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Coney Island in a Day
One Saturday in May 1994 I met my ICP photo class and teacher, Harvey Stein at a Coney Island coffeeshop for a day of shooting. We photographed each other like a group hug then disbursed, and somehow I never saw anyone from the class again that day. Alone with Pentax in hand, I set my aperture and forced my shy self to connect with strangers all day.
I became interested in photographing Coney Island after visiting in the over-crowded summertime, but this felt different. On the long subway ride home to the Upper East Side of Manhattan, I felt like I had found a narrative, but for whatever reason I wound up sharing only an obtuse still life print for class. These pictures lingered for years but I never forgot them or that day.
To my eyes now, some of these convey verve while some define abandonment. I wonder why I didn’t see it then.1440,960 -
Thunderbolt, 1994, archival pigment print.1440,960
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Claw, Coney Island, 1994, archival pigment print.1440,960
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Coney Island Girl, 1994, archival pigment print.1440,960
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See Ball Passerby, 1994, archival pigment print.1440,960
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Coney Island Boy, 1994, archival pigment print.1440,960
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Ticket Please, Coney Island, 1994, archival pigment print.
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Shore Hotel, Coney Island, 1994, archival pigment print.
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Window Fort Pickens, 2014, archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle paper.1296,864
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Bench Smoker, 1994, archival pigment print.1440,960
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Gregory's and Paul's Restaurant, Coney Island, 1994, archival pigment print.
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Mock Mouse, Coney Island, 1994, archival pigment print.
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Jump!, Coney Island, 1994, archival pigment print.1440,960
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Boardwalk Jump 3, 1994, archival pigment print.1440,960
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Boardwalk Tumble, Coney Island, 1994, archival pigment print.1440,960
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