
“Its rise helped raise the spirits of the city and I was hugely interested in documenting the coming changes to the entire skyline of the city as the building reached new heights.”Īnother event that Hershorn felt a need to chronicle and capture was the Supermoon of 2012. New York had been very dormant for 10 years after 9/11 but by the 10th anniversary, One World Trade Center was under construction and starting to show on the skyline of lower Manhattan so it became a focal point of photographs and also was a sign of the rebirth of the city in my opinion.” Hershon continues. “There was a lot of attention being focused on New York by the world’s media and I wanted to contribute photos to the stories that were being written.

RADARSCOPE SERIES
Hershorn’s inspiration for the series stems from wandering the streets of the city during the 10th anniversary of the world trade center attacks. In his latest photo series titled Celestial New York, the process was years in the making. Skateboarders in front of the Empire State Building in New York City while at a skate park in Hoboken, NJ #nyc #newyorkcity #nyc #skateboard #sunset /Y4KJyJ5Fyu Sunset on the Empire State Building and Hudson Yards in New York City, Thursday evening #newyork #nyc #newyorkcity #sunset /LsJEDgkACy

cc David Hobby August 29, 2022Ī golden sunset as the sun reflects off One World Trade Center and lower Manhattan in New York City, Sunday evening #newyork #newyorkcity #nyc #sunset /tZ7TLKaXN7 Scroll back through Twitter feed over *just the last month* to see how many unique and fresh views a persistent photographer can pull out of one of the world's most photographed subjects: the NYC skyline.
