Of The Cities

I spent my life in the shadow of NYC. Grew up with that mixture of fear and awe of "the city". Heard it spoken about with the same reverence as "Yellowstone" or "Alaska".

For a while, I avoided it. Convinced that it was the opposite of everything I, as a nature photographer, should care about. But then I did a workshop at Brooklyn Bridge park with a bunch of other photographers and they helped me see the beauty and the complexity in it.
I would be remiss in my quest for connection if I didn't include the wonderous monuments humanity has built to its connected world.

Like ants with their hills or oven birds with their nexts, we have created sprawling spaces to thrive.

To miss the beauty in that - furthermore to take the step toward missing the beauty in humanity - would be to fail on my mission before I've even started.

~ Eric ~