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After delays and long lines at the airport, I was glad to finally have boarded the last flight of my month-long summer trip and could not wait to get this flight over with. As I opened the window shade, Mother Nature forced me to take my words back.
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Walking through Brooklyn, I saw the same shot as seen in Once Upon A Time In America, and to my surprise, the Empire State Building lined up perfectly with the bridge. One of NYC’s best hidden gems.
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Dan O’Brien’s Timberland boots resting against a tree in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park after a long day at work in Williamsburg.
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I have always wanted to capture the New York skyline but was never able to. This time I went early to the Brooklyn Bridge Park and sat down in the hopes of getting that shot. As you can see, I was lucky enough to get this beautiful shot of this awesome city.
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While this is a picture thousands of people had taken, I was working just on the Brooklyn side of the Brooklyn Bridge and so I took my camera and tripod with me and took this image.
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I was wandering around Brooklyn’s riverside at dusk when I stumbled upon East River State Park and a closed off pier. I was able to rig up this long exposure poking my lens through the fence. It was a hot summer evening and the park was bustling so shooting this deserted pier really felt like a luxury!
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This is one of the best places to view the sunset in New York City. Over on the Brooklyn side in Dumbo is this cove that offers views of the Brooklyn Bridge, Jane’s Carousel and the Manhattan Skyline.
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Got so many reactions on my latest post about why I’m leaving IG to focus on Unsplash that I got motivated to share this one with a bit of advance on my schedule. https://medium.com/@jpvalery/3-reasons-why-im-leaving-instagram-and-focusing-on-unsplash-4faa1fe7f697 It’s a 100MP panorama of NYC. Enjoy! Jp Valery is one of the best photographers in Montréal, QC. He’s a self-taught photographer passionate by his craft. He’s available for hire - no projects are too big or too small - and can be contacted at contact@jpvalery.photo.
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I was in New York for a friends birthday and as we walked along the water next to Jane’s Carousel, I saw these two girls sitting here eating ice cream and chatting and it felt very classic.
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Set my tripod on the edge of the river and waited for the sun to go down. The lights of the city really make the skyline sparkle at night.
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When the sun started to go down there was a big cloud blocking the show. I turned around and started walking up this bridge. I was trying to get a picture of some ivy against a wall when I made it 3/4 the way up that bridge. I turned around and saw the sky open up and turn a golden purplish color. This was one of the coolest sunsets I’ve ever seen.
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This shot was taken on my first trip to NYC late last summer. Brooklyn was near the top of my list of places to check out while I was there. I loved the architecture in this area, it seemed that every corner you turned was filled with another picturesque city street (but maybe that was just the awe of experiencing NYC for the first time hitting me full force). We walked around for hours, exploring as many shops and streets and alleyways as we could before the light started to fade. We hung out in Empire Fulton Ferry Park watching the lights of the financial district slowly come on.
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I was looking for a famous pizza shop and had just crossed the Brooklyn Bridge on foot. When I got off the bridge this was the first thing I saw.
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Traveling from Central America, the first impression of the big apple was two things gather in this pictures, skyscraper and surveillance, it was great to be in NYC, but I couldn’t ignored how this two things can make the first impression.
Experienced by Enrique Alarcon
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Was lucky enough to visit New York a few weeks back. I had in my head I wanted to take one of those iconic photos of people crossing the street in New York.
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This photo was taken from a helicopter while I was researching the geography of New York City for a Monte Verde Media client, Metropolis Moving.
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I took this juste before getting on the bus back to Boston, after an entire day walking the streets of Manhattan on my own and shooting. Surely one of the best days of my life!
Experienced by Adrien Casanova
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In 2014, I took a trip to New York for the cliche and touristy site seeing ventures. On a foggy day, we went to the Statue of Liberty. Trying to create various angles, I stood just a bit off to the side and tilted my camera upwards. After a handful of shots, and shifting the camera’s angel, I saw an airplane in the top left corner of the frame. It appeared and disappeared within the clouds. So, in hopes that I could perhaps capture it near the statue, I took a bunch of photos. Then, this happened. Yes, it’s not perfectly centered between the crown, but still // a new angle on the same statue.
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One of the coldest days I have ever experienced. Sunny, below freezing and the wind must have been blowing 50 mph through lower Manhattan. As we exited the 9/11 Memorial, I had to capture this image of the Freedom Tower, frozen in time.
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I was walking down the streets of Tribeca outside of my WeWork office and was fascinated by the symmetry and beauty of Greenwich Avenue. The World Trade Center looked phenomenal.
