North Pier

North Pier

North Pier

(Category)

Portrait

(Year)

2025

(Location)

Red Hook, NY

(Client)

Personal work

North Pier, cover photograph

Portraits of the people who fish from the pier before work.

Portraits of the people who fish from the pier before work.

Portraits of the people who fish from the pier before work.

Before work

The pier is quiet at five in the morning. People talk to the water more than to each other, and they said yes to a portrait the way you say yes to a neighbor.

Each frame is one exposure, one breath, and the tide behind them.

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New York, NY / 40.7128 N 74.0060 W

New York, NY / 40.7128 N 74.0060 W

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