The documentary L'Algerie Vue du Ciel is a beautiful portrait of Algeria with slow motion sweeping panoramas of many cities and regions. The ever present voice-over commentary keep the feeling closer to a travelogue or nature documentary than an experimental documentary like Koyaanisqatsi. There is a strange and voyeuristic quality to much of the footage,... Continue Reading →
There is a famous location in Brooklyn, on Washington Street in DUMBO, where the Manhattan Bridge tower frames the Empire States Building. It isn't quite Leaning Tower of Pisa, but there are enough tourists posing for photographs to slow car traffic and produce a curious scene when viewed from above: The view of skyscraper framed... Continue Reading →
Photos taken in June 2019. The Vessel closed to the public in 2022.
Photos from a 2019 trip to Algeria, specifically part of a day trip from El Bayadh to Ain Sefra and back, stopping in the Ksar de Boussemghoun (more links here) on the way. The city dates back over a thousand years and played host to religious conferences in the middle ages. The following images are... Continue Reading →
Following on from the Red Hook Pier photos from Halloween, I am posting a few other images of New York harbor. All images are from 2019 - the first six are from late May and the last two are from early June. The air is visibly much cleaner in the first photos; the views towards... Continue Reading →
This winter the Brooklyn Botanic Garden presents their second annual winter light show Lightscape. Here are a few photos of the light installations on display:
Adam Achrati 