A Vincent Mounier Photography Blog

The Great Hudson Escape - Part I, Rise
October 23, 2012
New York, On the road, Photoblogs
In a daring attempt to tear New England and the Canadian Atlantic Provinces off from the bulk of our North American continent, the Hudson River is born in the New York Harbor at the bottom of Long Island and immediately leaves New Jersey behind, slicing her way due north through a self-named valley and into the Adirondack mountains, in a mad dash towards the Champlain Lake and Saint Lawrence River. It will not succeed any time soon. Our continent spent millions of years...
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Midtown Fever
October 15, 2012
New York, Photoblogs, Schtroumpfissime
It doesn't always look like that. At times I know immediately what the goal is and my shutter follows mind and vision. But once in a while, however, I wander aimlessly and if my right index keeps shooting, I can't say that it is upon a direct order from the brain. Waiting for the impossible to happen It's as though I've slipped into a vague parallel universe, one where all sights become blurry, fuzzy at best and uncertain. I can no longer trace my steps back to any ...
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Brooklyn Atlantic Antic 2012
October 10, 2012
New York, Photoblogs
A few Sundays ago, Marie and I ventured into the molasses-thick crowds of the 2012 Atlantic Antic. Living a few blocks away, a walk to the event isn't a very big commitment and we are always attracted by the perspective of interesting food. And often disappointed. La Mancha having closed, an opportunistic French restaurant has taken its place and was also offering grilled sardines, but with less brio, the poor fish being cooked wrong and not very well scaled. We work...
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Putting a Running Barefoot in One's Mouth
October 5, 2012
ICMU, New York, Running
Running was a late discovery. I only embraced it fully in 2005 at age 41. Up until that point, I had managed sporadic endurance attempts in my mid and late thirties, but never went very far, literally. So when jogging eventually turned into a pleasant routine, I settled for a bi-weekly 10 km distance which proved the most rewarding psychologically, fitted a rather busy schedule and would always let me find energy for an extra session if time allowed. I had tried shorter...
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Chinatown Rooftop Graffiti
October 1, 2012
New York, Photoblogs
The western side of the Manhattan Bridge lazily climbs over the East River from the very odorous heart of Chinatown. Much less scenic than a Brooklyn Bridge crossing, a walk over this bridge is plagued by an extraordinarily high noise level. Joining roaring trucks and honking cars, the MTA subway crosses the bridge in open air right next to you, deafeningly loud and making the bridge shake so badly it raises the safe shutter speed for hand-holding pictures a couple of s...
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Failed Expedition to Long Island
September 28, 2012
New York, On the road, Photoblogs
We rented a Zipcar one Sunday, despite my aversion for the company. It was a day after my long run and I was given first choice on our ultimate Long Island destination as a recovery favor. I had never been to Montauk, knew it was the farthest point on Long Island, had read about harbour seals being spotted at times, and decided to go for it. The beautiful Beach at Inlet Pond County Park, North Fork, Long Island We first drove to the North Fork, where we had been before...
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Flying Things
September 26, 2012
Airborne, Fauna, New York
Here is proof that once I had tasted flight, I was to walk the Earth with my eyes turned skywards, as there I had been and there I would long to return. These were taken back in June, in Jamaica Bay, and they all involve flight. I guess I was focused. Osprey nest - Notice the tracking device on the airborne parent Team work - Egrets hunting Emirates A-380 on final approach at JFK Transient Monarch butterfly Another final approach
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New York Scenes
September 23, 2012
New York, Photoblogs
After writing with much pleasure about my recent run, I was left with a sense of dryness. Being so used to have pictures to illustrate my posts, I'd just written a full-blown story without any real images and felt like I had cheated everyone out of expected pixels. Super Post Panamax So I gathered the rather random pictures of three separate New York expeditions and turned them into this post. While these were shot in New Jersey, Red Hook and in Central Park, both from...
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Ten Bridges - A Long Run Around Manhattan - Part 2
September 20, 2012
Cayman Islands, ICMU, New York, Running
[This is Part 2 of 2] Moving along the Hudson, I kept drinking Gatorade as my thirst dictated, dutifully sucking gels every 30 to 45 minutes and stretching very briefly as often as possible. Anybody on a collision course with me would have had a rather stiff surprise. I was moving with the subtlety of a Sherman tank. Running down almost the entire length of the Manhattan island always proves a sobering experience for me. On the one hand, I am going past 1.6 million p...
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Ten Bridges - A Long Run Around Manhattan - Part I
September 18, 2012
ICMU, New York, Running
A few weeks ago, I did a 30K run down the entire length of Manhattan, almost a duplicate of a run I had done last year. It went decently well, if one gauges success by the lack of absolute misery and a fairly quick recovery. So this Saturday, after months of risk versus benefit analysis, I decided to raise the stakes and go for a really long run. Now me, I don't like crowds, so the idea of rushing off an organized event's start line along with 20,000 other friendly runn...
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