Several years ago, The New York Times published a photograph of a lifeguard’s chair on a snow covered beach, encouraging its readers to email their favorite personal photograph of New York City.
I looked at the image thinking it's not the New York I know and wondered; where were the iconic images normally associated as being New York? That was my aha moment and I decided I wanted to explore the place I’ve called home since 1971.
In 2010, I began exploring the outer most edges of each of the five boroughs that comprise New York City; Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island and The Bronx, photographing people and places along the city's 522 miles of shoreline. Some images are the Non-New York image, that could be anywhere USA, while others could only be NYC.
This will always be a work in progress because the city is always evolving and so I'll continue shooting along "The Water's Edge".
Brooklyn Bridge (Leaving Manhattan)
Brooklyn (Lower Manhattan)
Brooklyn (Lower Manhattan Clouds Exploding)
Brooklyn (Dawn in Dumbo)
Brooklyn (Verrazano Bridge Sunset)
Staten Island (Fresh Kills)
Staten Island (Midland Beach Sunrise)
Staten Island (Fresh Kills Sun Rising Two)
Staten Island (Fresh Kills Sun Rising Three)
Brooklyn (Grave’s End Bay)
Brooklyn (Grave’s End Bay Prayer One)
Brooklyn (Graves End Bay Group Prayers)
Brooklyn (Seagate Cloud Explosion)
Brooklyn (Dawn at Coney Island)
Brooklyn (Coney Island Comedy)
Brooklyn (Coney Island Photographer)
Brooklyn (Coney Island's Little Mermaid)
Brooklyn (Coney Island’s Other Mermaid)
Brooklyn (Coney Island Pier)
Brooklyn (Coney Island _Underneath Pier)
Brooklyn (Coney Island Pier at Night)
Brooklyn (Manhattan Beach Morning)
Brooklyn (Gerritsen Beach Wreck)
Queens (Howard Beach)
Queens (Howard Beach at Dawn)
Queens (Jamaica Bay)
Queens (Broad Channel)
Queens (Fishing in Far Rockaway)
Queens (Far Rockaway Dip)
Queens (Far Rockaway Holding Hands)
Queens (Cross Island Expressway)
Queens (Little Neck Bay Sunrise)
The Bronx (Clasen Point Park)
The Bronx (Silver Beach Dusk One)
The Bronx (SilverBeach Dusk Two)
The Bronx (Dawn at East Chester Bay)
The Bronx (Dawn at Edge Water Park)
Manhattan (102nd St. Bridge to Randall’s Island)
Randall’s Island (Triborough Bridge to Queens)
Manhattan (Randall’s Island Hellgate Bridge)
Manhattan at Randall’s Island (UES View)
Queens (Hellgate Bridge)
Queens (Dawn at Astoria Park)
Queens (Astoria Park along the East River)
Manhattan (102nd St. Footbridge from Randall)
Manhattan (FDR Drive Looking South)
Manhattan (East River on the Upper East Side)
Manhattan (FDR Drive on the UES)
Queens (Roosevelt Island_Looking at Manhattan)
Queens (Long Island City)
Queens (Long Island City Morning)
Queens (Manhattan East Side)
Queens (Manhattan’s Midtown East Side)
Queens ( Looking at Manhattan East Side)
Newtown Creek (Separating Brooklyn & Queens)
Manhattan (59th Street Bridge to Queens One)
Manhattan (59th St Bridge to Queens Two)
Manhattan (FDR & East River Looking South)
Manhattan (East River & Long Island City in Queens)
Manhattan (Long Island City)
Manhattan (East River & Long Island City, Queens)
Manhattan Midtown (Tudor City Neighborhood)
Manhattan (East River Promenade looking North)
Manhattan (East River Promenade III at 14th St)
Manhattan (Williamsburg Bridge) to Brooklyn
Brooklyn (Seeing Manhattan’s East Side)
“Downtown” Manhattan (East River & South Street Seaport) to Brooklyn
Manhattan (Brooklyn Bridge at Dawn) to Brooklyn
Manhattan (Rush Hour on The Brooklyn Bridge)
Brooklyn (Lower Manhattan Fog)
Brooklyn Pylons (Red Sky Night)