I know, water, waterfront...it gets repetitive
anyways, the assignment was, in my case, pretty unsuccessfully executed but, I like to believe it wasn't a total waste
for instance, the very first day of shooting, being all frustrated and ready to give up on ICP, life and all that, my then only just acquired friend Akshay (who, btw is also a photographer and an amazing one at that!) took me to the Intrepid aircraft carrier (a US military ship that is parked of the pier on 49th street and has recently been reopened as a museum) to search for funny shots of tourists admiring their country's glory in arms and...well, in arms
anyways, getting there, a treat to famished eyes: it was the Yom Kippur week and Intrepid was just swarming with Hasidic Jewish families. we ended up having a great time taking loads of candid photographs while managing not to upset anyone.
that day I learned two important lessons:
1. a story could be anywhere or in anything - you just have to give a situation a chance
2. with the right attitude you can walk into a 20$ entrance fee place for free...even if that place is a US battle ship!
thank you Akshay!
p.s. by the way, Akshay's work is very much worth checking out so here are the links
http://www.akshayphoto.com/
http://trivialmatters.blogspot.com/
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