HOBOKEN, NJ – OCTOBER 19: The Hunter’s Moon rises at a size of 99.6 percent behind the EdgeNYC outdoor observation deck at Hudson Yards in New York City on Octoas seen from Hoboken, New Jersey. JERSEY CITY, NJ – MARCH 23: One World Trade Center casts a large shadow in fog passing through lower Manhattan as the sun rises in New York City on Maas seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 26:The Oculus transit hub at One World Trade Center is lit in rainbow colors marking Pride Weekend on Jin New York City. NEW YORK, NY – FEBRUARY 7: People walk across Madison Avenue during a snowstorm on Februin New York City.
NEW YORK, NY – FEBRUARY 1: A person walks across the Brooklyn Bridge during a snowstorm on Februin New York City.
JERSEY CITY SKYLINE WINDOWS
NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 6: People walk through Grand Central Terminal as the sun rises through its east facade windows on Novemin New York City. WEEHAWKEN, NJ – AUGUST 19: The setting sun reflects off the windows of the Spiral and skyline of midtown Manhattan in New York City on Augas seen from Weehawken, New Jersey. JERSEY CITY, NJ – NOVEMBER 11: The Empire State Building and One Vanderbilt are lit in red, white and blue behind the Statue of Liberty as they mark Veterans Day in New York City on Novemas seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. KEARNY, NJ – NOVEMBER 7: The sun rises behind the Empire State Building and Hudson Yards in New York City as a ground fog passes through Jersey City, New Jersey on Novemas seen from Kearny, New Jersey. NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 11: People walk through the “Way of Light” that forms inside the Oculus transit hub as the sun passes through the glass roof at 1028am, the time the second tower collapsed during the 9/11 attacks on Septemin New York City. JERSEY CITY, NJ – SEPTEMBER 11: The Tribute in Light and skyline of lower Manhattan are reflected in the top of a 9/11 monument on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in New York City on Septemas seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. “I hope when people look at my pictures, they feel a connection not only to the greatest city in the world, but to every human of this world, and the universe above and beyond,” he said. We asked Gary to share a selection of his images from 2021. He sees storms as opportunities for cloudscapes and lightning strikes.
He is up before dawn to capture the sunrise and in the evening selecting his spot at dusk to photograph the sunset. And I was at the center of it, making pictures to document a city, rising from its own ashes.” “One World Trade Center was under construction the skyline of Manhattan was about to change forever, once more. “It was a summer filled with walking up and down the Hudson River in New Jersey, chasing the light, attempting to show off a New York City that was finally getting back to being itself beautiful and majestic, a city of the world,” Gary remembers. Ten years ago this summer, Gary Hershorn was working as a news photographer documenting the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.