Mixology by photosynthesis
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My wife's brother, who has been a bartender at the Peter McManus Cafe in NYC for many years, in action. The Peter McManus Cafe is one of the oldest family-owned & operated bars in NYC, having opened in 1936 (a few years after Prohibition ended). It has the look & feel of a classic bar of that era & quite a few movies & TV series have filmed there, including Highlander, Radio Days, Keeping the Faith, Seinfeld, Law & Order and Saturday Night Live...
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Comments (7)
blinkings
I lived in NYC for a time, and I had a drink here ONCE whilst visiting Chelsea. I would highly recommend it from the one time I went!!!!!!!!
durleybeachbum
A great portrait!
Faemike55
Fabulous shot looks like a great place to visit
auntietk
Just look at all that glass! All those pretty liquids! The light! Man. This is outstanding. I love it! And as long as he's pouring, I'll cheat a little and have a Glenfiddich 15 on the rocks, if you don't mind. :)
MrsRatbag
What a fantastic action shot! the light, the colours, the details...well done you! And I'm with Tara, I'll have a little something something too... :)
anahata.c
Zooming brings out so much. First, I've talked to some big bar bartenders (big in reputation and devoted fans) and I know that bartending has transformed in recent years. So many mixes, so much personal creativity, a whole new world. And bartenders make their own unique signatures. Your shot has not only antiqued this scene a bit (fitting for the subject, since drinks have a very old history), but you've 'grained' and given it shimmer. It has texture and light inside. The cabinet below has a deep yellow-green glow, like there's something fissile down there. (Well, alcohol can be seen as 'fissile', I guess. Native Americans did call it "fire water".) It's like a big atomic chest under the cash register. And man, that's a whale of a cash register! Don't let your brother in law get rid of that thing! Lovely work on the upper cabinetry and wall moldings, and even in the car window outside. I like the dissolving light in back too, and I assume that his pose would be archetypal for anyone who mixes drinks. I no longer drink and never drank heavily; but I appreciate the depth of history behind it; the endless discovery of a new-old drink; and how vast the possibilities are for mixing...The shot feels cloistered and intimate, and you've treated it to make it glow. Fine work Claude.
danapommet
Do zoom to check out the antique cash register!