Jason Baluyut
@bluejay@ohai.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Stained glass windows and their doubles made of sunlight.

For #FensterFreitag (submitting early, as I’ll be on the road soon). More info in the alt text.
#photography #urbanphotography #streetphotography #windows#WindowFriday #subway #nyc

A row of laminated glass windows stretches across the wall of an elevated subway station and recedes into the distance (converging with a line of fluorescent lights on the ceiling). The colored glass panels feature abstract circular compositions that evoke the sun, moon, and other aspects of the cosmos, all done in different rainbow hues. Sunlight streams through the windows and projects their designs onto the floor in colorful squares of light. This is part of an art installation titled “I AM A RAINBOW TOO,” by the Choctaw-Cherokee artist Jeffrey Gibson, at the Astoria Blvd station in Queens, NY. According to the MTA website, the installation “honors and reflects the evolving and diverse population of people from countless backgrounds and cultures that make up the communities in Astoria, Queens and New York City overall. The artwork focuses on the ROYGBIV colors of the light spectrum, which has long been used by many communities to reflect diversity, inclusivity, and hope. Through this artwork, Gibson embraces and celebrates innumerable cultures by inserting a spectrum of skin tones into the already recognizable rainbow color scheme.”
A row of laminated glass windows stretches across the wall of an elevated subway station and recedes into the distance (converging with a line of fluorescent lights on the ceiling). The colored glass panels feature abstract circular compositions that evoke the sun, moon, and other aspects of the cosmos, all done in different rainbow hues. Sunlight streams through the windows and projects their designs onto the floor in colorful squares of light. This is part of an art installation titled “I AM A RAINBOW TOO,” by the Choctaw-Cherokee artist Jeffrey Gibson, at the Astoria Blvd station in Queens, NY. According to the MTA website, the installation “honors and reflects the evolving and diverse population of people from countless backgrounds and cultures that make up the communities in Astoria, Queens and New York City overall. The artwork focuses on the ROYGBIV colors of the light spectrum, which has long been used by many communities to reflect diversity, inclusivity, and hope. Through this artwork, Gibson embraces and celebrates innumerable cultures by inserting a spectrum of skin tones into the already recognizable rainbow color scheme.”
A row of laminated glass windows stretches across the wall of an elevated subway station and recedes into the distance (converging with a line of fluorescent lights on the ceiling). The colored glass panels feature abstract circular compositions that evoke the sun, moon, and other aspects of the cosmos, all done in different rainbow hues. Sunlight streams through the windows and projects their designs onto the floor in colorful squares of light. This is part of an art installation titled “I AM A RAINBOW TOO,” by the Choctaw-Cherokee artist Jeffrey Gibson, at the Astoria Blvd station in Queens, NY. According to the MTA website, the installation “honors and reflects the evolving and diverse population of people from countless backgrounds and cultures that make up the communities in Astoria, Queens and New York City overall. The artwork focuses on the ROYGBIV colors of the light spectrum, which has long been used by many communities to reflect diversity, inclusivity, and hope. Through this artwork, Gibson embraces and celebrates innumerable cultures by inserting a spectrum of skin tones into the already recognizable rainbow color scheme.”