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We saw it in countless movies, but the reality is grittier and more miserable than any overblown disaster flick. Smudge everywhere, small hills of dead rats, stairs that descent into tunnels full of filthy water… New York City flooded after Sandy is a dreadful place.

South Ferry & Whitehall Street subway station flooded

Another photo of a subway station flooded: 86 street.

Photos: Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Harmon Yard on MNR’s Hudson Line 8:45 am. Flooding at Metro-North’s Harmon Yard on the Hudson Line, at 8:45 a.m. this morning.

Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo toured the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel (formerly known as the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel) on Oct. 30, 2012, with MTA Chairman and CEO Joseph J. Lhota and Jim Ferrara, President of MTA Bridges and Tunnels. The tunnel flooded during Hurricane Sandy.

Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin

Flood waters entered the Long Island Rail Road’s West Side Yard. All trains had been removed from the yard prior to the arrival of the storm.

Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Long Island Rail Road

Flood waters entered the Long Island Rail Road’s West Side Yard. All trains had been removed from the yard prior to the arrival of the storm.

Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Long Island Rail Road

A parking lot full of buses is flooded as a result of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in Hoboken, NJ.

Photo: Charles Sykes/AP

Vehicles are submerged on 14th Street near the Consolidated Edison power plant, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. 

Photo: John Minchillo/AP

Water and debris blocks a section of South Street in lower Manhattan, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in New York. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses.

Photo: Louis Lanzano/AP

Streets around a Con Edison substation are flooded as the East River overflows into the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, N.Y., as Sandy moves through the area on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Superstorm Sandy zeroed in on New York’s waterfront with fierce rain and winds that shuttered most of the nation’s largest city Monday, darkened the financial district and left a huge crane hanging off a luxury high-rise.

Photo: Bebeto Matthews/AP

A parking lot full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in Hoboken, NJ.

Photo: Charles Sykes/AP

A street and business are flooded as a result of Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in Hoboken, NJ.

Photo: Charles Sykes/AP

Sea water floods the Ground Zero construction site, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. 

Photo: John Minchillo/AP

Water reaches the street level of the flooded Battery Park Underpass, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in New York. Sandy arrived along the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system,putting more than 7.5 million homes and businesses in the dark and causing a number of deaths.

Photo: Louis Lanzano/AP

Check out this photo from LaGuardia Airport, completely flooded. “Glad I made it out of NYC Sunday at 11 pm on last AA flight out! Picture from LGA today by JetBlue gate”

Photo: Vincent Laforet.

A runway at the Teterboro Airport is flooded in the wake of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in New York. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses.

Photo: Mike Groll/AP

In this photo provided by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey a surveillance camera captures the PATH station in Hoboken, N.J., as it is flooded shortly before 9:30 p.m. EDT on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. 

Photo: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey/AP

Streets are flooded under the Manhattan Bridge in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, N.Y., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.

Photo: Bebeto Matthews/AP

“Here we are marooned in Red Hook, Brooklyn!!”

Photo: Greenpainting

A boat floats in the driveway of a home in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Lindenhurst, N.Y.

Photo: Jason DeCrow/AP

An ambulance sits abandoned in the middle of a flooded street after Hurricane Sandy October 30, 2012 in Hoboken, New Jersey. The storm has claimed at least 40 lives in the United States and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. U.S. President Barack Obama has declared the situation a ‘major disaster’ for large areas of the U.S. east coast, including New York City, with widespread power outages and significant flooding in parts of the city.  

Photo: Michael Bocchieri/Getty Images

Residents stand in front of a building on a flooded street after Hurricane Sandy October 30, 2012 in Hoboken, New Jersey. The storm has claimed at least 40 lives in the United States and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. U.S. President Barack Obama has declared the situation a ‘major disaster’ for large areas of the U.S. east coast, including New York City, with widespread power outages and significant flooding in parts of the city.  

Photo: Michael Bocchieri/Getty Images

A man walks down a street flooded street with his dog on his back after Hurricane Sandy October 30, 2012 in Hoboken, New Jersey. The storm has claimed at least 40 lives in the United States and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. U.S. President Barack Obama has declared the situation a ‘major disaster’ for large areas of the U.S. east coast, including New York City, with widespread power outages and significant flooding in parts of the city.

Photo: Michael Bocchieri/Getty Images

People look at homes and businesses destroyed during Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012 in the Rockaway section of the Queens borough of New York City. At least 40 people were reportedly killed in the U.S. by Sandy as millions of people in the eastern United States have awoken to widespread power outages, flooded homes and downed trees. New York City was hit especially hard with wide spread power outages and significant flooding in parts of the city.

Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

A man monitors the drainage of a flooded basement caused by Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012 in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City. The storm has claimed at least 40 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding accross much of the Atlantic seaboard. US President Barack Obama has declared the situation a ‘major disaster’ for large areas of the US East Coast including New York City.

Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images

Cars sit in flood waters from Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012 in Toms River, New Jersey. The storm has claimed at least 40 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. US President Barack Obama has declared the situation a ‘major disaster’ for large areas of the US East Coast including New York City.

Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images

A couple who chose not to evacuate their house (background) watch an emergency responder, on October 30, 2012, in Little Ferry, New Jersey. The storm has claimed at least 16 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding accross much of the Atlantic seaboard. US President Barack Obama has declared the situation a ‘major disaster’ for large areas of the US East Coast including New York City.

Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images

A general view of submerged cars on Ave. C and 7th st, after severe flooding caused by Hurricane Sandy, on October 30, 2012 in Manhattan, New York. The storm has claimed at least 16 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. US President Barack Obama has declared the situation a ‘major disaster’ for large areas of the US East Coast including New York City, with wide spread power outages and significant flooding in parts of the city.

Photo: Christos Pathiakis/Getty Images

A man kayaks down a street flooded by Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012 in Island Heights, New Jersey. The storm has claimed at least 40 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding accross much of the Atlantic seaboard. US President Barack Obama has declared the situation a ‘major disaster’ for large areas of the US East Coast including New York City.

Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images

A man surveys the damage to his basement after flooding due to Hurricane Sandy, on October 30, 2012, in Little Ferry, New Jersey. The storm has claimed at least 16 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding accross much of the Atlantic seaboard. US President Barack Obama has declared the situation a ‘major disaster’ for large areas of the US East Coast including New York City.

Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images

An emergency responder helps evacuate two people with a boat, after their neighborhood experienced flooding due to Hurricane Sandy, on October 30, 2012, in Little Ferry, New Jersey. The storm has claimed at least 16 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding accross much of the Atlantic seaboard. US President Barack Obama has declared the situation a ‘major disaster’ for large areas of the US East Coast including New York City.

Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images

A general view of submerged cars on Ave. C and 7th st, after severe flooding caused by Hurricane Sandy, on October 30, 2012 in Manhattan, New York. The storm has claimed at least 16 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. US President Barack Obama has declared the situation a ‘major disaster’ for large areas of the US East Coast including New York City, with wide spread power outages and significant flooding in parts of the city.

Photo: Christos Pathiakis/Getty Images

The Brooklyn Battery Tunnel is flooded after a tidal surge caused by Hurricane Sandy, on October 30, 2012 in Manhattan, New York. The storm has claimed at least 16 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. US President Barack Obama has declared the situation a ‘major disaster’ for large areas of the US East Coast including New York City, with wide spread power outages and significant flooding in parts of the city.

Photo: Allison Joyce/Getty Images

The Brooklyn Battery Tunnel is flooded after a tidal surge caused by Hurricane Sandy, on October 30, 2012 in Manhattan, New York. The storm has claimed at least 16 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. US President Barack Obama has declared the situation a ‘major disaster’ for large areas of the US East Coast including New York City, with wide spread power outages and significant flooding in parts of the city.

Photo: Allison Joyce/Getty Images

People stand in front of house on flooded Ocean Ave., on October 30, 2012 in Avalon, New Jersey. The storm has claimed at least 16 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. US President Barack Obama has declared the situation a ‘major disaster’ for large areas of the US East Coast including New York City, with wide spread power outages and significant flooding in parts of the city.

Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Water floods the Plaza Shops in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, on October 30, 2012 in Manhattan, New York.The storm has claimed at least 16 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. US President Barack Obama has declared the situation a ‘major disaster’ for large areas of the US East Coast including New York City.

Photos: Allison Joyce/Getty Images

A child stands astride his bicycle on flooded street in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn after Hurricane Sandy caused extensive damage in the area on October 30, 2012 in New York, United States. The storm has claimed at least 16 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. US President Barack Obama has declared the situation a ‘major disaster’ for large areas of the US East Coast including New York City, with wide spread power outages and significant flooding in parts of the city.

Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Cars floating in a flooded subterranian basement following Hurricaine Sandy on October 30, 2012 in the Financial District of New York, United States. The storm has claimed at least 16 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding accross much of the Atlantic seaboard. US President Barack Obama has declared the situation a ‘major disaster’ for large areas of the US East Coast including New York City.

Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images

Water rushes into the Carey Tunnel (previously the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel), caused by Hurricane Sandy, October 29, 2012, in the Financial District of New York, United States. Hurricane Sandy, which threatens 50 million people in the eastern third of the U.S., is expected to bring days of rain, high winds and possibly heavy snow. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the closure of all New York City will bus, subway and commuter rail service as of Sunday evening.

Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images

Water rushes into the Carey Tunnel (previously the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel), caused by Hurricane Sandy, October 29, 2012, in the Financial District of New York, United States. Hurricane Sandy, which threatens 50 million people in the eastern third of the U.S., is expected to bring days of rain, high winds and possibly heavy snow. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the closure of all New York City will bus, subway and commuter rail service as of Sunday evening.

Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images

Rising water, caused by Hurricane Sandy, rushes into a subterranian parking garage on October 29, 2012, in the Financial District of New York, United States. Hurricane Sandy, which threatens 50 million people in the eastern third of the U.S., is expected to bring days of rain, high winds and possibly heavy snow. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the closure of all New York City will bus, subway and commuter rail service as of Sunday evening.

Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images

14th Street and Avenue C in Manhattan on Monday

Photo: Occuweather

DUMBO, Brooklyn, flooded early Monday night. The tide wasn’t high yet. It got a lot worse.

Stuyvesan Town flooding on Monday night

The Atlantic City Boardwalk on Tuesday

The FDNY has reported the official count of houses ”burned to the ground” in Breezy Point, Queen: 110 homes.

Photo: FDNY

184 Kent on Monday evening, East River water rising fast.

Photo: Deevee Kashi

This is the FDR Drive, by the East River, flooded on Monday.

Photo: Mike Ryan

The Hudson River breached its banks at 8.53 am on Monday.

Photo: Nigel Barker

East River rises above last two steps of Get Down, and approaches 3rd, at end of Wall Street on Monday morning.

Photo: Arturas Rosenbacher

The flooding in the Jamaica Bay, Queens neighborhood of Meadowmere on Monday morning.

Photo: Corey Kilgannon

More Hilarious Photos of Dogs Playing Fetch Underwater

After garnering much attention and praise across the internet, self-proclaimed lifestyle pet photographer Seth Casteel released a book, aptly titledUnderwater Dogs, filled with the lovable pooches playfully chasing after a ball into the depths of a pool. New images from the series and book and have been released and they’re just as hilariously adorable as ever.

Each of their determined faces, exaggerated by their wide-eyed gaze and billowing cheeks from their thrust into the water, is too cute and humorous for words! The book is currently available for purchase through several online outlets. Pick it up to see the full collection of funny facial expressions these dogs make underwater.

RICHARD AVEDON MURALS & PORTRAITS MAY 4 - JULY 27, 2012 - Gagosian Gallery

RICHARD AVEDON
Allen Ginsberg’s family: Hannah (Honey) Litzky, aunt; Leo Litzky, uncle; Abe Ginsberg, uncle; Anna Ginsberg, aunt; Louis Ginsberg, father; Eugene Brooks, brother; Allen Ginsberg, poet; Anne Brooks, niece; Peter Brooks, nephew; Connie Brooks, sister-in-law; Lyle Brooks, nephew; Eugene Brooks; Neal Brooks, nephew; Edith Ginsberg, stepmother; Louis Ginsberg, Paterson, New Jersey, May 3, 1970, 1970
Gelatin silver print
96 x 240 inches  (243.8 x 609.6 cm)
Ed. of 3
© The Richard Avedon Foundation
 

Stunning New Photographic Portraits by Leff Jeffries

I first discovered the gripping portraiture of accountant turned self-taught photographer Lee Jeffries back in December and have been following his journey ever since. His gritty and powerful portraits, most often of the homeless, have since appeared on CNN, Time and the Independant, and he’s even landed behind the camera from Olympian Sir Roger Bannister. Most recently he has a great interview over on 500px. I enjoyed this question:

Most of your portraits are closely cropped to reveal just the subject’s face. Can you explain your decision behind that?

It’s true… my images can be biased to front on views that closely frame the face. Processing in black and white reinforces the contrasts and shapes in the portrait. Infused with light and shadow, I make a conscious effort to place the emphasis on the relief of the face and the strength of the photograph lays in the emotional connection to the subject. I try to magnify the character… tell their story so that it is no longer possible for the viewer to remain indifferent. My photographs become an intimate and personal document which narrates a myriad of emotion.

Jeffries also has a number of prints now available through YellowKorner.

yang yongliang: cigarette ash landscape

in the installation by yang yongliang, three-dimensional collages of photographs take on the form of cigarette ash


in ‘cigarette ash landscape’, an installation by chinese photographer and artist yang yongliang, 
black and white photographs are collaged and piled to mimic cigarette ash. 

the tip of a huge cigarette sculpture hung vertically in the installation space is revealed upon closer view 
to consist of cut and layered images of city skylines. below, a pile of ash, 
composed of small rectangular image cutouts, sits upon a length of fake grass scattered with artificial flowers.



full view of the installation



detail view of the fallen ‘ash’


with a background in shan shui painting and chinese calligraphy, 
yongliang’s work juxtaposes images of modern, urban life with these traditional forms. 

the structure, tones, and lines of his photography, for instance, 
are in the ancient vernacular, but treat as content cranes, cities, and street signs. 



seen in profile, the ash creates its own landscape, recalling yongliang’s photography and digital artwork

Iconic American Photographer: Richard Avedon

According to an obituary published in The New York Times, Richard Avedon’s fashion and portrait photographs “helped define America’s image of style, beauty and culture for the last half-century.”

Avedon was always interested in how portraiture captures the personality and soul of its subject. As his reputation as a photographer grew, he brought in many celebrities and politicians to his studio and photographed them with a large-format 8x10 view camera. His subjects include (in order) Elizabeth Taylor, Buster Keaton, Marilyn Monroe, John F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Andy Warhol.

His portraits are easily distinguished by their minimalist style, where the person is looking squarely in the camera, posed in front of a sheer white background. At times, to evoke a reaction from his portrait subject, Avedon would bring up uncomfortable areas of discussion or asking them psychologically probing questions. Through this technique he would produce images that revealed aspects of his subject’s character and personality that were not typically captured by others.

Richard Avedon’s website

Lucas Simoes secret cut paper expressions

Lucas Simões is an artist living and working in Sao Paulo. The majority of his works revolve around the combination of both geometric and organic shapes overlaid to create curious patterns.

In this series he invited close friends to tell him a secret as he photographed them. His sole intention was to capture each persons expression as they told the secret. At the end of the photo session he chose 10 different pictures then cut and layered between acrylic sheets.

Of Recklessness and Water: A photo series by Elizabeth Weinberg

I’ve been in a mood to post more photographers lately, so thankfully I came across the work ofElizabeth Weinberg. She shoots a lot of lifestyle photos but I really enjoyed one project of hers in particular called ‘Of Recklessness and Water.’ Looking through the series you totally get the idea that she may have been a dolphin or something in a previous life. She has such a knack of photographing in water, able to capture moments that some people would have trouble getting even on land.

If you’re interested in learning more about Elizabeth you should click here to read an interview she did with Chris Rubino over on idsgn.

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A New Turk: Whitney Biennial 2012: GO SEE IT

anewturk:

I thought it’d be much better if I just let the art stand on its own and provide no commentary, except for particular cases. I really enjoyed the Biennial. There are 4 floors to check out, and you’d need an entire afternoon(or at least a couple of visits) to take in the entire collection. The…