NYC art
grrlscientist | February 24, 2008tags: damselfly, odonota, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
I think this is a Damselfly (but which species?)
as portrayed in tiles on the stairway up to the ground level of the NYC subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008.. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
grrlscientist | February 23, 2008tags: Berlin Archaeopteryx cast, birds, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
A cast of the Berlin Archeopteryx specimen (including moronic graffiti)
as portrayed in bronze on the walls of the NYC downtown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
I took a brief break from the AMNH tile artworks to show you this bronze cast on the downtown platform. I have repeatedly photographed this and the other bronze casts that are there, hoping that I can get some decent images to share with you. Unfortunately, this…
grrlscientist | February 22, 2008tags: amphibian, frog, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Red-eyed tree frog and either Ichthyostega or Acanthostega shadowing it
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
grrlscientist | February 2, 2008tags: reptiles, monitor lizard, komodo dragon, Varanus komodoensis, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
I think this is the world's largest monitor lizard,
the Komodo Dragon, Varanus komodoensis.
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
grrlscientist | January 31, 2008tags: ladybugs, ladybirds, Coleoptera, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Ladybugs, Coleoptera species.
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.