Random Capture
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When the photo walk Is over, keep seeing… (opens the original)
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Beautifully Curated Stuff (opens the original)
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84. What New York Looked and Felt Like in October 2001 (opens the original)
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About a month after 9/11, I got the chance to return to New York.I’d grown up in and around New York. I’d moved back to Manhattan after college. And on 9/11, even though I’d been living in San Francisco for six years, I was still a New Yorker.I went back a month later: I went to see family; I went for a business trip; but really, I went because I needed to see New York, and I needed to be in New York.I don’t argue with New Yorkers when they say that if you weren’t in New York that day, you’ll ne
83. Trip to the museum (opens the original)
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82. The Night Camera (opens the original)
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