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masayo nishimura
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The Silver Car at the 86th Street Station (part)
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Uptown bound—Artist Statement
I began studying photography in 1993. From the beginning I was attracted to the lights and shadows created by subway architecture, especially the way the roofs of cars and tracks are bathed in light from the street. I always marveled at the effects so produced; they reminded me of Medieval religious paintings. Down in the station, I often felt as if I were inside of a huge fish tank, with blurry passengers and cars floating by in the depths. Illuminated by artificial light, everything looked quiet and detached from this reality. The lighting often created dreamlike shadows, sometimes creating ghostly effects. I was always fascinated with the surreal images created by this everyday environment.
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The Silver Car at the 86th Street Station, 2000
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In April 2000, I visited the 86th Street station with the rented Hasselblad. That was a sunny Sunday morning and I felt the lighting through the street level looked perfect. I set up my tripod in the platform and started pressing the cable release. I continued to do so for about thirty minutes until a policeman interrupted me.
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The Silver Car at the 79th Street Station II, 2000
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I was disappointed, but the results of that half hour's work developed quite beautifully, and I felt quite blessed. The images I captured that morning were exhibited in a group show, which opened at the Gallery in Tribeca on September 6th, 2001. On the fifth day into the exhibition, Tuesday September 11th, I woke up late to see that the Twin Towers had disappeared from the skyline. The world I lived in and loved for the past fourteen years had suddenly vanished. The gallery was located just a few blocks away from the WTC. The show had to closed due to circumstances.
For the last five years, my subway photos were in my closet. Recently, I took a second look at those archived photos. The neatly printed and framed pictures still look quite fresh and beautiful. I thought I should give them another chance to be seen. So here they are. These works remind me of the innocence of New York City before 9/11, the city I've loved so dearly since I moved here two decades ago.
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The Yellow Car in the Sun, 2000
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Masayo Nishimura is a native of Osaka, Japan. She came to New York in 1986 to study dance. After working a few years as a musical theater dancer, she studied photography at Hunter College with Professor Mark Feldstein. Since then her photographic works have been exhibited in various galleries in New York City. In 1999, she earned her MFA in Computer Art from the School of Visual Arts. At the present time she is employed as a freelance photographer/designer in New York City.
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