RECENT WORK - James Pryor Artist

click play button... "The Sound of Silence"

"Finding Your Pulse - The Human Transit"

. . . The 42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue station- Recent Showcase- "Life beneath the Ruins"

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The Sound of Silence...

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
No one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

"Fools" said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming

And the sign said, "The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sounds of silence"

song by, Simon & Garfunkel

42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue is an express station on the IND Sixth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at the intersection of 5th Avenue, 6th Avenue and 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan. It is served by the B, D, F and M trains and by the <F> train during rush hour in the peak direction. Above the station are Bryant Park and the New York Public Library.

The street is known for its theaters, especially near the intersection with Broadway at Times Square, and as such is also the name of the region of the theater district (and, at times, the red-light district) near that intersection.

"Life beneath the Ruins" is a deep dive into the belly of the beast. The photographic tones with grey scale undertones bring visual clarity coupled with textural nuance allowing the adjacent fabric of humanity to breath and flourish given the florescence of recycled air. This is a very real personal collaboration, it comes with a price; fill your pockets with tokens, the ride is worth it!

Ray Bradbury said it best..."I like to watch people. Sometimes I ride the subway all day and look at them and listen to them. I just want to figure out who they are and what they want and where they're going."

"When you photograph a face, you photograph the soul behind it"

... Jean-Luc Godard