Scaling Great Heights to Photograph New York City’s Bridges
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Serious photojournalists are known to go to great lengths to take the perfect photo. But few photographers scale the "great heights" that Dave Frieder does while documenting New York City’s bridges in pictures. Frieder, known affectionately as "The Bridge Man," has climbed 15 of New York City’s great bridges, all for the express purpose of immortalizing these man-made wonders in images.
"Dave Frieder is the Ansel Adams of New York City’s bridges," said Bob Singleton, GAHS’s president. "But not only are Dave’s photos stunning, his hair-raising stories about scaling the city’s great bridges are truly amazing."
Frieder’s words and images have appeared in such noted publications as The New York Times, The Dallas Morning News and Shutterbug magazine. Frieder has also been a featured guest on The Learning Channel, New York’s MSG Metroguide and WNBC’s "Today in New York." In one of his most famous segments, he was interviewed by Morry Alter of CBS while atop the Brooklyn Bridge for the CBS Evening News.
