“New York” (Balcony) – 1983
Overlooking midwinter Manhattan, gazing across space to buildings beyond:
Complexity in simplicity.
A series of verticals: from the lines of residential and office buildings, to the foreground pillar, to the struts supporting the railing.
A set of horizontals: a flat-topped skyline, resting below a cloudless horizon.
An array of diagonals: shadowed gaps between the planks of the floor, the double railing sweeping behind the pillar from side to side.
Contrast, concentrated: Light, and dark, and light and dark again, alternating across the image … the brightness of pillar, balcony, and sky, and the darkness of the city below.
Everything is in balance.
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“New York”, by Laura Roos, 1983.
(This image was scanned from a postcard (B 742) published by Art Unlimited, Amsterdam.)