Unable to Attend NYC Subways: The Art Underground Old and New Old Subway February 9, 2020, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm New Subway February 16, 2020, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Instructor: Alan Kesselhaut "In New York City, underground art is a literal phenomenon." Huffington Post. We will explore the NYC Subway, finding astonishing museum-quality artworks in the Subway's labyrinth of corridors while we capture the energy and soul of the people who inhabit the underground street. In the Old…
Alan Kesselhaut
I took these last summer on a photography field trip to Grand Central Station. I never published them until now. 100 years ago, on February 2, 1913, the massive Grand Central Terminal Building opened in New York City during the heyday of rail travel in the United States. Built at the corner of East 42nd Street and Vanderbilt Avenue to replace the Grand Central Station, the structure and rail lines were built over ten years. At that time, Grand Central…
I took a class, Composition-On-Location: Princeton University, via the Princeton Digital Photo Workshop group. The class was led by Alan Kesselhaut and Bob Mulholland. Alan spent some talking about the basics of composition before we started a slow walk around the Princeton University campus. Both instructors were willing to answer questions while also giving guidance on approaching some of the subject matter -- mostly buildings -- we encountered. Of all the shots I took, this one of the Woodrow Wilson…