danielericweiss
Established
Hey guys,
just joined the forum
you might enjoy some of my shots...
check out -
http://danielericweiss.com
...on my site you will find a few portfolios of work, "New Yorkers" and "Street Scenes" are the major ones. They will probably eventually be combined into one body of work, but for now they stand apart. The New Yorkers series I've been working on for quite a few years though it is sort of a never ending project. Trying to capture the interesting people I see on the street, the real characters or people you might think of when you picture a "New Yorker". They're all Leica shots, mostly m6 with 35mm summicron. They remind me of a vision and feeling of the city that I have from my childhood here. I always try and not capture anything (if possible) that might give away the exact time period of the photograph, I really like this timeless feel in photographs - where you can't tell if they were taken yesterday or 50 years ago. I think it allows you to focus more on certain, more interesting details that may be in the photograph. Especially since I feel that the city nowadays is in an aesthetic slump that it will never recover from. In the Street Scenes section there is a set of photographs which shows some other interesting moments I've captured, mostly in New York, but also in some other cities around the world.
I also have a "photoblog", which is updated more frequently at http://www.thegreatbookshavebeenwritten.com - there are lots of other photos there as well.
Thanks,
Danny
just joined the forum
you might enjoy some of my shots...
check out -
http://danielericweiss.com
...on my site you will find a few portfolios of work, "New Yorkers" and "Street Scenes" are the major ones. They will probably eventually be combined into one body of work, but for now they stand apart. The New Yorkers series I've been working on for quite a few years though it is sort of a never ending project. Trying to capture the interesting people I see on the street, the real characters or people you might think of when you picture a "New Yorker". They're all Leica shots, mostly m6 with 35mm summicron. They remind me of a vision and feeling of the city that I have from my childhood here. I always try and not capture anything (if possible) that might give away the exact time period of the photograph, I really like this timeless feel in photographs - where you can't tell if they were taken yesterday or 50 years ago. I think it allows you to focus more on certain, more interesting details that may be in the photograph. Especially since I feel that the city nowadays is in an aesthetic slump that it will never recover from. In the Street Scenes section there is a set of photographs which shows some other interesting moments I've captured, mostly in New York, but also in some other cities around the world.
I also have a "photoblog", which is updated more frequently at http://www.thegreatbookshavebeenwritten.com - there are lots of other photos there as well.
Thanks,
Danny
Renzsu
Well-known
Danny, wonderful work, bookmarked the blog! 
bmasonoh
Established
Nice work. Welcome aboard!
andredossantos
Well-known
Hi Daniel,
I believe we met the other day
Nice photos!
I believe we met the other day
Nice photos!
Phantomas
Well-known
Yeah man, those are awesome shots! Wonderful.
gb hill
Veteran
Very inspiring work! You work well with both b&w & color! What are your films of choice? Your portrait series is fantastic work in it's self. Do you find it easy to ask people for their photo to be taken? Oh! BTW welcome to the forum.
danielericweiss
Established
Thanks everyone for your comments
I shoot tri-x 400 for black and white, don't process it any special way, just with the cheap chemicals I have at home. The color work is all Portra 160 NC. As far as asking people for their photo, it seems the more you do it the easier it gets. It's always a bummer when people say no, but I've noticed for the most part the people that say no aren't usually the people I like photographing anyway.
To answer Dan Wagner, the black guy with the speed graphic is a fixture all over the city. His name is Louis Mendes, he actually showed me some of his photos that day - he does some interesting double exposure work with his camera on polaroid film - double portraiture.
I've got a lot of new photos that will be on the internet soon, I'll post a link to them when they're up.
And thanks to andredossantos for the M4-p.
Danny
I shoot tri-x 400 for black and white, don't process it any special way, just with the cheap chemicals I have at home. The color work is all Portra 160 NC. As far as asking people for their photo, it seems the more you do it the easier it gets. It's always a bummer when people say no, but I've noticed for the most part the people that say no aren't usually the people I like photographing anyway.
To answer Dan Wagner, the black guy with the speed graphic is a fixture all over the city. His name is Louis Mendes, he actually showed me some of his photos that day - he does some interesting double exposure work with his camera on polaroid film - double portraiture.
I've got a lot of new photos that will be on the internet soon, I'll post a link to them when they're up.
And thanks to andredossantos for the M4-p.
Danny
cidereye
Film Freak
Beautiful work Daniel, thanks for sharing!
I especially love the shot of the old guy wearing the AC/DC cap - brilliant.
I especially love the shot of the old guy wearing the AC/DC cap - brilliant.
Bingley
Veteran
I like your work! Thanks for posting and welcome to RFF!
xxloverxx
Shoot.
I love some of the photos in your “Street Scenes” portfolio, especially the one where the children are playing leap frog. It has a very “old” feel to it…not something I've ever seen in Hong Kong, anyway.
The “New Yorkers” portfolio is also great, but not my thing.
The “New Yorkers” portfolio is also great, but not my thing.
nathanp
Established
Some amazing pictures - definitely worthy of publication in book form I think.
I've bookmarked the blog too - thanks for posting the link.
I've bookmarked the blog too - thanks for posting the link.
SimonSawSunlight
Simon Fabel
very cool stuff, especially the portraits. some of the street shots gave me the "WTF?"s, I liked that!
cool cool, welcome, make yourself at home
cool cool, welcome, make yourself at home
septembre30
Member
I like your New Yorkers portfolio, especially #26.
And in Street Scenes, #15, oh yes.
And in Street Scenes, #15, oh yes.
reuno
Log out, go shoot.
Hey ! Some very nice pictures here.. black & white, colors, looks like you shot a lot. I would love the blog and portfolio to be built on "Series" as it lacks consistency actully but you got the stuff, just organize it ! Thumbs up anyway !
danielericweiss
Established
You are all too kind. Thanks for checking out my site.
Reuno you are right, I do need to put them in more specific categories. But I like going out and shooting more than I do sitting at home and editing, so it always gets pushed to the side - though I think both are important parts of photography.
-Danny
Reuno you are right, I do need to put them in more specific categories. But I like going out and shooting more than I do sitting at home and editing, so it always gets pushed to the side - though I think both are important parts of photography.
-Danny