Štefan Húska
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Street photography

On the Streets of New York

I spent a week in New York exploring Manhattan on foot. The photographs alternate between views looking up at skyscrapers and brief scenes on sidewalks, at crossings and on the subway.

Photographs

  1. Enlarge image. A figure in a hood and red trousers walks past skyscrapers seen from a low angle
    A Step beneath the Skyscrapers
  2. Enlarge image. A classical colonnade surrounded by high-rise buildings
    Columns between Towers
  3. Enlarge image. A person stands on a skateboard beside a crossing on a sunny street corner
    On a Skateboard
  4. Enlarge image. The white ribs of the Oculus cut across the view of the glass One World Trade Center tower
    A Wing beneath the Tower
  5. Enlarge image. A yellow bicycle beside a railing with city buildings behind it
    Yellow Bicycle
  6. Enlarge image. Traffic beside the steel structure of a bridge seen from above
    Above the Road
  7. Enlarge image. Passengers through the window of a metal subway car bearing an American flag
    Through the Subway Window
  8. Enlarge image. A figure carrying a bag walks past scaffolding toward an intersection
    Under the Scaffolding
  9. Enlarge image. The sunlit Empire State Building rises above nearby rooftops against a blue sky
    Empire State Building
  10. Enlarge image. A figure pushes a stroller across a crossing engulfed in steam
    A Stroller in the Steam
  11. Enlarge image. Dark figures silhouetted against a large illuminated American flag
    Silhouettes against the Flag
  12. Enlarge image. Pedestrians beneath the stone arches and cables of Brooklyn Bridge
    Brooklyn Bridge
  13. Enlarge image. Two cylindrical water towers on the rooftops behind a wooden terrace
    Water Towers above the Terrace
  14. Enlarge image. A metal fire escape on a brick façade and a water tower on the roof
    Fire Escape
  15. Enlarge image. A regular grid of windows on a high-rise seen from below
    Grid against the Sky
  16. Enlarge image. A close-up of a face between a light knitted hat and a dark scarf
    Eyes above the Scarf
  17. Enlarge image. The tops of glass skyscrapers vanish into fog
    Towers in the Fog
  18. Enlarge image. A dark blue van on a striped crossing in front of a corner building
    A Van on the Crossing
  19. Enlarge image. A person in a blue jacket beside a brick wall with a yellow vehicle behind
    By the Brick Corner
  20. Enlarge image. A man in a light coat looks at his phone on a busy pavement beside illuminated shopfronts
    Amid the Crowd
  21. Enlarge image. Two figures on a street crossing partly obscured by a thick cloud of steam
    Two Figures in the Steam
  22. Enlarge image. A yellow taxi beside a striped pipe releasing a plume of steam
    Steam Stack and Yellow Taxi in New York
  23. Enlarge image. People on a narrow pavement beneath tall advertising signs
    Beneath the Signs
  24. Enlarge image. City buildings beyond trees and a lawn with a blurred fence in the foreground
    Beyond the Park Fence
  25. Enlarge image. A dark skyscraper framed by neighbouring buildings in a black-and-white photograph
    Dark Tower
  26. Enlarge image. The Manhattan skyline across the broad waters of the East River
    Manhattan Skyline across the East River