Archive: Brooklyn Heights Promenade (1999)

CHRISTIAN MONTONE

Drawing: Brooklyn Heights Reportage (1999)

FDR Drive, East River and tugboat as seen from The Promenade.

Approx. Size: 8 inches by 8 inches. Water soluble crayon and ink on board. 

From The Archives: Tim Burton Macy's NYC Windows 1993

The windows of the 34th St. Herald Square NYC Macy's was a temporary display space for original sets from Tim Burton's "Nightmare Before Christmas" in October 1993.  I shot these with my old Yashica when some friends from Parsons Illustration and I took a special post-class walk up to Midtown just to see these little dioramas.  It was a novelty to see Hollywood set pieces come to life while standing on an NYC sidewalk.  It was even more intriguing to see that the world famous Macy's windows were blacked out, save for a small round hole of transparency in each.  It was through these holes that one really got to understand the minute scale on which Tim Burton was working to create this magic world of his own unique and distinctive design.  Upon revisiting these images the other day (for the first time in 18 years) I realized that there was an added bonus:  In some shots, the viewer can see the reflection of the illuminated sign from the now-defunct Woolworth's store across the street.  Damn, I really miss Woolworth's.

Art Skool Damage 1994

Talk about having a bad case of Art Skool Damage...

A 1994 self portrait for a photography class at Parsons.  

No shirt, Christmas lights and scratched negative pretense.  How '90s is THAT?
Yeah, I know... I'm not Matt Mahurin or Samuel Bayer.  Why didn't anyone tell me that then?