Street
Pictures Among People
Two print stalls in New York, six years apart. In both, the people minding and browsing the pictures end up in another one.
Among Other Pictures
A print seller crouches at his stall. His shirt carries the same oranges and browns as the prints clipped to the rail around him.
Pictures Take the Air
Two people at an outdoor print stall in autumn. Several of the prints are New York scenes.
Before the Foot Returns
A runner mid-stride on the reservoir path. Behind the railing, the twin-towered buildings of Central Park West.
Room for a Small Life
Four New York scenes where the people are small: a crowd on the plaza around the Vessel, children with a selfie stick, a guitarist at Bethesda Terrace, two children watching the carriages.
Stairs Above the Crowd
The Vessel at Hudson Yards. On the plaza around it, people sit on the paving, pose, and photograph each other.
Making Room in the Picture
Children in knit hats crowd a ledge. One boy holds up a selfie stick.
A Place for a Song
A guitarist in a scarf and knit hat plays beside a column at Bethesda Terrace. Fallen leaves on the ground, a thermos at his feet.
Two Small Witnesses
Two small children in matching white hats and black coats stand at the curb and watch the horse carriages go by.
For as Long as It Lasts
A handstand and a soap bubble in the park, each held for a few seconds.
The Park Keeps Time
A dancer holds a one-handed handstand in the park while people watch and film.
A Brief Architecture
A man pulls a giant soap bubble from a rope frame. A girl in a red raincoat and bike helmet walks toward it with her own wand.
A Small Line of People
Visitors line the balcony inside the Oculus. The white ribs of the building fill the rest of the frame above them.
New York, at a Distance
New York in 2020: masks, plywood over shop windows, near-empty avenues, and a man at his window during lockdown.
The Street Under Plywood
A woman in a mask walks past Williams Sonoma, its windows boarded with plywood. BLM is sprayed across one panel.
Spring Reaches the Windows
A tree in white blossom in front of a brick apartment building with air conditioners in its windows.
Still in Color
Green hair, pink headphones, a mask pulled down to the chin. She talks into her phone as she passes a yellow graffiti letter.
Across the Changed Street
A Citi Bike rider crosses the avenue. The Chrysler Building stands at the far end of the street.
Room to Cross
A man in a mask crosses a wide Midtown avenue at a crosswalk. Hardly any traffic is moving.
The Mail Still Comes
A mail carrier in a mask pushes his cart under a red Bed & Breakfast awning. His reflection keeps pace in the glass door.
A Route Through the Day
A runner in a mask passes the reservoir fence. Beyond the trees, the twin towers of Central Park West.
A Color That Stays
A man in a baroque-print jacket waits under the scaffolding outside Blick Art Materials.
At the Window
An older man looks out of one of four windows on a brick wall. Each window has an air conditioner; one also has an American flag behind the glass.
Where People Look Out
Children crowd the coin telescopes on the observatory terrace. The Hollywood sign sits on the hill behind them.
An Afternoon in Passing
Two facades in Nassau on the same afternoon.
A Step Beneath Forever
A woman in a black hat walks past the steps of Zion Baptist Church. The sign above reads His Love Endures Forever.
At the Building's Edge
People wait in a line along an orange office building in Nassau. A man in a white cap walks the other way.
A Mountain Within Reach
A gorilla stands and stretches against a wall painted with mountains.
On Either Side of Looking
Visitors press up to the glass of the gorilla enclosure. The young gorilla on the other side looks past all of them.
A Hand Across the Story
On a carrier flight deck in San Diego, a figure in a yellow shooter's jersey and helmet reaches toward a small boy.
Hands at Work, Bodies at Rest
San Francisco, 2018: a baker at work behind glass, and visitors at Pier 39 leaning on the rail above the docks.
Morning Made by Hand
A baker shapes loaves behind a shop window, with racks of dough waiting behind him.
An Afternoon at the Rail
At Pier 39, visitors lean over the rail above the floating docks, where gulls and sea lions rest.
Ways of Staying by the Water
Vancouver, 2026. A cruise ship passes in both: once behind a paraglider, once in front of two people who brought their own chairs.
A Shape the Air Can Hold
A paraglider pilot practices on the beach while a cruise ship passes offshore.
Let the Ship Go By
Two people in red folding chairs watch a cruise ship pass under the Lions Gate Bridge.
Faces Above the Workday
The painted concrete silos on Granville Island, with mixer trucks parked below.
The City Already in Pictures
Beijing, 2024: costume and Crocs at a luzhu restaurant, a cat on a roof ridge near the glazed guardians, a painted fan, workers beside giant gold characters.
The Street Joins the Table
Two women in Qing-style costume and flower headdresses sit at a table in a luzhu restaurant. One of them is wearing white Crocs.
One of Them Can Leave
A cat stands on the roof ridge above the Huatian Eryouju restaurant, near the row of glazed guardian figures.
A Face Left Unseen
A woman holds a painted fan up against the sun. In front, a scooter mirror with a doll tied to it.
Working Beneath the Words
Workers in hard hats on the ledge beside the large gold characters of a department store sign.
Beneath the Lit Words
Changsha at night under neon: a panda suit, and a wall of tremella promising collagen.
A Borrowed Shape
Someone in a panda suit on Pozi Street, under neon that spells out Changsha.
Beside the Shopfront
Two women look over a wall of tremella fungus set out in mist. The sign above says: Replenish my collagen.
A Gesture Finds Its Echo
A passerby in a black hood raises a hand under a fashion billboard of a reclining model.
A Pause with Company
Shanghai, 2024: two men and a phone outside Le Labo, and a group waiting on the department store steps while traffic goes by.
Between Two Smiles
Two men with cigars share something on a phone outside Le Labo, a perfumer whose sign reads NYC – Shanghai. OMEGA shows backwards in the glass behind them.
Two Speeds of an Afternoon
Women in black-and-white patterned tops wait on the department store steps; one holds a blue umbrella. A delivery rider blurs past in front.
Along the Same Pavement
Xi'an's Muslim Quarter: steam over the food counter, and a towel seller among the stalls.
The Meal Takes Shape
Steam rises off a food counter in Xi'an's Muslim Quarter. The cook in front talks while he works the counter.
The Towel Seller
An old man unfolds a towel to sell beside the food stalls, under signs for liangpi and roujiamo.
Pictures Among People
03Before the Foot ReturnsRoom for a Small Life
For as Long as It Lasts
10A Small Line of PeopleNew York, at a Distance
20Where People Look OutAn Afternoon in Passing
23A Mountain Within Reach
24On Either Side of Looking
25A Hand Across the StoryHands at Work, Bodies at Rest
Ways of Staying by the Water
30Faces Above the WorkdayThe City Already in Pictures
Beneath the Lit Words
37A Gesture Finds Its EchoA Pause with Company
Along the Same Pavement
