Daniel Pietzsch

Personal blog. Mostly photos.

138/365: Dining at the street food market at the Flatiron building. The day started with breakfast at Square Diner in Tribeca, a classic as-in-the-movies type diner. After that we went over to Sacred Tattoo and their gallery, where D Randall Blythe...

138/365: Dining at the street food market at the Flatiron building.

The day started with breakfast at Square Diner in Tribeca, a classic as-in-the-movies type diner. After that we went over to Sacred Tattoo and their gallery, where D Randall Blythe (Lamb of God’s vocalist) was exhibiting his photos. We very much enjoyed this one, especially because you could read about each photo’s story.

Then we just wandered the streets of SoHo, NoHo, Nolita and the Flatiron district, before finding this really neat little street food market right next to the famous building. We had a few craft-beers and some really delicious food. The pizza was without a doubt one of the best we ever had. The perfect ending to this day.

137/365: Coney Island. On this warm and sunny Sunday, we went down to Coney Island, New York’s amusement park and beach neighbourhood. We rode the historic Cyclone roller coaster – built in 1927 – which was surprisingly thrilling. And it was just...

137/365: Coney Island.

On this warm and sunny Sunday, we went down to Coney Island, New York’s amusement park and beach neighbourhood. We rode the historic Cyclone roller coaster – built in 1927 – which was surprisingly thrilling. And it was just good fun to walk around, look at all the characters walking the boardwalk and enjoying the sun with a slightly cooling sea breeze.

The late afternoon and evening was spent in Manhattan again, walking around East Village and the Lower East Side, having a few drinks on this very mild evening.

136/365: At the MoMA. This painting is One: Number 31 by Jackson Pollock. I really like it. Mostly I think because it stimulates my mind to imagine how it was created. And then I’m reminded of The Big Lebowski. But this wasn’t my favourite painting...

136/365: At the MoMA.

This painting is One: Number 31 by Jackson Pollock. I really like it. Mostly I think because it stimulates my mind to imagine how it was created. And then I’m reminded of The Big Lebowski.

But this wasn’t my favourite painting in this huge museum. There were so many world-famous paintings, it’s impossible to mention them all. I particularly liked the works by Vincent Van Gogh, Umberto Boccioni and Pavel Tchelitchew’s Hide and Seek. But there was so so much more. It was very impressive and inspiring. We spent hours.

After the visit to MoMA, we were pretty hungry and mentally exhausted. We decided to head over to Chinatown for some Asian flair and great, cheap food. And that was definitely a success. We’ll visit Chinatown again, though, since we’ve mostly seen it at night while it was raining.

Another really good day.

135/365: At Grand Central Terminal. After our late night out yesterday, we were late to start our second day. And that was a day amongst the Midtown masses. It’s just an incredible amount of people in that area. And it was once again an attack on our...

135/365: At Grand Central Terminal.

After our late night out yesterday, we were late to start our second day. And that was a day amongst the Midtown masses. It’s just an incredible amount of people in that area. And it was once again an attack on our senses: the noise, the smell, the taste – and don’t even get me started on all the visual impressions. You probably could get exhausted just by standing at one corner of town and trying to take it all in. It’s quite overwhelming – in a good way.

So: we started our day at Grand Central Terminal. Walked around the Chrystler building, paid a visit to the NY Public Library, and went to Rockefeller Plaza. We originally wanted to go up to the Top of the Rock, but unfortunately had to postpone it, since it was booked out until 10:30pm that night when we got there at 6:30.
Instead we walked another few blocks to dine at probably the most hidden Burger Restaurant: Burger Joint. It’s tiny and it’s inside a fancy hotel, with no sign or advertising on the outside at all. And even when you’re inside the hotel you could easily miss it, if it wasn’t for the telling end of a queue in the corner of the lobby. Anyway: we had very delicious cheeseburgers in cozy, down-to-earth atmosphere. :-)

Then: Times Square. Tourists, billboards, musicals, selfies, costumes etc etc. The place for the wacky and tacky. Crazy!

And then it was time to get our tired bodies home again…

134/365: Hello from New York and happy anniversary to us! It was our 10-year anniversary and we had a great day in New York with beautiful weather. We had breakfast in our neighbourhood in Brooklyn, walked across the Brooklyn bridge, went to One...

134/365: Hello from New York and happy anniversary to us!

It was our 10-year anniversary and we had a great day in New York with beautiful weather. We had breakfast in our neighbourhood in Brooklyn, walked across the Brooklyn bridge, went to One World Trade Center and the 9/11 memorial. In the evening we had a fantastic dim-sum dinner at RedFarm on Hudson St. and we spent the rest of the night in Greenwich Village at Bar 55 where we were entertained by an awesome Jazz-trio.

Arrived safely in Brooklyn. Very tired. Sleep now.

133/365: New York, here we come!

133/365: New York, here we come!

D Randall Blythe - "Show Me What You're Made Of" | www.sacredgallerynyc.com

sacredgallerynyc.com

Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe currently exhibits his photos in New York. Bookmarked!

Via the 500px ISO blog:

Created by photographer Andrew Jamieson of Andy Creative, the video below shows his entire medium format process—from loading the film, to taking the picture, to developing the roll, to scanning in and post-processing the shots—in four mesmerizing minutes.

A great video indeed. And apart from the medium format film, this process is very familiar to me by now.

That’s just mental! Love it! robscallon is awesome. You should check out his YouTube channel.

132/365: Daneben.

132/365: Daneben.

Yep, Killer be Killed. I like. Not unexpected with that line-up:

Killer Be Killed is an American supergroup founded by The Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato and Soulfly/Cavalera Conspiracy/ex-Sepultura/Nailbomb frontman Max Cavalera in early 2011. The lineup also features Mastodon bassist and co-vocalist Troy Sanders and former The Mars Volta drummer Dave Elitch.

1st-person drum-cam. Killer! ;-)

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131/365: Elephant.

131/365: Elephant.