Exhibitions: Click! A Crowd-Curated Exhibition

Todd Matarazzo. Don't Idle Engine, 2008. All rights reserved

Artist Statement

The cobblestone street represents the history of this old industrial neighborhood of Red Hook. The home represents the new renovations that have taken place in Red Hook recently. Inside the contemporary windows shows the new environmental concerns for this day and age with the words “Don’t Idle Engine”. This is referring to the buses that stop here and wait for the correct time to begin their routes and turn down Van Brunt street. This is a digital capture taken with a Canon 5D. It was a 10 second exposure at f/8, ISO 200 at 28mm.

21 Comments

Good image, would be better if horizon was corrected.

very atmospheric

exceptional!! lighting is great - the lines are interesting

nice use of black and white images...it adds something to the shot.

this was not like this 10 years ago. it is a changed face of Brooklyn.

the words stand out so much to me and the sky as well the idle is important 2 its ask the viewer are we standing idle while brooklyn changes?

great photo! and requires no explanation!

looks very dated yet current...I know the area

american haiku's are everywhere

Beautiful lighting and composition. Very affecting image.

Love the choing of pattern in the street and windows. Environment awareness also good point I haven't seen made in many of these works.

this is certainly a coming together of emotions in regards to old and new. You may not be happy about the gentrification and development, but the new guard at least have environmental concerns

How rude!

nice mood...

love this black and white image with its exceptional lighting — Posted by lee Lundback

this image moves me — Posted by j.santoro - artist

Very moving. I feel transported in time. — Posted by Wayne Polay

Inspirational ! I loved the mood it evokes — Posted by Dina Polay

contrast of light and dark very dramatic and almost eeire Captured the desolutness and quiet of the street. Great job — Posted by irene scherer

What an eye for beauty and detail. True talent. — Posted by Robyn Matarazzo-Polay

the lines captured here are amazing — Posted by anonymous