Cornelis Verwaal, Photographer, US – NYC

Cornelis Verwaal, Photographer, US – NYC

Its been over a year since I checked in with Cornelis and I’m glad I did. His excellent work is always a joy to share with you! See gallery No. 2 for a look at his latest work! And here is my original feature on Cornelis:

I first discovered Cornelis Verwaal in 2013. I was instantly drawn in to his work, his sensibilities. What is it about Cornelis that made him stand out from so many other New York photographers?

Is it his uncanny ability to find “the decisive moment” in the vein of Henri Cartier-Bresson? Is it his mastery of light and shadow, of composition? Perhaps. Or perhaps its the way he affirms the humanity of us all and does it in the midst of one of the most populous, hurried, compact cities in the world. People on their cell phones, people proposing, people singing and playing instruments, people eating lunch or pondering modern art. Even when viewing Cornelis’ purely architectural photography you sense the people who inhabit New York’s structures, streets and stairways. You see signs of them all around, even when they are not seen.

Thank you Cornelis for so graciously opening your studio to my readers at from1artist2antoher!   – Douglas

Artist Statement: 

I’m a New York based photographer and former researcher/archivist at the Time Life Picture Collection. I’ve been taking pictures since I was a boy growing up in the Netherlands and I still have a passion for capturing the beauty of the world around me, especially Central Park and the streets of New York City.

My work has appeared on numerous websites and in various magazines and other publications including:

• Building New York  “The Rise and Fall of the Greatest City on Earth” by Bruce Mashall. Rizzoli, 2005.
• New York City Yesterday and Today by Linda Tagliaferro; Publications International; 2009.
• Panorama TRAVEL – Italian edition December 2010.
  
• Active Design Guidelines ©2010, City of New York – promoting physical activity and health in design.
• West Side Rag -News about the Upper West Side of NYC
• Central Park NYC – An Architectural View by Andrew Zega and Bernd H. Dams; Rizzoli, New York 2013.

Links to Cornelis’ work at the end of this feature

Gallery 2

Bethesda Terrace, Central Park

Bethesda Terrace. Central Park

Black-hatted lady at the Lake in Central Park

A gull in the surf on the Rockaway beach

On the Williamsburg Bridge.

The wavy sidewalk pattern mirrors the Time & Life Building’s lobby, which was inspired by the sidewalks of Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach in a nod to the building’s location on the Avenue of the Americas.

“To See The Sky” by Yoko Ono at MoMA’s exhibit Yoko Ono: One Woman Show 1960-1971.

The new Terrence Cardinal Cooke – Cathedral Branch library and subway entrance at 52nd street and Lexington Avenue in New York City.

Brooke Watkins who performs together with Karl Meyer as a violin-accordion duo named The Wisterians, here at the Bryant Park International accordion festival.

Chairs under the Sun Triangle, by oceanographer, inventor, and sculptor Athelstan Spilhaus, in front of the McGraw-Hill building, 6th Ave & 48th street, New York

Entrance to the vault room at the new Apple Computer store on Madison Avenue and 75th street. This Apple store is housed in a beautifully restored former bank building and this was the bank’s vault.

Cherry Blossoms in the Japanese Garden of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Accordionist /singer Eva Salina at Briant Park

Couple at Bethesda Terrace, Central Park.

Battery Park, New York City

A mannequin caught in a world of confusing reflection on 86th street and Third Avenue in New York City.

Suspect with multiple bags takes off running at Bethesda Terrace in Central Park

On the Williamsburg Bridge

Gallery 1

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Cornelis Verwaal’s websites:

On wordpress: http://cverwaal.wordpress.com/

Artist website: http://cornelisverwaal.photoshelter.com/

On Fineartamerica: http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/cornelis-verwaal.html