ALDO SESSA
NEWYORK
ALDO SESSA
NEWYORK
ALDO SESSA
PRODUCTION ADVISOR MICHAEL GROHMAN
View of the Upper Bay and Verrazzano Bridge
IF I’D LIVED IN ROMAN TIMES, I’D HAVE LIVED IN ROME. WHERE ELSE ? TODAY AMERICA IS THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND NEW YORK IS ROME ITSELF John Lennon
Liberty Island
Statue of Liberty. Liberty Island.
“I GO TO PARIS, I GO TO LONDON, I GO TO ROME, AND I ALWAYS SAY, THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE NEW YORK. IT’S THE MOST EXCITING CITY IN THE WORLD NOW. THAT’S THE WAY IT IS THAT’S IT” Robert De Niro
Statue of Liberty. Four sides. Coordinates 40°41 21.15 N, 74°2 39.93 W
“MANY OF AMERICA’S AND NEW YORK’S SONS AND DAUGHTERS ARE AROUND THE WORLD FIGHTING FOR THE FREEDOMS HAT THE STATUE OF LIBERTY STANDS FOR”. Michael Bloomberg
Empty Sky Memorial. Liberty Park
“SKYSCRAPER NATIONAL PARK”. Kurt Vonnegut
“NEW YORK IS A DIAMOND ICEBERG FLOATING IN RIVER WATER” Truman Capote
Manhattan at night.
“THE LESSON OF 9/11 IS THAT AMERICA IS TRULY EXCEPTIONAL. WE WITHSTOOD THE WORST ATTACK OF OUR HISTORY, INTENDED BY OUR ENEMIES TO DESTROY US. INSTEAD, IT DREW US CLOSER AND MADE US MORE UNITED. OUR LOVE FOR FREEDOM AND ONE ANOTHER HAS GIVEN US A STRENGTH THAT SURPRISED EVEN OURSELVES”. Rudy Giuliani One World Trade Center by David Childs (2014). Battery Park City
“EVEN THE SMALLEST ACT OF SERVICE, THE SIMPLEST ACT OF KINDNESS, IS A WAY TO HONOR THOSE WE LOST, A WAY TO RECLAIM THAT SPIRIT OF UNITY THAT FOLLOWED 9/11.” President Obama
The Oculus by Santiago Calatrava
The Oculus and One World Trade Center.
“...YOU MUST SEE WHY I LOVE NEW YORK, BECAUSE THE WHOLE WORLD’S IN NEW YORK...” Oriana Fallaci
Wall Street Buildings
View of the Brooklyn Bridge
“UP ON THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE A MAN IS STANDING IN AGONY, WAITING TO JUMP, OR WAITING TO WRITE A POEM, OR WAITING FOR THE BLOOD TO LEAVE HIS VESSELS BECAUSE IF HE ADVANCES ANOTHER FOOT THE PAIN OF HIS LOVE WILL KILL HIM”. Henry Miller
Brooklyn Bridge
Jane’s Carousel. Brooklyn Bridge Park
“I CARRY THE PLACE AROUND THE WORLD IN MY HEART BUT SOMETIMES I TRY TO SHAKE IT OFF IN MY DREAMS”. F.Scott Fitz Gerald
Soldier’s and Sailors Arch. Grand Army Plaza. Brooklyn
Parachute Jump / Wonder Wheel. Coney Island. Brooklyn
“BROOKLYN, IT’S A GREAT TOWN, A GREAT CITY. IT’S NEW YORK”. Patrick Ewing
Pier 17. East River Esplanade
North view of Manhattan
“GIVE ME THAT SUCH SHOW - GIVE ME THE STREET OF MANHATTAN”. Walt Whitman Reflection. Soho
Arc de Triomphe. Washington Square Park
Mohandas Gandhi’s Monument by Kantilal B. Patel (1986). Union Square Park
IAC Building. Chelsea
Whitney Museum of American Art. Chelsea
Piers view. Chelsea
The Vessel. Hudson yards
“THE GLAMOUR OF IT ALL ! NEW YORK ! AMERICA! ” Charles Chaplin
Fifth Avenue Building Clock in Flatiron District
Flatiron building reflection
Flatiron building
“AN ACTOR IS A SCULPTOR WHO CARVES IN SNOW”. Edwin Booth
Gramercy Park
“THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING IS THE CLOSEST THING TO HEAVEN IN THIS CITY”. Deborah Kerr
Reflection in a window. Avenue of The Americas
“IF LONDON IS A WATERCOLOR, NEW YORK IS AN OIL PAINTING” Peter Shaffer Empire State Building
The Empire State Building
“ONE CAN’T PAINT NEW YORK AS IT IS, BUT RATHER AS IT IS FELT”. Georgia O’keefe
Fifth Avenue
“I DO NOT DOCUMENT ANYTHING, I GIVE AN INTERPRETATION ” Andre Kertesz André Kertész at ICP. Avenue of The Americas
“LOVE. FALL IN LOVE AND STAY IN LOVE. WRITE ONLY WHAT YOU LOVE, AND LOVE WHAT YOU WRITE. THE KEY WORD IS LOVE. YOU HAVE TO GET UP IN THE MORNING AND WRITE SOMETHING YOU LOVE, SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR.” Ray Bradbury Public Library. Bryant Park side
“Patience” Lion. Public Library. Bryant Park side
The Rose Main Reading Room. Public Library
Chrysler Building
“NEW YORK IS THE ONLY REAL CITY-CITY”. Truman Capote
Lobby Elevators .Chrysler Building. Lexington 405
Chrome“Eagle” Gargoiles. Chrysler Building
Chrysler Building
Metal cast rats. Central Station
Chandelier. Grand Central Station
“Reflection”, mural by Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada . Kempner PL.
“AS ONLY NEW YORKERS KNOW, IF YOU CAN GET THROUGH THE TWILIGHT, YOU’LL LIVE THROUGH THE NIGHT” Dorothy Parker
“THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THERE IS AN UNSEEN WORLD. THE PROBLEM IS, HOW FAR IS IT FROM MIDTOWN AND HOW LATE IS IT OPEN” Woody Allen
Crown. General Electric Building, Gothic Decó Style. Lexington Avenue
“DARKNESS IS ABSENCE OF LIGHT. SHADOW IS DIMINUTION OF LIGHT” Leonardo Da Vinci
“Spirit of Achievment” by Nina Saemondsson and crystal glasses. Waldorf Astoria Hotel Building.
Limousine. Park Avenue at 50th. St
Cathedral of Saint Patrick. 5th Ave
Rockefeller Center Buildi
“Wisdom” by Lee Lawrie. Rockefeller Center
“American Progress”Mural by José María Sert. Lobby. Rockefeller Center
...”PROMETHEUS, TEACHER IN EVERY ART, BROUGHT THE FIRE THAT HATH PROVED TO MORTALS A MEANS TO MIGHTY ENDS”... . Aeschylus
The Rink. Rockefeller Center
“IF YOU LIVE IN NEW YORK, EVEN IF YOU’RE CATHOLIC, YOU’RE JEWISH”. Lennie Bruce Two Worlds. Bilboard at 5th Ave.
Ornamental “Pineapples”, 24th floor. Chrysler Building
Easter Parade. Fifth Avenue
5th Ave.
Mannequins. Fifth Ave.
“THE ESSENCE OF STYLE IS A SIMPLE WAY OF SAYING SOMETHING COMPLEX”. Giorgio Armani Stairs at Armani Fifth Ave, designed by Massimiliano & Doriana Fuksas
Mannequins Shop. Midtown
Radio City Music Hall
“IN NEW YORK’S TIMES SQUARE A WHITE-CLAD GIRL CLUTCHES HER PURSE AND SKIRT AS UNINHIBITED SAILOR PLANTS HIS LIPS SQUARELY ON HERS” Alfred Elsenstaedt
Times Square
Video Proyection. MOMA
“Pink Phanter” by Jeff Koons. MOMA
Communication Series by Cang Xin. MOMA
“Water Lilies” by Claude Monet. MOMA
Apple Store. Fifth Ave.
“...IT WAS IN THEIR FRIENDSHIP THEY JUST WANTED TO RUN FOREVER, SHADOW AND SHADOW...”. Ray Bradbury Shadows. Madison Ave.
“NEW YORK WAS A CITY WHERE YOU COULD BE FROZEN TO DEATH IN THE MIDST OF A BUSY STREET AND NOBODY WOULD NOTICE”. Bob Dylan
Homeless. Snowstorm. 34th St.
“THE CITY SEEM FROM THE QUEENSBORO BRIDGE IS ALWAYS THE CITY SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME, IN ITS FIRST WILD PROMISE OF ALL THE MYSTERY AND BEAUTY IN THE WORLD” F. Scott Fitzgerald
Empire State and Chrysler building from Queensboro bridge
Smallpox Memorial Hospital. Roosevelt Island
Queensboro Bridge
Pier.Long Island. Queens
Ferry. Long Island. Queens
Corona Park. Flushing Meadows. Queens
Reflection.General Motors Building. 5th Ave.
General William Tecumseh Sherman. Grand Army Plaza. Fifth Avenue.
Central Park
“YOU’RE NEVER ALONE IN NEW YORK, THE CITY IS YOUR DATE”. Sara Jessica Parker Lonely woman.Central Park
View of Central Park
Photographer at The Mall and Literary Walk. Central Park
Central Park
Christopher Columbus
Polar bear “Gus”. Centrak Park Zoo
Sculpture, “The Falconer”. Central Park
Wollman Rink. Central Park
Bethesda Fountain. Central Park
Greywacke Arch. Central Park
EVERY MOMENT OF LIGHT AND DARK IS A MIRACLE” Walt Whitman
Cleopatra’s Needle. Central Park / San Remo Building
Mammoth. American Museum of Natioinal History
Van Gogh. Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat. (1887). The Met
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Hall. The Met
“EVERY BLOCK OF STONE HAS A STATUE INSIDE IT AND IT IS THE TASK OF THE SCULPTOR TO DISCOVER IT” Michelangelo
The Temple of Dendur. MOMA
Copyst of Rembrandt Self-Portrait (1660). The Met
Solomon R.Guggenheim Museum. Fifth Ave.
“THE MOTHER ART IS ARCHITECTURE. WITHOUT AN ARCHITECTURE OF OUR OWN WE HAVE NO SOUL OF OUR OWN CIVILIZATION.” Frank Lloyd Wright
Museum of the City of New York. Fifth Ave.
“I SING LIKE I FEEL” . Ella Fitzgerald
Apollo Teather
Yankee Stadium
TWA Flight Center