subway art
grrlscientist | January 21, 2008tags: hummingbird, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Hummingbird in flight,
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 20, 2008tags: red kangaroo, Macropus rufus, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Mother and child of the Red Kangaroo Macropus rufus,
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 19, 2008tags: whale tail, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Tail of an unknown (to me) species of whale,
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 18, 2008tags: Kinkajou, Honey Bear, Potos flavus, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Kinkajou (Honey Bear), Potos flavus,
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 17, 2008tags: bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
American Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, in flight,
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 16, 2008tags: bat, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Unknown species (to me) of Bat at rest,
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 15, 2008tags: bat, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Unknown species (to me) of Bat in flight,
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 14, 2008tags: warthog, Phacochoerus aethiopicus, African elephant, Loxodonta africana, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Warthog, Phacochoerus aethiopicus (left), and African elephant, Loxodonta africana (right),
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 12, 2008tags: subway art, reptile, AMNH, American Musuem of Natural History, NYCLife, NYC
A tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus (left), and
panther chameleon, Furcifer pardalis (right),
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 11, 2008tags: subway art, basilisk, AMNH, American Musuem of Natural History, NYCLife, NYC
A common basilisk, Basiliscus basiliscus, with the shadow
of Velociraptor spp. in the background,
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 9, 2008tags: subway art, dusky lory, Pseudeos fuscata, AMNH, American Musuem of Natural History, NYCLife, NYC
A pair of dusky lories, Pseudeos fuscata,
as portrayed in tiles just above the handrail on the walls of the
at the northernmost stairway to the NYC uptown subway stop
(A-B-C) at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [wallpaper size].
This is one of the species of parrot that I bred up until a few years ago. This species was also included in my postdoc research into the evolution of parrots of the islands of the South Pacific Ocean. Dusky lories…
grrlscientist | January 7, 2008tags: subway art, laughing gull, AMNH, American Musuem of Natural History, NYCLife, NYC
A laughing gull, Larus atricilla,
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 6, 2008tags: subway art, California quail, AMNH, American Musuem of Natural History, NYCLife, NYC
A whooping crane, Grus americana, standing in
front of the shadow of a Dodo, Raphus cucullatues,
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 5, 2008tags: subway art, California quail, AMNH, American Musuem of Natural History, NYCLife, NYC
A California quail, Callipepla californica,
with the shadow of a pigeon (passenger pigeon?) behind 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 | January 4, 2008tags: subway art, woodpecker, AMNH, American Musuem of Natural History, NYCLife, NYC
A pileated woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus, 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 2007 [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
grrlscientist | January 1, 2008tags: subway art, coelacanth, AMNH, American Musuem of Natural History, NYCLife, NYC
Latimeria species, the legendary coelacanth, a living fossil,
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 2007 [wallpaper size].
This is my favorite of all the tile art pieces that can be seen at the AMNH stop on the uptown A-B-C subway lines.
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.