers intimacy and grace from another era, it is still an integral part of today's hotel culture. He wanted the clock to be seen as both a wonderful iconic piece but also as a beacon for the Sherry guests, in the  maelstrom of midtown activity. I felt the clock itself needed little help from me as the hero. My choice was to shoot it at dusk, so as to capture the surrounding activity at rush hour, while leaving the face lit, standing tall among the surrounding furor. Just like The Sherry itself. We all feel we achieved the desired goal on this one. The hotel has so many features that the shoot is still on going, ending with a climb, yes Climb, with the hotel engineer, to the Minaret, for the uninterrupted 360 degree view of Manhattan.  Oh Yeah.
Image ©Ber Murphy 2011

WOOLWORTH BUILDING, NYC, 10.28.10, 8:49 p.m.

The Woolworth Building was commissioned in 1910 by Frank Woolworth, designed by Cass Gilbert and opened in 1913. It is 57 stories high and became a National Historic Landmark in 1966. It was the tallest building in the world until 1930 and is still among the 50 tallest buildings in United States. I took this photograph on Oct 28 2010

Image ©Ber Murphy 2010

COOPERSTOWN 2010

End Result

Up & At 'Em Early

First Break of dawn was 6:46am:

Yes that is a bus coming Straight at me, with two feet to spare:

Toyo Studio 8x10 with wide angel bellows
Schneider 160 Super Angulon and 300MM lens
Provia 100 Chrome

Posted

Only in a newspaper like The New York Post, with the most dubious of credentials to begin, would one get the back handed compliment of almost glowing exhibition reviews but not actually crediting the creative. Apparently Matthew Brady himself rose from his post Civil War grave and coerced David Byrne into a portrait session. What do you expect!!

Visions of Mount Lebanon

In celebration of the Shaker Museum and Library's 60th Anniversary, the museum has brought together photographers from all genres to document their historical landmark, Mount Lebanon Shaker Village. For 160 years, from 1787 to 1947, the Shakers at Mount Lebanon led the largest and most successful utopian communal society in America. With over 6,000 acres and 100 buildings, Mount Lebanon Shaker Village was a driving force in the agricultural, industrial, commercial, and institutional activities of its day. The Site was named a National Historic Landmark in 1965, and was recognized by the World Monuments Fund in both 2004 and 2006 as one of the 100 most significant endangered historic sites in the world. Invited to photograph the Village, the photographers were given free reign to shoot anything within the Mt Lebanon parameters and use their own vision to create a tableau of this majestic landscape. The exhibition is installed by noted museum designer Jeff Daly, with the participation of guest juror Jeff L. Rosenheim, curator of photographs at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Also on view are historic photographs of the site from the Museum's collection, as well as from the National Park Service's just-completed Historic American Landscapes Survey. Among the photographers participating are Uli Rose, Michel Arnaud, Paul Lange, Mimi Forer, Jane Feldman and myself. My contribution is below "Facing West 6:45 pm". The show is up now but the benefit event is this coming Sat July 20th at 5:00-8:00pm, so if you feel like giving to a terrific historical cause please come to the Mount.

Exhibition portfolio catalogs are available. Please contact Geoff Miller for more information.