New York 2024

I made a point of visiting New York City after selling one of my Milkboy photographs to a friend who lives and works in the city. I needed to sign the back of the artwork after it had been custom-designed to precise specifications. It was shipped directly from the supplier to my friend. In that sense, my trip to New York was primarily business, not pleasure. Still, I needed a break from full-time caregiving duties for my mom.
The last time I visited New York was in 2019. and I hadn't intended to photograph the city then. This time, however, I came determined to do just that, inspired by the street photographers I'd seen online conquering New York's streets in countless creative ways. Yet, what I discovered was quite different.

Somehow, I didn't find the streets or the crowds all that interesting. Tourists filled the sidewalks, and the city's relentless noise jarred me. Instead, I found my focus shifting upward to the serene geometry of the skyscrapers above-the angled monoliths of steel and glass soaring into the sky. I aimed my camera upwards, framing and carefully composing each shot of the towering structures. And if I didn't crop the exact image I wanted, there was always Lightroom to fine-tune the composition.