New York is dizzying: The metropolis seen from the top of its skyscrapers.
Climbing to the top of New York's tallest buildings to photograph the city from above: that was the idea of photographer Navid Baraty. He inverted the perspective we normally use to photograph the city. The result of his work... is dizzying.
By: Oasis Team
Photos: Navid Baraty, from New York
Businessmen with offices on the top floors, window washers unafraid of heights, superheroes like Batman or Spider-Man are accustomed to living high up in New York. But everyone else, who lives, walks, and drives cars down below, usually can't enjoy breathtaking views like these. American photographer Navid Baraty has unveiled new and fascinating perspectives of his city to New Yorkers. This series of photos, part of the Intersection project, shows New York seen from the top of some of its tallest skyscrapers.
1. Breathtaking Geometries
From this height we can observe surprising details and geometries. An idea that the photographer had when he was at the top of a skyscraper located in Tokyo, another great metropolis of the modern world.
2 The city that never sleeps
The geometries of New York's streets and neighborhoods: aspects of the city that go unnoticed by those who spend their lives down below.
3 The yellow taxis
The ubiquitous taxis of New York. The series of images above is currently on display on the walls of Bowling Green station in the New York subway.
4 A new perspective on the city
Navid Baraty, a photographer originally from Brooklyn, states that from those heights it's possible to feel the beating heart of the metropolis.
5. Inverted Perspective
"After taking countless photos of skyscrapers from below, I realized that the real life of the city can be better perceived when we direct the lenses from the top of the buildings to the surface of the streets," says Baraty.
6 In the center of the anthill
"From up here we feel the energy and vital flow of the city: the continuous movement of the yellow taxis passing through the streets, the waves of pedestrians hurrying when the traffic light turns green, the small figures disappearing along the alleys and subway entrances, the chorus of horns," adds the photographer.
7 We are the ones down there.
25 people pass through the Bowling Green subway station in New York every day.
8 Metropolitan board
Viewed from above, the city's distinctive features transform into countless pieces of a vast chessboard, all moved by the same frenzy.
9 Order in Chaos
Even the traffic jam on a busy street seems to unfold in an orderly fashion when viewed from up here.
10. For those who suffer from vertigo
Looking at Baraty's photographs gives the sensation of leaning over the parapet of one of the steel and concrete colossi that pierce the Manhattan sky.
11 In search of the ideal angle
Baraty visited many New York skyscrapers before finding the right angles and framing for his project.
12 Higher and higher
The time of day and night completely change the city's appearance. New York seems never to rest.