It's
called “Manhattanhedge” and I have no idea of who decided that.
It happens a few times a year when the setting sun lines up exactly
with the East/West cross streets.
You have to be in mid-town
Manhattan to see it. In Brooklyn it just gets dark.
The last
Manhattanhedge didn't happen on account of cloudy weather. The best
one - until now - happened a couple of years ago. I think this one
was better. To photograph it properly required a bit of professional
know-how. I first I needed to time it right. Then I had to stand in
the middle of traffic for about 2 minutes. I also had to convince a
number of other people to stand there with me. This last move did
quite a bit to insure my personal safety. It also stopped traffic on
14th Street, but that was pretty much the idea and anyway,
who cares?
“I'm
shooting pictures here, you got a problem with that?”
1 comment:
maury,
that's absolutely gorgeous. it does feel ages old, the attempt to line up the stones with the implacable course of the sun.
would you let me use it in my film? plsss?
carol
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