ASOTT #88

IN HALF

Way above the east river in the Financial District of Manhattan lies an abandoned 60 story residential building. This space served as a playground for quite some time. I am laying on a balcony which almost makes it seem like I am floating, so many great days spent up here. 

Floating

I remember walking outside and seeing the sky illuminate with this rapid white. Lightning this visual is quite rare in New York City, usually the bolts are vague and hard to photograph. I grabbed my camera and ran to the waterfront.

A combination of luck and serenity on a Tuesday evening.  




Fulminate

In a city where breathing room does not exist on street level, look up and you may find some. Being up here is my form of meditation. In this photograph, you can see my dear friend Andrew climbing a ladder on top of a different building, four blocks north from the building that I am on top of. 

This image was made during a snow storm in December of 2018. 

This photograph is a perfect representation of how I feel when I am looking down at the streets below. Serenity can indeed be found, you just need to try a bit harder to find said serenity in a place like this. The world's greatest playground. 

New York City will always be ours. 

Breathing Room

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-FULMINATE is an open edition by Gregory Berg. Thank you for being here. 
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A cold winter's day spent on the waterfront chasing a dream frame. This photograph is not a composite. Really good timing mixed with a tiny bit of luck helped me to make one of the most viral and unique images of my career to date, FULMINATE. I have tried countless times to get this exact frame, heading out into many storms over the years and never had success. Such long evenings spent shooting thousands of images, but never getting the timing perfect or the lightning bolt bright enough. Lighting hitting the Freedom Tower doesn’t happen too often, and a good storm in New York City is rare in itself. 

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Finding a moment to catch my breath somewhere above the East Village in Manhattan on a  beautiful spring day in 2022. 

With great company, these moments of clarity are so important, I hope you can feel it too. 

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