Friday 4 October 2013

New York City street photographer Matt Weber spends 30 years capturing ...


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Alex Greig




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02:35, 4 October 2013




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09:24, 4 October 2013



Photographer Matt Weber became fascinated by the images that flashed past his window as he cruised the streets of New York City as a taxi-driver more than 30 years ago and wanted to capture the moments in time that disappeared in an instant.


He began documenting urban life in the Big Apple in 1978, and street life in New York has continued to fascinate him.


The grittiness of the big city, captured in black-and-white, is revealed in his images of homelessness, poverty, violence, the loneliness of city life – but Weber has also captured a softer side of the city.


His photographs of couples in love – sneaking kisses through closing subway doors, hand-in-hand in Central Park – are genuine moments of happiness.


Weber told Slate his photography inspires curiosity about the subjects – who are they? What are they doing and why?


But when is comes to couples, he really just wants to capture moments of romance and happiness amidst the everyday struggle of the city.


‘There are so many miserable people,’ Weber told Slate.


‘You see a lot of people not looking very content. With happy

people, I try not to worry why they’re happy.’


Weber’s photography is captured in a new book, Urban Prisoner, and available for purchase on his websites NYC Street Photography and Matt Weber New York Photography.


Subway Kiss #1: A couple kisses tenderly on the subway, oblivious to their fellow passengers


Subway Kiss #1: A couple kisses tenderly on the subway, oblivious to their fellow passengers



In training: This young couple canoodles on a Manhattan subway


Subway Kiss Watcher: This young couple canoodles on a Manhattan subway as another passenger looks on


Matt Weber


Matt Weber


Kissing couples: In Surf Kiss Flare a couple smooches passionately on a dirty sidewalk (left) and New Year’s Kiss (right) captures the moment the clock ticks over



Time Warner Escalator Kiss: Weber photographed this couple as they embraced on a moving escalator


Time Warner Escalator Kiss: Weber photographed this couple as they embraced on a moving escalator



Met Kiss: This couple lean in for a kiss as they take a break on the stair of the Metropolitan Museum of Art


Met Kiss: This couple lean in for a kiss as they take a break on the stair of the Metropolitan Museum of Art


Matt Weber


Matt Weber


Making history: A couple embraces in Midnight Kiss, taken in 1989 (left), and a woman kisses a man following the election in Obama Victory Kiss, taken in 2008 (right)


Matt Weber


Matt Weber


Young love: In Love 2004, another young couple can’t resist a subway kiss (left) and (right) a couple gets close as rapper Ludacris looks on from a store window




Morning kiss: This couple looks as though they


Morning kiss: This couple kiss before heading off in different directions for the day


Matt Weber


Matt Weber


Manhattan love: A couple walks and kisses in Times Square (left) and another pair share a kiss as a tourist bus passes by (right)


Matt Weber


Matt Weber


Love on the street: Two girls kiss at the 2011 Gay Pride Parade (left) and a woman looks away as a couple embrace on the street near her (right)



Matt Weber


Matt Weber


Two’s company: A young man and woman greet each other in front of Sbarro in Times Square (left) and in ‘X’, a couple watches the sky (right)


Matt Weber


Matt Weber


Young love: A loved-up pair kisses in front of a telegraph pole (left) and another shares a kiss at Coney Island Pier (right)


Coney Island wedding: A newly-married couple kiss in front of Nathan


Coney Island wedding: A newly-married couple kiss in front of Nathan’s restaurant in Brooklyn’s Coney Island













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libertas,


London, United Kingdom,


2 hours ago


Hope their OK was given BEFORE these images were published?





lupislune,


suffolk, United Kingdom,


4 hours ago


Even though they are all embracing, you can tell which ones are truly enjoying it by their body language.





nahthenmardybum,


Sheffield, United Kingdom,


5 hours ago


lovely :)





vro,


London, United Kingdom,


5 hours ago


I love, love. this is sweet.





Latonia j. Macias,


Garden City, United States,


6 hours ago


Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer has gone so far as to Support the practice “work at home”, it is the good way to earn more and more money at home.$45h – $65h…how? part time or full time, I’ve been bringing in $63h¿ , You can make $38h easily. You can check it out here… w­ww.F­b39.c­om





catwoman,


marina del rey, United States,


6 hours ago


Sorry – born there, grew up there, left, never looked back.





Ginistera,


Eldorado, United Kingdom,


7 hours ago


Voyeurism, thy name is….





KatyGlenn,


new york, United States,


7 hours ago


My last pay check was $9500 working 12 hours a week online. My sisters friend has been averaging 15k for months now and she works about 20 hours a week. I can’t believe how easy it was once I tried it out. This is what I do… w­ww.D­ay37.c­om





The future Mrs Piven,


Teesside, United Kingdom,


1 hour ago


DM when are you going to stop these adverts from being posted





Michael,


Wales,


8 hours ago


I Leica these, timeless.





Michael,


Wales,


8 hours ago


I Leica these, timeless.



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