stone work . .

i listened to a lecture today about faces on the facades of new york city buildings. robert arthur king talked about his photographs that he has compiled into two books: faces in stone, and figures in stone. he spoke on the national arts club website.

i think it would be fun one day, to find the places he's listed in his book. 

there's really no documentation on what the stone cutters were representing. he thinks many of the figures were the owners of the buildings.

after photographing new york, he was invited by friends to cities in europe, where the one above was taken (in madrid).

the author in his office . .