dreamy reflections along the canal

I never get sick of shooting Gowanus at night. The long exposures required not only make for dreamy and reflective photos but also provide the photographer time to be dreamy and reflective. As I stand out on any of the bridges in Gowanus, trying to keep my camera still in the summer breeze, I have plenty of time to think.

There is a never ending supply of interesting and thought provoking street art in Gowanus. I find photographing these pieces especially interesting because much like many things in the city, they are constantly changing, evolving, and disappearing. New tags go up on old ones, layers of paste-ups cover up the shreds of other pulled down pieces, and the city comes and paints it all over.

To think of the amount of hard work and risk that goes into creating and hanging this stuff, all the time knowing that they could very easily be covered up the next day. To me, photographing street art is not a matter of simply capturing the art but also the surroundings that provide the canvas.