From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (ann-parry.com)
November 17, 2013
When the Nikon D4 class I took with Steve Simon, the Passionate Photographer, finished around dinner time on November 9th, I walked around the block to capture night photos at Bryant Park in Manhattan.
Manhattan, NY, USA. Nov. 9, 2013. Visitors at Bryant Park’ look at colorfully lit shops and large fountain. (© 2013 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)
The Winter Village at Bryant Park has long been a visual and sentimental favorite of mine.
Manhattan, NY, USA. Nov. 9, 2013. Visitors at Bryant Park’ look at colorfully lit shops and large fountain. (© 2013 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)
Elegant crystal chandeliers lit many of the shops.
Manhattan, NY, USA. Nov. 9, 2013. At Bryant Park’s ice skating rink that night, skaters cast pink and green shadows on the ice. (© 2013 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)
Ice skating rink lights cast a lovely pink glow.
Manhattan, NY, USA. Nov. 9, 2013. The ice skating rink lights at Bryant Park cast a lovely pink glow. (© 2013 Ann Parry/Ann-Parry.com)
I’ll never forget that night, even if I hadn’t captured hundreds of photos, during my hours at Bryant Park.
For – though I didn’t know it until after I had a late dinner and was back home – about 90 minutes after I left the park, a shooter sprayed bullets in the rink and shot two people. On what started as a fun, festive night had turned into a tragic one.
UPDATE MID-2017: On Jan. 25, 2017, a man was convicted of shooting two people at the Bryant Park ice skating rink late Saturday night, Nov. 9, 2013, when he was 16: After trying to take 20-year-old Javier Contreras’s coat, the teen shot him several times; a stray bullet hit bystander, Adonis Mera, 14, who was paralyzed from the waist down.
FEATURE PHOTO at top of post: Manhattan, New York, U.S. Nov. 9, 2013. At Bryant Park’s ice skating rink at night, the colorful rink is filled with people skating, many with friends.
Bryant Park Ice Skating: my PHOTO GALLERY
Steve Simon’s site: The Passionate Photographer