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Local Amongst the Yokels

I’ve often said that what separates New Yorkers from the tourists is their alarming ability to remain unimpressed by absolutely everything. In the midst of all the amazing goings-on of The City, they dismiss everything as old-hat.

Here, surrounded by tourists snapping pictures and gabbing incessantly, a local finds solace against a flag pole. I can only imagine that in his mind, he’s secretly cursing Christo and Jeanne-Claude for bringing such a swarm of shutterbugs to interrupt him on his Saturday morning stroll.

Security

The ever-vigilant NYPD makes sure the tourists don’t get out of hand.

The Gates

In February of 2005, when New York City was plagued by bitter cold, dull, dreary weather, and leaden skies, something incredible happened.

Central Park, full of dead-looking brown trees, burst into life in waves of bright construction-site orange as one of the largest installation art pieces hit the city.

The Gates, brainchild of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, drew as much criticism as it did acclamation. A slight wind ruffled the curtains of The Gates and parted the clouds just enough for some welcome sunshine and brilliant blue skies to burst through.

I headed out with my roommates and my camera to shoot the tourists as much as the exhibition. I was puzzled to find this baby carriage left abandoned, with a skateboard neatly tucked in under a blanket.

Luke in Central Park

My NYC roommate Luke Field captures a twilight frisbee game, oblivious that he’s the subject of another cameraman.

Catacombs

Under the Basilica of St. Sebastian lies one of the sixty catacombs around Rome. Though the site was a Necropolis in the two centuries before, Christians buried their dead in these underground tunnels for the first few centuries AD.

This was one of the fragments on display above ground.

Kissing Angels

Every winter, these two little figurines come out from storage. This is one of the first photos taken with my camera (I’m up to about 5,000 now)