This is a shot that I’ve wanted to take for years. I know its something of a cliche, but I just couldn’t stand in that spot and not take a photograph; I felt that way a lot when I was in New York. There was something about the place that made me feel alive and gave me a sense of vitality – it inspired me just to look around and take it all in.

New York is so somehow familiar even to the first-time visitor, if only because of it’s prominence in popular culture. Many times I stood somewhere and imagined all the times I’d seen it in movies, television shows, and magazines, but of course in person it was different. When I stood in Times Square, the atrium of the Guggenheim, Rockefeller Center, I could feel the life of the city pulsing around me, and that is something that nothing can adequately recreate. Needless to say, I can’t wait to go back.

Stay tuned, more NYC photos and stories coming soon!

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