Sunset Park Stills: What you see in Sunset Park: Mountains in the Sky

Monday, November 30, 2009

What you see in Sunset Park: Mountains in the Sky

Mountains in the Sky, originally uploaded by Vicariously_Me.

Is an excellent example of the skies in this area of Brooklyn. Because Sunset Park is on the highest point in Brooklyn, the views are so dramatic from all directions.

Vicariously_Me shot this image back in May and says "I was walking home from getting a haircut and I looked up to see these puffy clouds. They looked like mountains and hills, and then all of a sudden I picked up speed and ran home to grab my camera to take a picture. I probably would have kicked myself for not taking it. But here it is..."

What is Sunset Park Stills?

Sunset Park Stills is a photo blog. Mainly photographs of landmarks or happenings in the area. On occasion, if there is some extra information that I did not know or perhaps not widely known, I'll add it in.

Being a photographer myself, I naturally looked for images of the area in which I reside. Finding very few, I went on a personal photo journey and shot just about everything I saw in Sunset Park.

The neighborhood is harmoniously divided between eastern and western cultures. What I have found is that this part of Brooklyn, is fundamentally the same as any other town in the USA. We've got churches, parks, dancers, hipsters, artists, skaters, writers, and entrepreneurs. All of us working class trying to make our way in the world.

Hopefully, you have enjoyed looking at this micro neighborhood though my (and my neighbor's) eyes. Maybe it's just a place to some, for others like myself, it's a live documentation of Living the American Dream.