MEAT MARKET 1993 (Film excerpts)

While studying film in New York in the early 90's, I shot an experimental thriller which action was set in the Meat Market. An amazing place for photographers and filmmakers with its incredibly cinematic atmosphere and hardcore New York edge.

While this film will certainly not be remembered for its script and plot, it does features footage of the Meat Market before it became the trendy and touristic Meat Packing District with its cleaned up Highline, its exclusive luxury stores and expensive restaurants.

This film was shot on an early morning while the streets were empty and the butcher warehouses closed.

This is what Washington street, Little West 4th and area looked like at the time.

This footage was shot on 16mm Kodak reversal film with a CP16 camera. 

Please also see: MEAT MARKET PHOTOS and HARLEM BUS RIDE 1993

 

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Please also see: MEAT MARKET PHOTOS and HARLEM BUS RIDE 1993

BACK IN NEW YORK 1990's-2020 PART 1 "Then and Now" Updated

August 2019

During the past 25 years, I had several occasions to come back to NY and to witness the tremendous changes the city has been undergoing. This summer 2019, I thought time had come to explore Manhattan again with a camera, wandering aimlessly in this transformed city, from Harlem to Battery Park, East to West End. My Nikon film cameras have been stored for quite some time and my new companions are now Fujifilm digital cameras. These long walks in the NYC summer heat brought me back to some locations I had photographed in the 1990's. This first post is presenting a few "then and now" shots using images from my photo archive.

 The Meat Market (Meat Packing District) / Washington street - 1993-2019

Village Cigars / Christopher street  1995-2019

Lafayette and Great Jones street 1992-2019

42nd street and 8th avenue 1993-2019

 

The Amsterdam Theater on 42nd street 1993-2019

8th avenue and 33rd street 1995-2019

The Cube at Astor Place 1993 - 2019

Lafayette and Bleecker 1991-2019

"REVS COST" mural, west 20's - 1996-2019 - now only visible when on the highline (but still there!)

East Houston street and Broadway 1994-2019

Please also see:

NEW YORK IN THE 1990's PHOTO GALLERY - PORTFOLIO #1 -

and PORTFOLIO #2