OTBKB is so pleased that Lara Wechsler has agreed to come on board and present a daily post called, Photography by Lara Wechsler.

I have been an admirer of Lara’s work for quite some time. In December she showed her  Coney Island work at 404 Gallery, and I was wowed seeing them in large print form.

Lara has her own blog called Park Slope Street Photography and these images will be culled from there. As I told Lara, this is a self-curated photo show and I want her to do whatever she wants to do with it.

Here is an artist’s statement from Lara’s website:

I consider myself a street photographer; my camera is always on hand and I shoot at anything that strikes my interest in public places. I constantly pay attention to people, composition and lighting.

My love for New York City has always motivated me. The city offers a plethora of visual stimuli and my goal is to capture this visual bounty. I have had a strong commitment to street photography since 1988. I capture reality – by using a wide-angle lens and avoiding postcard compositions. I seek the raw, claustrophobic crowd and congestion of the city, not just with people, but also inanimate objects. I relish people or objects that get in the way of the otherwise "perfect" shot.

Over the years, I have developed a style that combines the finesse of fine art with the grit of street photography. Unusual captures, composition and angles burst through my city scenes.

Currently I am a cooperative member of a small jewel box artist run gallery
440 Gallery in which my photographs along with all the other members’ art work is hangin in the members’ part of the gallery. I am also a member of the Brooklyn Arts Council.