The 5 images submitted here are from my NYC street photography documentary series, ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE. These images are from a day I spent swimming with the Coney Island Polar Bears. A water-level POV, fast shutter speeds, magical shafts of mid-day winter sun, foreboding clouds, and the extreme emotions of the defiantly frozen subject matter successfully convey the baptismal mystique of this weekly winter ritual. I employed a wide tonal range (mostly in the darker end of the spectrum) with deep blacks and specular highlights to convey a sense of the bitter cold environment and the incredible warmth of this strange and beautiful sub-culture of NYC.
The 5 images submitted here are from my NYC street photography documentary series, ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE.
These images are from a day I spent swimming with the Coney Island Polar Bears.
A water-level POV, fast shutter speeds, magical shafts of mid-day winter sun, foreboding clouds, and the extreme emotions of the defiantly frozen subject matter successfully convey the baptismal mystique of this weekly winter ritual.
I employed a wide tonal range (mostly in the darker end of the spectrum) with deep blacks and specular highlights to convey a sense of the bitter cold environment and the incredible warmth of this strange and beautiful sub-culture of NYC.