Transcendental Color: Adam Isler Photography

Hommage à Saul Leiter 2715

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:20:03 GMT

Looking out the Court Street/45th Road subway station at the Court Square Diner

Lincoln Center Under Wraps Straight 11x16 1105

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 23:03:32 GMT

One of my favorite images. This is a shot of Lincoln Center through some plastic sheeting that had been put up to create an outdoor pavillion, with some trees in front, some behind and the architecture behind suggesting a forest in the misty distance

11th Ave from Javits Center 3250

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 03:10:07 GMT

Looking out on 11th Avenue from the Javits Center (2006 Photo Expo)

Steamy, Green and Gold_3018

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:31:54 GMT

Door of Mama Mexico restaurant on a freezing morning.

The Light Store at Night 2690

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:18:29 GMT

I've been really inspired by Saul Leiter's "Early Color" of late.

Brooklyn Museum Tableau2 3498

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:52:31 GMT

Looking out a stairwell window on a trip to see the Annie Liebowitzes at the Brooklyn Museum. It was strongly backlit and dodging out the shadows revealed this gauzy landscape framed by the window.

Mystery Window 2957

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:03:47 GMT

7 Abstract_4099

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:10:04 GMT

Basketball Reflections

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 23:08:19 GMT

Rainy day reflection on the basketball court.

This image featured in "Image Showcase from Worldwide" on the marvelous Radiant Vista website's Daily Critique of February 8th, 2008

LIC Mood_DSC3562

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:59:35 GMT

Leiter-inspired subwasy station

Court Square Diner 3204

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:27:24 GMT

Chairs_3019

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:28:51 GMT

Pastiche 2917

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:32:36 GMT

Construction Sheeting 5140

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:32:15 GMT

An office under construction. Looking out from behind some plastic sheeting designed to keep me safe

Sun Clouds Trees @70mph 0651

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:58:25 GMT

Hurtling down the NJ Turnpike on a raw, cloudy, gray day

Brooklyn Museum Reflecting Pool 3504

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:27:35 GMT

A tree and flag reflected in a pool outside the Brooklyn Museum after the Annie Liebowitz exhibit. Originally looked a bit like Rodney Graham's Welsh Oak #1 at the Metropolitan, till I turned it right side up (not counting the flag)

Rainy Day Composition 2203

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:58:48 GMT

Tribeca Buddha Revealed_0423

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:08:03 GMT

Watery Graveyard Detail_0235

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:43:30 GMT

Disused pier stumps in the Hudson River, around 66th Street, viewed from Riverside Boulevard

The Blue Umbrella 2709

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:19:48 GMT

From my Long Island City office window

Rainy Bus Stop 0159

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:12:05 GMT

Window on Rust Castle & Green Lake Cropped 0246

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 23:06:52 GMT

A moody, lightly manipulated image. This is a rusted metal sheet in a window frame opposite the Javits Center. The rust pattern looked to me like a castle on a lake and I enhanced the effect allowing the rust to green a bit and applying an artisitic filter to just that section of the picture.

Watercolor Cityscape 0251

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:50:42 GMT

Another rusted metal window pane opposite the Javits Center after a Photo Expo

Through a Shade Moire 6105

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:33:14 GMT

Shooting out an open window with a net sunshade while the sunset created a reflected beam. Working on the image increased the moire effect

Cloud Building Abstract 3061

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:41:24 GMT

looking East on West 57th Street

Building Cleaner Abstraction Reflection 3060

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:42:03 GMT

HSBC Window Reflections 4565

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:31:53 GMT

Shot though plexiglass partitions from inside an HSBC bank branch out towards the world cities decalled on the outer window

West Side Lobby 0742

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 03:04:46 GMT

Upper West Side

Best Show on Broadway 0580

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 03:02:44 GMT

Culture Clash near International Center for Photography (ICP)

Pink Walls 4491

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:05:53 GMT

Here's one that's not from NY. San Francisco - the side of a house undergoing renovation. The workers wondered what I was doing.

Playground Wall 0508

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 03:00:12 GMT

West 90th Street

LIC Train Wall Support 2570

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:27:01 GMT

LIC Metered Parking 2587

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:24:33 GMT

Riverside Park Tunnel 0517

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 03:01:43 GMT

Dusk

Rear Window Sunset 3852

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:52:54 GMT

Hudson River Sunset as seen through the courtyard and my neighbor's window

Red-YellowHook

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:56:27 GMT

Auto service door in Red Hook, Brooklyn

Mailbox 3975

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:08:07 GMT

Riverside Pk Mirror 6088

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:10:34 GMT

A wide angle mirror providing joggers and pedestrians protection as they exit a tunnel in Riverside Park, apparently shot up.

Playground Rainbow 3530

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 23:11:49 GMT

Sprinkler in Happy Warrior playground

Hudson River Abstract (Dreamy) 1736

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:10:55 GMT

Slow exposure of flotsam and jetsam in the river

Tree Netting 0156

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:13:51 GMT

A construction trellis on First Avenue

59 St Bridge Fog 1328

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:04:12 GMT

LIC Empire State Fog & Tree 2713

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:23:45 GMT

taken from a giant slag heap in Long Island City in the rain

Don Valley Pipes and Valves 0455

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 04:02:55 GMT

From a shoot at the disused Don Valley brickworks outside Toronto organized by Michael Reichmann of Luminous Landscape fame. Even on a tripod using a 2 second timer, I couldn't escape camera shake with typical 1 minute exposures.

Duck Tape Vent 3481

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:27:03 GMT

On the side of a bodega (now run by Arabs, so perhaps, a souk), a vent created out of strips of duck tape. West End Avenue at 96th Street

Metal Pipes and Rust 0460

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 04:01:47 GMT

From a shoot at the disused Don Valley brickworks outside Toronto organized by Michael Reichmann of Luminous Landscape fame.

West 70s Ziggurat 3531

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:29:12 GMT

A rare case of applying one of Photoshop's "artistic" filters

Tree Branch & Scaffold 3702

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:30:30 GMT

Looking up from under the scaffold. Amsterdam Ave & 89th Street

Bicycles & Leaves after Rain 1841

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:13:14 GMT

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA

Red Umbrella, Pink Petals 1183

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:59:09 GMT

This has a lovely Japanese feel to me.

It was critiqued on "The Daily Critique" on the Radiant Vista website some time ago.

Night Falls in Riverside Park 0539

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:56:11 GMT

Riverside Rothko?_3797

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sun, 17 May 2009 18:59:39 GMT

A tunnel under the West Side Highway in Riverside Park in the lower 90s

Pentimento_4220

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:09:11 GMT

Refrigerator Case_5150

aei4@columbia.edu (Adam Isler Photography) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:34:49 GMT