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September 28, 2005
Photographer: Barry Winiker
My specialty for many years has been the photography of cruise ships and ocean liners. In 1980 I gained access to a ship and found a totally different world of style, design and function than any I had previously known. I'm still attracted to the subject: compelling me then, and now, was the urge to document significant design details and the drama and gracefulness of shipboard structures. Using a variety of camera formats and films, I captured two ships mirroring each other in port; ships lights dancing on the sea; basketball players holding court with the sea and sky; and passengers gazing at glacial mountains and Caribbean seas. These views from the deck are documentary as well as interpretive. They are concerned as much with architecture as they are with weather conditions and play of light and shadow.
My work has been collected and shown at various institutions including The Museum of the City of New York, the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the New-York Historical Society; and published in American Heritage, The New York Times, The Washington Post and Travel-Holiday. The wealth of shipboard visual information is enormous. For me, it is a subject that challenges, excites and offers limitless possibilities.
See all of Barry’s images with Index Stock Imagery here.
Posted by Jason at September 28, 2005 07:55 PM
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