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NYC Bathers, by Kenneth Jarecke (1990)
This document is a black and white American city landscape photograph taken by K. Jarecke and published in 1990.
In the background, we can see NYC skyline. The horizontal line in the top part of the picture is the island of Manhattan. Skyscrapers, vertical buildings made of concrete, steel and glass are aligned along the East river.
In the middle distance, on the right, we can see a middle-aged couple, in swimsuit. They are sitting on a beach towel on an old wooden jetty, their legs dangling over water. The woman has her arms akimbo while the man is having his hands on the edge of the pontoon. We can’t see their faces, but they are probably gazing at the blurred modern and busy city.
In the foreground, we see derelict wooden piles, creating diagonal lines over the choppy grey waters.
The contrast between the old broken jetty and the distant modern city is even emphasized because of the central part of the picture, the river, like a symbolic barrier between the quiet characters and the busy concrete city they are looking at.
The photographer chose to displace the human subjects from the center, to make the cityscape and the objects more powerful. He relayed them on the right side, he shot from their back. We can wonder if the couple heard him coming, we can imagine they were not aware of his presence, and maybe they were taking or they went swimming just after that.
I appreciate this shot because it is an unusual angle of view. It’s more common to see front views than back views when there is a human subject in the picture. And it feels like the photographer was just wondering around with his camera, waiting for an interesting scene to capture.
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