A Very Aaron Siskind Inspired New York Set

Last week was my first time taking a group of 20 high school photography and art history students to New York City for 5 days with the art history teacher as my co-pilot. It was a great success and a lot of fun. I look forward to this being an annual tradition for the photo department once again. We went to Aperture, MOMA, The Whitney, The Met, Guggenheim and photographed all through China Town, SOHO, the World Trade Center, The Empire State Building, Grand Central Station, Chelsea Market, Time Square and THREE Broadway productions! It was moving from one place to the next non-stop! Anyways... When we had time to break apart in SOHO for shooting and shopping, I kept going back to photographing textures and reflections - I am sure because I had the black and white abstraction project I was going to be presenting to the photo students next on my mind. Here are some of those images.