Museum of the City of New York

Museum of the City of New York has just launched a new collection portal- 50,000 images of New York here many not only from the early days of photography but also New York City.

Its an amazing resource, take the time to have a browse around.

http://collections.mcny.org/MCNY/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MNY_HomePage#

Leila Jeffries Budgerigars at Iain Dawson, Sydney

Leila, my dear friend who I have mentioned in the past, has a solo show scheduled !!

Opening 18th November 2010. Iain Dawson Gallery, Oxford St, Paddington.

Time Out New York - 5 Points

After shooting my Summer Streets video,
posting it here and then having it re-posted on the
Time Out New York blog here.

Time Out approached me to shoot a time lapse / stop motion piece for them at New York's prime Graffiti epicenter -

5Pointz: “The Institute of Higher Burnin”

If you don't know anything about 5Pointz check out the website 
Shot on September 11 at the International Meeting of Styles.

Thanks to all the artists who didn't mind me shooting them work and everyone else who was so welcoming.
I saw a really vibrant and respectful community (organizers, artists and friends) working really hard but enjoying themselves. - Lots of smiles!!

Respect to Jonathan Cohen / Meres One saw him uniting lots of good people.

Link to the Video on Vimeo

Time Out blog link is here

David Byrne and me.

So David Byrne and I have something in common.

I'm not sure how that goes with the Kevin Bacon 6 degrees of separation experiment but its pretty cool none the less!

He's a serious cycling advocate - I am a fan, that's not it either

It should all be clearer here-

http://www.streetfilms.org/

down the bottom of the page to Streetfilms Community Videos

We both like shooting live action (well mine sort of is) but both definitely like some POV -


I searched for the original video but could only find the link posted on Streetfilms
Its on Youtube here.

Summer Streets NY 2010 Final- Vimeo

Here's the final version via Vimeo

Summer Streets NY from Jason Hamilton on Vimeo.

Alternatively you can watch the huge final HD version here. Summer Streets NY  

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did riding, shooting and editing.

SUMMER STREETS NY on youtube

NY Summer Streets [draft cut] Slient

Summer Streets in New York, NY, for 3 weekends in August -where a 6 mile stretch of North- South running streets from the Brooklyn Bridge up to 72nd Street and then into Central Park is closed to vehicle traffic.
See the Route

The streets feel empty even though they are open to cyclists, runners, rollerblading and anyone just wanting to stroll along.

So much fun having a huge vacant street as your playground. 

I shot this trial stop motion video from my apartment in Brooklyn up to Central Park, actually I did two laps but decided to only show the first leg.
Footage is still a little RAW!  and none of this has been shot on video, its all still images edited together using video editing software.
Its not finished yet but wanted to put it up so some people could see it... 
Will let you know when the finished version is on Youtube and Vimeo 

Look out for Grand Central and the tunnel around 1:30 - such a fun part of the ride.

Get on your bike!!

Walk Sydney Streets - Alan Waddell

Long before the 52 Suburbs blog started or even gained popularity a man was walking Sydney streets and documenting his adventure, starting in 2002 Alan Waddell would choose a suburb and Walk the streets for a few hours at a time.

Whenever I'm longing to see Sydney, not just the glamorous beautiful parts I go to the website 
http://www.walksydneystreets.net/index.htm 
which is now dedicated to Alan who past away in 2008.

Its a great reminder how the city is in reality, with its sprawling suburbs, tree lined streets and interesting finds just around the corner. I love the humour in some of the photos with Alan starring in most of them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jerry/Alan_Waddell

Magnificent 7 (actually so many more!)

Heavily influenced in my early movie watching days as a kid by my Dad, The Magnificent 7, was one of those movies we (my two brothers) and I would watch with Dad. I owe my love of Westerns to him. Although I never really got into the John Wayne movies, I have lost count how many times I have watched a Clint Eastwood western and still really like watching anything he is associated with.

Too many free movies in NY to list but suffice to say I have travelled to see at least one a week during summer to date.