new york rooftop by tom hyde

23 Responses to “new york rooftop by tom hyde”

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• Joe

  December 22, 2008 at 12:17 am

  this is pretty much visual poetry. Tom can you give a bit of explanation on how this shot came to be?
• Bob Black

  December 22, 2008 at 5:23 am

  ok, tom, just to re-cap what i wrote last week :))))))))))…visual poetry indeed:

  THAT PHOTOGRAPH IS MAGNIFICENT, JUST FUCKING MAGNIFICENT….

  so, yo, where the fuck u been hiding….

  i’ve spent my entire photographic life saying, if i make 1 photograph the speaks about all that is contain in the rumble of the broken heart inside my chest that compells me to carry those stupid mechanical boxes, i’d put the cameras away…and you my friend (dont put the cameras away), have made that leap into the engorged, heart of what reminds me of what it means to steal moments from life and prick it upon the skin of our moments keeled by life and light…..

  and definitely persistance of memory ;))))))

  hugs
  bob
• michelle smith

  December 22, 2008 at 6:30 am

  ah, yes…the r-evolutionary beauty of the hoop – reminiscent of a sacred sufi dance but with an urban goddess! *m
• erica mcdonald

  December 22, 2008 at 6:43 am

  I just love that this image was made while burn was coming together..
• anton

  December 22, 2008 at 7:21 am

  TOM!

  really GREAT image, dude…

  and this is you, less than five minutes later: http://www.antonkusters.com/jumpingcigaretteyoungtom.jpg

  :)))

  you make great photographs man, i stand in awe
• wendy

  December 22, 2008 at 7:57 am

  ** Weston said ‘spirit stands still for the photographer it chooses..’ clearly.. beautiful image, its all there… when one image can tell so much.. Love it!!
• Patricia Lay-Dorsey

  December 22, 2008 at 8:15 am

  If I were to have to pick ONE favorite image of all the magnificent images I’ve seen in my months with this community, THIS WOULD BE IT. Tom, it is pure magic created by a visual magician. Bravo!!!
• tom hyde

  December 22, 2008 at 9:51 am

  Thanks for all the great comments :))) This is a favorite, and for me just summed up the whole feeling of The Kibbutz and the creative genesis of burn. This photo just happened really, a true collaboration, with Kim, a resident of The Kibbutz who is a photographer and a trapeze artist in training, just doing her thing with the hoop and hoping someone would get a good picture of her. She does many self portraits but was looking for a broader different frame with her hoop. She walked into David Alan Harvey’s apartment bearing gifts, a whirlwind of energy proclaiming herself to be the “chocolate fairy.” That’s just 475 Kent, a nexus of creative talent and energy, wonderfully funky, perhaps a little slice of the Left Bank in Brooklyn where serendipity can walk in the door at any moment. You just have to go with the flow there and let the currents carry you along. Cheers to The Kibbutz and Burn!
• tom hyde

  December 22, 2008 at 10:21 am

  Anton, great picture of me … yeah that was just minutes after wasn’t it? That was an amazing few days … only one full day for me, should have stayed longer, such a great group of people and Bickford was right, amazing that everyone just clicked, fell into place, I really did not expect that … ’til next time :)))

  Michelle, urban goddess is a perfect description … :))

  Bob, bad pun ;-))) I’ve been here all along, not really hyding, often silent, but if I have something to say I chime in :)))) I’m kind of like that in real life, too.

  Erica, so happy we finally met, albeit briefly … big fan of yours :))

  Patricia, working for you today :))))

  Joe and Wendy, thanks!

  All, just denied access to WPP contest. Funny, you’d think SPJ membership, awards and tearsheets would get you through the door. Well, I don’t generally do photos of people dying in front of me in all sorts of horrible ways anymore so maybe I’m not “press” anymore. Perhaps I should reapply under burn?!? ;-))
• chris bickford

  December 22, 2008 at 12:20 pm

  Cover shot for upcoming book, “475 Kent”….:)

  Beware the Chocolate Fairy!
• Lance Rosenfield

  December 22, 2008 at 12:33 pm

  REMARKABLE photograph, Mr. Hyde.
• Eric Espinosa

  December 22, 2008 at 3:13 pm

  Tom,

  I am still jealous I have not taken that shot :):). Few days have passed but I still love it as much… THis was certainly a very magical moment captured in the best possible way. I also look forward to have you share your car washing essay again with us. Take care.

  Eric
• Katia Roberts

  December 22, 2008 at 4:22 pm

  tom–

  i just love this image.
  it’s like she is holding all of our collective energy in quiet, still balance
  a breath before we explode into this new transition.

  Perfect.
• Kristen Fields

  December 23, 2008 at 9:39 am

  definite awe. you want to be her in that moment of exhiliration and peace, exhaling or inhaling, baking in the warm sun.
• James Chance

  December 23, 2008 at 3:13 pm

  Love it Tom, love it.
• panos skoulidas

  December 23, 2008 at 5:46 pm

  Tom…
  iconic….shot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• tom hyde

  December 24, 2008 at 5:46 pm

  Perhaps it’s too long but I like my original title for this … The Chocolate Fairy of 475 Kent … :))
• david sutherland

  December 25, 2008 at 4:46 am

  this is one of those so-rare OMG jaw-dropping images that you cant possibly forget. the colour, the light, the composition, THE MOMENT – the sheer audacity to imagine that such an image could be made, and then to pull it off so perfectly! pure brilliance…
• gina martin

  December 28, 2008 at 12:23 am

  is that Michelle Smith?? it could be!!
• Kyunghee Lee

  December 29, 2008 at 7:58 am

  It make me ….come to a sudden stop of my breath ….fix my eyes on it…
  I feel Everything is stopped….

  Awesome !
  Thank you,Tom :)))
  Kyunghee Lee
• Matt

  January 9, 2009 at 3:40 pm

  I just can’t get enough of this. I keep coming back to it day after day. Joe said it best, visual poetry.

  Where can I see more of your work Tom?
• mustafah abdulaziz

  February 10, 2009 at 4:12 pm

  this is pretty awesome.
• panos skoulidas

  February 10, 2009 at 4:50 pm

  ICONIC.. I would add..
  Bravo Tom…