Brian Hamill

digital archival pigment print, signed and editioned '4/25' in ink in the margin, framed, 1978, printed later

This photograph is in generally excellent condition. This photograph is framed.
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The enduring image offered here, by the prolific photographer Brian Hamill, was used on the poster for the theatrical release of Woody Allen’s Manhattan (1979).  Of this scene, Hamill has said, ‘We were on East 58th near the end of the street.  It was almost dawn. The 59th Street Bridge loomed large in the background with its existing lights defining it in a majestic, urban way.  Other elements in the foreground included an unlit lamppost, a "prop" bench, a concrete potted tree, and a fence.  After a long "walk and talk" scene, Diane Keaton and Woody end up sitting on the bench with a dachshund named Waffles under it.’