Classic shot under the Manhattan Beach Pier...Classic Pier Pressure.

Under Pier Pressure

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Shot on the West Coast of O'ahu at the Lanikuhonua Cultural Institute in October of 2018. Allowing the palms to cover the entire frame while looking up gave me an abstract yet beautiful view, like Palm Tree fireworks exploding overhead. Using the CineStill 50d film stock reduced the grain and gave a great muted colors to the palms on the overcast sky.

Fireworks

The first episode of my "Manhattan Project" was inspired by my love for New York and my home in Manhattan Beach, CA. I wanted to know what it would feel like to be in both places at the same time. 

While creating this piece, I visualized coming out of the Park Ave Tunnel at E. 40th Street and instead of the MetLife Building, you're met with the warm West Coast light and the Manhattan Beach Pier in California.

After making Episode I, I was inspired to explore both cities and find more opportunities to tell this story.

Manhattan Project: Episode I

Good Morning from the City of Angeles. 

I woke up and saw the sky starting to light up to the east, left the house, headed west to the beach for sunrise. As I made my way down the Boulevard the sky behind me exploded with light, the morning fog held the pastel color. The buses lined up waiting for kids added another element to this amazing "gm" scene. 

Captured on my Leica Camera // December 05, 2019 //  33°53'15" N 118°23'9" W

The second episode of my "Manhattan Project" was inspired by my love for New York and my home in Manhattan Beach, CA. I wanted to know what it would feel like to be in both places at the same time. 

These images from Manhattan, NY and Manhattan Beach, CA were captured on my Leica in 2017.

In the foreground, the Manhattan Beach Pier was shot from a helicopter at 1,000 feet. The Lower Manhattan scene was taken from the Manhattan Bridge at Sunset.

I imagined the mythical NYC Ferry bringing commuters across the East River after a long day of work in Lower Manhattan before finally docking at their quiet refuge in Manhattan Beach, CA.

After making Episodes I & II the inspiration grew to explore both cities and find more opportunities to tell this story.

Manhattan Project: Episode II

The Magic of Montmartre. 

Few places hold mystique around every corner like the streets of Montmartre. This image held for me one of those moments. 

Montmartre allows visitors to walk the same cobblestone streets as Monet, Renoir, Degas, Picasso, and van Gogh. For photographers, it can harken back to the days of Henri Cartier-Bresson roaming in search of the decisive moment with his Leica in hand. 

On this March evening, I was making my way down Place du Tertre towards my favourite Parisian outlook. Classical music playing in the distance caught my ear, I followed the notes around a corner to a scene from a Jean-Luc Godard movie. This street performer balancing in perfect rhythm to Prelude & Fugues. An audience of one, a character dressed the part in his long coat with a bowler hat and a slight smile stands silently captivated by the performance.

I took this in, it was magic, I lowered myself, composed, and waited for that “decisive moment”, a single frame from my Leica capturing this moment in Montmartre. 

 La magie de Montmartre

The Bidders Edition of Montmartre On Film TripTych. 

Utilizing the film scan of all three images with sketches using both Ai and digital sketching to tell the story of this image and the inspiration behind it.

Montmartre On Film, B.E.

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A moment in time, French teenagers spend their afternoon on the end of a small cement jetty with a few beers sharing a pack of cigarettes. They were taking turns jumping into the cool blue water of the Mediterranean. I walked up to them and tried to speak in my very broken first-grade level French, the boys were nice enough to laugh and reply in English.

I hung out with them for a bit and shot a few images of the cruise ships and the iconic stretch of hotels along the shoreline. One of the boys offered me a cigarette and a beer, then proudly told me I really should take a photo of all three of them, I obliged, when they ask to see it, I show them the back of my Leica and explained it was film. A little shocked a little confused...why film? That's a story for another day. 

One of the boys told me he was going to make "the perfect dive" and make sure I capture it. I composed...A single moment captured on my Leica, the light frozen in time on Kodak Film...and now minted on the blockchain.

la plongée parfaite

The lady in orange. While wandering along Boulevard de la Croisette a woman in an orange dress and matching handbag making her way out towards the sea caught my eye. She looked to have stepped out of the 1960s and into 2018. I watched her reach her destination, a small cement jetty where two groups of teenagers were enjoying the sun. There it was a classic Cannes backdrop with cruise ships and blue waters of the French Riviera. I composed the frame...A single moment captured on my Leica, the light frozen in time on Kodak Film...and now minted on the blockchain.

Dame en Orange

Cannes by Pete Halvorsen

The "Manhattan Project" Series was inspired by my love for New York and my home in Manhattan Beach, CA. 

This special holiday edition was created combining The Brooklyn Bridge facing towards Lower Manhattan, with a festive Manhattan Beach Pier ready for the holidays. 

Manhattan Project: The Pierfect Holiday #25/50

Manhattan Project: The Pierfect Holiday #41/50

Manhattan Project: Holiday Edition

first stop in the mfer world tour.

a collection of mfers living their best life in mfer pete halvorsen's images.

mfers in cannes

mfers in cannes, the genesis of the mfers in series by pete halvorsen. 

special thanks to my mfer sartoshi for the cc0 mfers making this possible. 

2.5% from "mfers in" goes directly to the unofficalmfer.eth treasury. 

A moment in time, French teenagers spend their afternoon on the end of a small cement jetty with a few beers sharing a pack of cigarettes. They were taking turns jumping into the cool blue water of the Mediterranean. The revealed subject of my "mfers in cannes" 

This 1/1 original Pete Halvorsen image was an airdrop to a random "mfers in cannes" holder.

A single moment captured on my Leica, the light frozen in time on Kodak Film...and now minted on the blockchain.

mfers in cannes one *revealed*

mfers in - by pete halvorsen

The scene was set on a hot August afternoon in Brooklyn, as the sun beat down on the pavement. A shirtless skater looked up at the Manhattan Bridge looming in the background, its steel structure shining in the bright sunlight. 

He kick-pushed, picking up speed approaching the ledge. The onlookers, some with iPhone in hand, watched in awe as he jumped into the air, spinning his board with precision and grace. The board spins 360 degrees as the one foot guides it and the other kicks out, performing a perfect kick flip. The board lands back on the pavement with a satisfying clack that all skaters know.

The scene is captured on film, freezing this moment in time. The skater's movement, the steel structure of the Manhattan Bridge, the onlookers recording the scene on their iPhone, all are captured in this one frame, creating a unique and powerful image. A scene that would be a nostalgic reminder of a time in the 1970s or 80's, where the film captured the raw and authentic moments of the city. 

Now minted on the blockchain.

Take Flight

An often captured view that changes with the season. This majestic valley has withstood the test of time and outlasted all who have captured her beauty. 

Captured on film, now minted on the blockchain.

Shades of The Valley

Believe In Film

SuperRare

Believe In Film - Montmartre Edition

Sunrise Sessions on The South Side

Some of my favourite moments around the Manhattan Beach Pier over the last 15 years. 

Looking south from the Manhattan Beach Pier

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