These Navid Baraty Photographs Showcase Dizzying Views of NYC at Night
Tia Clarke — March 16, 2013 — Art & Design
References: navidbaraty & behance.net
These Navid Baraty photographs showcase dizzying views of major intersections in New York in the wee hours. The project, entitled ‘Intersection NYC—Night,’ continues on with the engineer turned photographers, series of photo-journalistic captures of snapping major cities from gravity heights.
The images show a beautiful glimpse of what the city looks like outside of the rat race for a moment. The stolen moments show the famous New York yellow taxi cabs queued up in a seemingly endless line of traffic. The talented photographer states that city-dwellers who are often “caught up in deadlines, pressures and expectations” and encourages them to relax a little and take a look around outside of their work pressures. The artist hopes his images will give people “a broader sense of the city” and “their role within it.”
The images show a beautiful glimpse of what the city looks like outside of the rat race for a moment. The stolen moments show the famous New York yellow taxi cabs queued up in a seemingly endless line of traffic. The talented photographer states that city-dwellers who are often “caught up in deadlines, pressures and expectations” and encourages them to relax a little and take a look around outside of their work pressures. The artist hopes his images will give people “a broader sense of the city” and “their role within it.”
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