View looking Straight up of the Toronto City Hall
Toronto City Hall
The curved buildings of Toronto's City Hall create a beautiful negative space when looking Straight Up. Designed by Finnish architect Viljo Revell and completed in 1965.
Smoke Stack in Burns, Oregon
Malheur
Malheur is a French word meaning misfortune, bad luck, or tragedy. Fittingly, it rhymes with manure. Since 1978, I’ve traveled nearly every year to Malheur National Wildlife Refuge to go…
La Grande Arche
The sky peeks through a canopy beneath La Grande Arche in Paris France. No matter how I look at this image, I always get the sense of a butterfly.
Antony Gormley sculpture on the Astrup Fearnley Museum in Oslo, Norway photographed Straight Up by Cameron R Neilson
Antony Gormley at Astrup Fearnley Museum in Oslo
I’m not sure if it’s because people have such strong reactions to the human figure, or if it’s the juxtaposition of disparate elements that creates a variety of narratives, but…
Barcelona Tower by Santiago Calatrava
I took a taxi cab before sunrise to the area where this tower is located, unsure of how close I could actually get. Surprisingly, you can actually walk right up…
630 Fifth Avenue
After getting in trouble for making photographs within the Rockefeller Center Plaza, I walked around to 630 Fifth Avenue and made this image which includes St Patricks Cathedral. Apparently tripods are…
Holmenkollen Ski Jump
The Holmenkollen Ski Jump is a beautiful piece of architecture in Oslo and being a skier myself, I had to make a visit. This image shows the highest point of…
Europe Straight Up – Solo show at Dacia Gallery
Solo gallery show at Dacia Gallery in New York City: April 18th through May 10th.
Taxat sculpture by Woody Van Amen. Photographed Straight Up in Rotterdam, The Netherlands by Cameron R Neilson
Woody van Amen in Rotterdam
I had an exclusive invitation from The Contemporaries to visit the reopening of the Toshiko Mori designed, 22,000 square foot, Sean Kelly Gallery last night to sip in the work…
Tattered building across from a clean facade in Hungary, Budapest. Photographed Straight Up by Cameron R Neilson
Budapest DeepZoom
The other day I was asked if I could post images larger than the 600x800 pixels that are currently displayed. Wouldn't it be nice to see more detail in the image? The quick answer is yes, but the long answer is yes and no. I'll post more on this topic over the next few days. In the mean time. Enjoy this re-posted image from Budapest. Go ahead and click the buttons on bottom right of image to play around and drop me a line if you want to seem more image done this way.