Roosevelt Island: Love Song In Photos by Tad Sudol
A Roosevlt Island Photo Essay
by Tad Sudol
For a Roosevelt Island photo essay, Tad Sudol reacted to a community on Pause by hauling out his camera and artist’s eye, recording favorite views.
There’s a tradition of photographers freezing history through the lens. It gained momentum during the Great Depression, capturing unforgettable images of a world in crisis.
Today, the coronavirus crisis threatens to equal that disaster, but Sudol brings a hauntingly beautiful look at the local scene on Roosevelt Island.
Sudol found few people for his photo essay on Roosevelt Island, but when he did, they kept their six-foot separations.
In 2020, Cherry blossoms could not welcome crowds on the way to a festival in FDR Four Freedoms Park.
Art as architecture on Roosevelt Island
Architect by trade, artist at heart, Sudol exposed art that exceeds function for this photo essay. The Bloomberg Building, Cornell Tech Campus, Roosevelt Island.
A sunny midday on Roosevelt Island’s western shoreline, graceful but strangely without people.
Blue skies, delicate clouds and skyline framed by a lamppost on the pier.
Bicycles and a solo rider take advantage of the pier on Roosevelt Island.
A lonely island in bloom.
Manhattan’s Upper East Side skyline from the empty West Promenade in morning light.
Two years ago, on a warm morning, Sudol teamed up with RIOC, adding The First Plinth to the Island of Art tour. For this photo essay, Sudol went inland for a graphic view.
Finally, an ironic view, Tom Otterness’s East River Sculpture completes this Roosevelt Island Photo Essay.
GOOD SHOW
Thanks, Bill. It was all Tad. I just gave him a platform.