Looking Up

2004 Neptune Avenue (F) New York City Transit

Michael Krondl describes “Looking Up,” as "a series of photographically-derived images" that create a movie for the subway rider as they leave the leafy residential neighborhoods and reach Coney Island, seen in the distance. Krondl selected his images for their properties and how they reflect and refract light. His sources include the nearby foliage and the sky, which is a big part of the experience of riding the elevated train in Brooklyn, and Coney Island's famous Cyclone roller coaster. "The transition from image to image mimics a camera panning from the nearby trees to the sky above and finally to the Cyclone in the distance. For the F train passenger, the experience is almost cinematic. The foliage, the clouds, and the roller coaster all play with transparency; light-colored sky outlines the trestlework on the Cyclone, peeks out between the leaves, and envelops the bright white clouds."