Black Water Tower

Stark and striking against the sky — this fine art photograph of a black-painted rooftop water tower is one of the most graphic and arresting images in the New York water tower series. Where most of the city's towers weather to silver-grey or warm cedar tones, a black tower is something else entirely: bold, deliberate, almost confrontational in its darkness against the open sky. The deep, flat black of the painted surface absorbs the light rather than reflecting it, giving the tower a weight and presence that the unpainted towers don't have — it reads as a pure geometric form, a cylinder of darkness, a shape cut out of the sky. New York's rooftop water towers have supplied the city's buildings since the 1880s, and there are estimated to be around 17,000 of them across the five boroughs. This one, painted black, stands apart. A bold, graphic piece that makes a strong statement in any interior. Printed on Fuji Crystal Archive paper with optional acrylic glass or Alu-Dibond mounting for a gallery-quality finish.