Shadowy record

While visiting all New York’s museums and exhibitions, I’ve noticed how lots of people photograph the art instead of looking at it properly. I can feel the desire to record it too, so to divert my urge to snap, I started taking photos of the shadows of things on show instead.
Shadows of Roman glassware at the Metropolitan.

Shadow of a Brancusi (I think) at MoMA.
The roof of the Metropolitan is being covered in the constantly shifting Big Bambu installation by brothers Doug and Mike Starn. It makes nice shadows.
Kiki Smith’s suspended heart made of toothpicks at the Brooklyn Museum.

This was the shadow of a work in a gallery just off Rivington Street in the garment district. Gallery overload has made me forget where, but I liked the shadow better than the work.

And this is a different kind of shadow, I suppose – the place that the blue paint didn’t reach at a building site on West Broadway.

I’m posting all my New York pics at my Flickr page, so if you’re interested, go over there to see other stuff.