Ah, New York City. I spent a few days in New York with a great friend of mine. It was quite the time as it always seems to be. There is something about that city to love. New York has so much history and the overall scape and populous to prove it. Buildings go from 100's of years old to built yesterday, and this provides the city with such a wonderful texture. Many abandoned properties sit right next to or under or on top of expensive condos or stores. Everyone is wondering around with some sort of purpose or romance about themselves. Most cities do not have such stacked housing and commerce. In New York every person is sort of thrown into this central soup that does not allow for retreat to a privatized suburban home. Instead one is always running into millions of different kinds of people and cultures. The city seems to symbolize everything that America was set up to be. It is a melting pot of cultural and religious variety, a clear distinction between rich and poor, commerce and soulful trade, music, darkness and bright outlooks. Photographing in such an environment was quite a treat.