This week’s cover, “Sunset Catch,” by Eric Drooker. NewYorkerCovers
chronicling how the bridge had faded over the years, literally as well as figuratively—the bridge’s paint had, because of years of neglect, flaked in patches.) I recently talked to the artist Eric Drooker, who depicted the bridge in his cover for the October 10, 2022, issue, about his love of picturesque views and the time he spent hanging out with fishermen as a child.When I was a kid growing up in lower Manhattan, I was mesmerized by the wild variety of bridges around the city.
Back in the colonial days of New Amsterdam, the treacherous currents and rocks in the area would pull sailors down to their watery graves. I wanted to study it, paint a picture of it. When I got there, I discovered that you can’t walk across it—you can’t even drive across it—it’s simply a railroad bridge. The water around the bridge is still not safe for swimming, but I hear the fishing there is excellent.I used to go fishing a lot when I was a kid.
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