Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, and one of the waterfalls by Olafur Eliasson.
© Brian Rose (digital)

I’m shooting for a Dutch real estate client, looking at the Brooklyn waterfront, the High Line, and the New Museum/Bowery neighborhood. My assistant Chris and I spent a long fairly arduous day in Brooklyn and Manhattan finishing up at Fulton Landing just under the Brooklyn Bridge on the Brooklyn side of the East River.

As we approached the bridge the sky was split between a dark threatening storm cell and an expanse of mostly clear blue sky. I said to Chris, this is going to interesting, whereupon the storm unleashed itself on us and we took shelter. After 10 or 15 minutes of torrential rain, the sun broke through and the bridge and surrounding area was bathed in golden light.

Future Brooklyn Bridge Park
© Brian Rose (digital)

The one picture is a fairly classic view of the bridges with one of Olafur Eliasson’s waterfalls. Not an altogether successful installation, but a tourist attraction, nevertheless. The second was made in a mini park created to promote the coming Brooklyn Bridge Park. I photographed the signage complete with the usual “happy people” that inhabit the renderings of architects.