Hypergraphia at the Flatiron: the View from the Street

23rd Street, where 5th Avenue and Broadway meet. I knew it would  be a high traffic location; indeed people visit the Flatiron Building in New York City 24 hours a day. But for some reason, I hadn't reckoned on the photography. From giant SLRs to I-phones to videos, the cameras click around the clock, and then the images flow out onto the web.

Hypergraphia in the Flatiron Artspace

5PM on a rainy afternoon.

Photo by Bernard Klevickas

I am loving seeing the installation through everyone's eyes and enjoy daily e-mails and postings that bring new views of Hypergraphia at different times of the day. I mean, I just haven't made it down there at 6AM yet, but how gorgeous the photo is of the windows before dawn!

  6 AM, photo by Richard Kranzler

Cheryl McGinnis puts it well: "The idea of Hypergraphia was conceived by a desire to really make art accessible to everyone in order to facilitate a conversation about art in earnest. To see these photos posted by strangers who were just passing by and unexpectedly came upon the exhibit and are moved to photograph it, is just so gratifying."

Cup details. Photo by Rhoma Mostel

I did try my hand at a little night time photography. Oh dear! I got a few lucky shots, just enough to know that it is not as easy as it looks, even with a tripod. So here is a big shout-out to artists and photographers who have sent images my way. Thank you, and keep them coming!

 Gwyneth drawing in the window
High noon. Photo by Julann  Gebbie

Cups and street reflections.

Photo by Judy Sidonie Tillinger

 2 PM, photo by Susan Baker

 Passersby shooting at night with a cellphone.

Hypergraphia at the Flatiron, 8PM.

Photo: Gwyneth Leech