While exploring and taking snapshots of the rooftop for references that later would become invaluable during restoration of the original photograph, I turned around and became mesmerized by the vision of the Chrysler Building daringly reaching for the sky while surrounded by the unassuming residential structures.
However, the angle of the image, when viewed from the rooftop did not look quite right, and to capture a better view, I had to climb all the way to the top of the wooden water tower, carefully balancing myself and holding to the ladder for dear life, while trying to keep the camera steady. Fortunately, lessons learned and experience gained working on sail ships, helped me not only to save myself from panicking, falling down, and becoming a poorly executed imitation of an early work by Jackson Pollock on the sidewalk of New York, but to perfectly frame the camera’s lens and to capture the vision of the Chrysler Building, and it’s surrounding.
