One of the things I liked about shooting in New York twenty years ago was, that the city was full of unrestored buildings. The old details were starting to show abundant wear and tear, but they were still completely authentic. Today, due to the real estate boom of the ’80s & ’90s most everything has been replaced. The new aluminum door from Home Depot or Anderson windows are a good thing as far as saving energy is concerned, but there was something nice about the fact that a hundred year old door had been opened and closed so many times. Old buildings may not have ghosts in them, but that old door may have been held open by a young James Cagney visiting a girl back in 1922 or…

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Photographing NYC for 25 years, six of them while driving a New York City taxi. Trying very hard to capture the city as life unfolds, meaning I never stage any of my photos! Also I am a close confidant of the immortal Dave Beckerman, (quintessential NYC photographer) and owner of the first photography blog in the known universe.

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