New York City, An American Paradise

American Paradise. NYC, 2015

I am still cleaning out the last of my iPhone images from New York City, so here are a few more.

In the above, there are a number of interesting elements all in juxtaposition: the crowd snapping away with cell phones at above left, the word “paradise” coincidentally on the screen, the “stand up” phrase maybe also referring to American individualism and determination, the NASDAQ implication of the stock market and capitalism, the multi-ethnic crowds on the street, the beautiful Big Brotherly model asking you with her eyes to consume their product, and of course the American Flag, larger than life. (Unfortunately, the fat finger smudge at the top takes the photo out of any kind of “keeper file”. Or…maybe it symbolizes the eventually eclipse of all empires by the circumstances of history.)

The iPhone 6 is pretty amazing for how easy it is to use and the relatively decent quality you get even in difficult conditions. Those with the larger “Plus” even have image stabilization. And these tiny cameras are only going to get better.

Probably the next step will be to incorporate multiple lenses or a lens array in the phone for capturing a single image (and video) with much greater resolution and dynamic range. The big camera companies ought to be really worried!

More examples…

A stars and stripes follow-on to the above…