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September 15, 2009 - November 5, 2009
Central Library, Foyer Gallery Cases (branch info)
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 The Pond, Floyd Bennet Field by Richard Golden
 Ryder's Pond, Gravesend by Daniel Berry Austin (AUST 0051)
 Bay Ridge Shoreline (1877) by George B. Brainerd (BRAI 0008)
We usually think of Brooklyn as entirely urban, but according to the New York City Department of City Planning, a third of it is open space. So, Brooklyn has a greater proportion of open space than the New York City overall average, and also more than any other borough. Its open spaces include Prospect Park, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, other
parks, ocean beaches, marshes, reservoirs and cemeteries, most of which are accessible by public transportation.
Through the vintage photographs I have chosen here, you can see Brooklyn's proximity to nature in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. My contemporary photographs further demonstrate how varied and beautiful Brooklyn's open space is today, with Brooklyn's beaches comparable to those of the Hamptons, and Brooklyn's ponds and woods comparable
to those in the Catskills and the Adirondacks. Together, these photographs inspire a new appreciation of the vision and achievement of the people who set aside so much of Brooklyn as open space for our benefit today.
I selected the vintage photographs from the library's collection of black and white prints by Brooklyn-based photographers George Bradford Brainerd (1845-1887) and Daniel Berry Austin, whose work dates from 1899 to 1909.
 Richard Golden retired in 2007 after 28 years as an assistant attorney general in the Office of the New York State Attorney General. His work is part of permanent collections in Bibliothéque Nationale in Paris and the Adirondack Museum in New York. He has also had solo exhibitions at the Burrison Gallery in Philadelphia and the Soho Photo Gallery in Manhattan, and was part of a group exhibition at the French Embassy in Manhattan. He earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.
For more detail on the photograph Bay Ridge Shoreline (1877) by George B. Brainerd (BRAI 0008) click here.
For more detail on the photograph Ryder's Pond, Gravesend by Daniel Berry Austin (AUST 0051) click here.
To contact the artist:
photosbygolden@gmail.com
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Forsyth Park
 Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Ave J, Bedford
This collection of my illustrated journals spans 10 years, with intimate observations of my garden and travels.
I take a sketchbook with me wherever I go. I like to travel light, with only my sketchbook, palette, brush and pen. I sit where I can find a seat and sketch whatever catches my fancy. I recommend it.
 Nan Carey is a graphic designer and teacher of art and ESOL. She has had solo exhibitions at SOHO20 Gallery in Manhattan, Prudence Island in Rhode Island, Cunneen-Hackett Gallery in Poughkeepsie and the Crossroads Café in Brooklyn. She earned a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design.
To contact the artist:
nancarey@aol.com |
http://www.nancarey.com
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