2013-Ongoing
Timelapse Video
Explorations in time lapse video
Projects tagged with ''New York''
Camera Obscura Exhibition History
“Architexture”, Brooklyn Fireproof Gallery, Brooklyn NY, November 2003 Alan Klotz Gallery New York NY, September 2005 Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati OH, January 2006 “New York City in Focus”, NYC Health & Hospitals, Manhattan, Bronx and Queens NY, October 2008
Camera Obscura
2003-2005
Digital prints of the Camera Obscura images of New York City
Together Charles Schwartz and Bill Westheimer explored the city of New York on the upper east side of Manhattan using a Camera Obscura. These pictures reveal the city through the unique viewpoint of the camera obscura and record the images digitally. The Camera Obscura's location is fixed, yet it provides an ever changing view of the city's activities, architecture and landscape. The images use the pre-photographic camera obscura technology combined with post-photographic digital capture to create a timeless view of New York. The digital camera instantly captures the ephemeral projections in a clear crisp reality that transports the viewer into other worlds.
Blog posts tagged with ''New York''
Tag: New York
the city where the Hudson river enters the Atlantic Ocean
What are you doing?
What we’ve been doing…. Lisa and I presented our work for the Peters Valley Artist Talk Series on May 5th, 2021. I love to talk about my art but talking about myself is excruciating. It was a wonderful opportunity to explain how my various projects relate to each other and fit into the context of …
Maintaining a clear view
The Camera Obscura that Charles Schwartz and I used for our New York Camera Obscura project was built on his roof overlooking New York City’s Central Park was built by George Keene, a brilliant man who was a scientist, engineer, craftsman and man of all ages. The Camera Obscura was beautifully designed, engineered, and built …
Exhibition Lab
How do I get there from here? You might wonder where is here? and there? Good questions! First – The Exhibition Lab run by Michael Foley of the Foley Gallery helps participants get from here to there. The Exhibition Lab is a monthly critique group which helps participants refine their work to be exhibition ready. …
The Collector
Charles Schwartz On January 24, 2019 my dear friend Charles Schwartz died. He had been sick and incapacitated for years, so his death was bittersweet. He was released from a personal hell being imprisoned in his crumpled body. May 21st, 2019 a memorial was held at the Explorers Club in midtown Manhattan where Charles had …
Truth Justice and the American Way
Being the naive person that I am, I am always amazed when I encounter someone who is dishonest. I know, in today’s political world it seems like there is an epidemic of dishonesty and hypocrisy, but in the art world I innocently expect the best from everyone I deal with. And most of the time …
The Photography Show – AIPAD 2016
The annual AIPAD Photography Show is at the Park Avenue Armory April 14-17 and more than 80 galleries will be showing contemporary and historic photography. At Charles Schwartz Ltd. booth #415 I will be showing photogram tintypes, some the traditional monochrome and for the first time I will be exhibiting some tintypes with wild colors. …
Adam Fuss latest photograms
Last week I dropped in on Cheim & Read Gallery to see the show by Adam Fuss. Of course Fuss’s work interests me because I have been making photograms for the last 30 years or so. He always seems to be exploring new subject matter using interesting techniques and it always good stuff. Arriving at …
Front and Center – Markus Brunetti’s Facades
I enjoyed seeing Markus Brunetti’s show of large scale prints of photographs of the facades of European churches at Yossi Milo Gallery. Very formal and static, they nevertheless drew me in to stare and enjoy the detail as well as the magnificence of the structures. The show is on view through October 17, 2015 at …
Alan Klotz Gallery
Bill’s Camera Obscura work, produced in collaboration with Charles Schwartz is featured in the show “CONTEMPORARY OBSCURISTS” at the Alan Klotz Gallery from September 15 through November 12, 2005. The gallery is located at 511 W 25th St, 7th floor. and is open Wednesday through Saturday