Visionaries, outliers and misfits inspire me. Creativity and craft power me.
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Empire
There's nothing quite like flying into New York City. Day or night. Storm clouds or blazing sun. I caught this moment many years back, yet it still sets my soul on fire knowing the magic that lays in wait across the concrete jungle • Mike Brown © 2014 • Apple iPhone 5 • ISO 160 4.15mm f/2.2 1/30 sec.
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Quilted
Photograph • Mike Brown © 2017
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New York Real Estate is an Existential Problem
I sold my Lower East Side apartment a few years back. Nearly bought a new place in Brooklyn but passed. In the end, I'll always remember the surreal pain in the ass that is hunting for an apartment in New York City • Mike Brown © 2017 • Apple iPhone 6 • ISO 160 4.15mm f/2.2 1/30 sec.
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Gotham
Relentlessly unexpected. Like the strata of prehistoric canyons, New York City reveals itself layer by layer wherever you stand. I had a moment weeks before NYE 2016 to stand over The Ball and see this place like never before • Mike Brown © 2015 • Apple iPhone • ISO 160 4.15mm f/2.2 1/30 sec.
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Go West
• Mike Brown © 2018 • Apple iPhone 8 • ISO 160 4.15mm f/2.2 1/30 sec.
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Lookin' Good Manhattan, Lookin' Good.
Photograph • Mike Brown © 2017
Eden
Photograph • Mike Brown © 2015
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Manhatta
Photograph • Mike Brown © 2012
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Grit and Grace
Photograph • Mike Brown © 2017