All eyes on NYC...

I stumbled upon this pic which I had taken of one of the mosaic eyes from a subway station in New York City and thought I should perhaps figure out who created it and it's meaning.
The creators are Kristin Jones and Andrew Ginzel.
The title of the artwork is OCCULUS (or Eye) and was created in 1998.  The pieces of mosaic artwork are all throughout the Chambers Street/World Trade Center subway station.
Occulus consists of 300 different mosaic eyes...all the eyes were taken from actual photographs that were taken in a photographic study of 300 New Yorkers.  Isn't that so amazing?!

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Now I want to go back to NYC and check out all 300 of these individual and unique mosaics!!

A tribute to Natalie Wood...

..on this day in 1981 the world lost Hollywood star Natalie Wood to a tragic drowning accident.  Although this incident is still in the news today I wanted to honour her with an UPLIFTING tirbute of beautiful photographs of her and her career.

This a tribute to the actress who was made famous by such films as Miracle on 34th Street (as a child), Rebel Without a Cause, Splendor in the Grass and of course in 1961 the role of Maria in the movie musical West Side Story and the title role of Gypsy Rose Lee in Gypsy in 1962...


Natalie Wood (July 20, 1938-November 29, 1981)

 

Love those shades Natalie!

I love this photo...so beautiful.

Circa 1960...photo was a promotional portrait for the film "All the Fine Young Cannibals"

In my "happy place"....NYC 1961

West Side Story (1961), Tony and Maria balcony scene

Gypsy Rose Lee from the film Gypsy(1962)

And now for some Natalie Wood inspired items found on Etsy.com

NATALIE WOOD 11X17 Print
MissShayD on Etsy

1952 LIFE Magazine Ad for Typewriters with Natalie Wood
ADsoluteVintageArt on Etsy

Natalie Wood stamp
stampholic on Etsy

Original Soundtrack of GYPSY, vintage vinyl, featuring Natalie Wood
Vendels on Etsy

Miracle on 34th Street ORNAMENT, Natalie Wood as a child
ThreeDegrees on Etsy

Vintage NYC

A collection of vintage style photos I took the last time I visited my 'happy place'...New York City.

 52 St-Lincoln Av subway station, Queen's NYC

30 Rock

"Creativity and Imaginatoin shall be the stability of thy times"

@the Lego store, a mural made entirely of Lego!

Street market in the October sun

Random

The Wizard himself...

Backstage at the Gershwin Theatre,

home of the musical Wicked

Cop Cot, Scottish for "little house on the crest of the hill"

Central Park

The Pilgrim, Central Park

The Museum of Modern Art

Brooklyn Bridge

View of the Statue of Liberty from the Brooklyn Bridge

View of the Empire State Building from the Brooklyn Bridge

And last but not least, Times Square

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