N.Y.C. Possibly 1973 - 1994

Richard Gordon made this gelatin silver print, N.Y.C., and well, already you have to wonder - is this how he saw New York? It's so funny, the way one person's view becomes *the* view. I mean, just look at the leg in the center - shiny, patterned, vulnerable. It's so up close and personal you feel like you know this person. You know? It's strange to see such an everyday scene, and yet it's also got this kinda dreamlike quality to it. Like, did that moment really happen, or did we just imagine it? I think that gets to the heart of what Gordon was trying to do. Taking something so fleeting, and making it stay still for a minute. Like all the best art does. It's a conversation between time and space, isn't it? Kinda like the work of Lisette Model. Each artist takes a moment and stretches it.