NYC VIGNETTES
Times Square 2020
NYC Vignettes
NYC hands you a front-row seat to everyone else’s life while asking you to stay in your own lane. That tension—between connection and isolation, spectacle and stillness—is what I try to capture through my lens. I focus on the in-between moments. I respect the code. I don’t interrupt. I observe—quietly, reverently, like the city has whispered a secret to me, and I’m sharing it with the world one frame at a time.
vi·gnette: a short description, picture, or piece of acting that expresses very clearly and neatly the typical characteristics of the thing that it represents but would be nice to have
Reframing What We See
If you stayed in New York City through 2020, you can certainly agree that the year unfolded not in months but in chapters—much like a riveting novel you couldn't put down. Except this was real life. For a brief time, New York belonged to us: the New Yorkers. The crisis helped us develop a deeper love of our lives, allowing us to reframe what we see.
I documented these chapters in photographs. From our first steps around our neighborhood to venturing further out on bikes, my family and I cautiously found our way in this new world, exploring our city through a newfound lens, literally and figuratively, as you will see in my coffee table book “Reframing What We See”.
Coney Island/Brighton Beach 2022
Where You End, and They Begin
In society, we are drawing an ever-shifting line in the sand. Our antenna seems to be constantly up, the respect for each other’s personal space is dwindling. Until we come to the public beach, a space where, for a few hours, acceptance feels more unconditional, where we gate-check our desire to be around our people, and where we are more supportive of each other.
Until next time,
