Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Photographic Gallery, Black and White, Photography: New York City Street Series, tagged Bryant Park in New York on November 13, 2024|
Bryant Park. From the NYC Street Series. By Paul Goldfinger.
MADELEINE PEYROUX. “La Javanaise” by Serge Gainsbourg. From the album Half the Perfect World.
“Life is not worth living without love
But you’re the one who wanted it that way my love
Whether it pleases you or not
In dancing the Javanaise
We loved each other for the length of a song”
Posted in Photography: New York City Street Series, tagged Bryant Park in New York on June 30, 2022| 1 Comment »
Bryant Park at 6th Ave. and 42nd St. In the background is the NY Public Library. William Earl Dodge (a champion of the American Indian) is up on his pedestal. Photo by Paul Goldfinger © Click to enlarge the image.
DJANGO REINHARDT “Brazil” There actually is an Americas theme in Bryant Park, where there is a statue of Jose Bonfacio de Andrada e Silva who is the patriarch of Brazilian independence.
Interestingly, today (2015) the Smithsonian is announcing the discovery of a slave ship that sunk in 1794 off Cape Town. It was carrying slaves from Mozambique to Brazil where they would work the sugar fields. Slavery was abolished in Brazil in 1888.
And, you have of course heard of the Avenue of the Americas which runs parallel to Bryant Park.