Fifty Favorites, Number Thirty-One

8 January '11 -- I was driving without a passenger in the cab on a side street in the Upper East Side when I noticed in my peripheral vision these two girls sitting behind a translucent window in a restaurant. The basic skill in street photography is simply the ability to recognize a shot when it shows up.  What you're supposed to do is immediately pull out your camera and shoot.  However, in this instance I was in moving traffic on a narrow street with cars right behind me, so I couldn't stop nor could I pull over.  So what I did was I flipped on my "off-duty" light and drove around the block, hoping they'd still be there.  They were, and I got the shot.

Upper East Side

Greenwich Village

Upper East Side

West Side

West Side

Midtown

Le Cirque, Midtown

Midtown

West Side

Gramercy

Easter Brunch, Hell's Kitchen

Midtown

Hell's Kitchen

Upper East Side

Hell's Kitchen

Greenpoint, Brooklyn

It was once a movie theater.

Kitchen Window, Greenwich Village

Chinatown

West Side