THE WHILES NYC by Cheryl Dunn.

New York observed over years, then rearranged by instinct.

In THE WHILES NYC, photographer and filmmaker Cheryl Dunn digs through decades of her archive, pulling together images through accidental connections — a bird, a crosswalk, Broadway, a gesture, a fight, a rooftop. What emerges is less a record of the city than its rhythm: the strange choreography of people moving through public space.

Street photography about looking, remembering, and finding meaning in what might otherwise disappear.

“Just as long as I have been searching for meaningful compositions and striking light on the streets of NY, I have been searching my archive to find that special shot I took 15, 20 years ago or even yesterday. I organize imagery using descriptive words, dates, names and location. For instance, I'll search ‘BROADWAY’ or ‘BIRD’ or ‘CROSSWALK’. The groupings that emerge are always fascinating to me, the random connective threads sometimes disparate, tell a story a new story. These stories are about how we move within a cityscape, communicate, love, fight, dance and survive. The streets are like a canvas where a piece of wood in a trash can becomes a beautiful sculpture, where the rooftops are a spiritual respite from the streets — yet still part of the same pulse, the same club. The way we move through public space — walking, dancing, skating, or even fighting — has a distinct rhythm, a pace that belongs distinctly to NYC. This is THE WHILES NYC.” — Cheryl Dunn

Softcover, 184 pages
11.9 × 8 in / 30.2 × 20.3 cm
Printed in the USA