World Trade Center Buildings Reflection
Going through old negatives I came across this shot - reflection in a sheet of metal - of four world trade center buildings. I only spent one day photographing down there; and never liked the look of the buildings much so I remember trying to find some new angle - and this was it. The day before I shot this I had found a piece of metal on the street, and did a bunch of reflections under a noon sun.
At the WTC I remember seeing the cross shape if I was just at the right angle when I took the shot but I didn’t really see any significance to it - just a design. The negative had watermarks and scratches and I didn’t feel like cleaning it up back then (darkroom days). Today it took about 15 minutes to get it into decent shape in Photoshop.
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Comments
Comment from JB
Time: May 12, 2008, 2:52 pm
So the cross was actually part of the negative and not any sort of photoshopping?
Comment from dave
Time: May 12, 2008, 3:28 pm
Yes that’s the negative. I increased the contrast to bring it out. But when I took the shot that was the reason to snap. A bit this way or that and the cross disappeared.
It’s glare on — I think it was stainless steel… hard to remember now.
Comment from JB
Time: May 12, 2008, 4:45 pm
that is incredibly eerie…
Comment from Lester
Time: May 12, 2008, 6:00 pm
When the faithful start to gather outside of your apartment building, can I have exclusive rights to all the falafel concessions?
Comment from Bob
Time: May 14, 2008, 4:57 am
What an amazing capture - the moment, the angle and composition. It’s defining.
Thanks for being there for that one Dave.
Bob
Comment from matt
Time: May 12, 2008, 5:57 am
Who knows…”The Cross” might rival the Poet’s Walk one day…