My first visit to New York City was in 1998. Over the years I made many more return trips, and ended up making the city my home in 2004 and then again from 2007 to 2010.

NYC: First Impressions
Photos from my first trip to New York City, taken in August 1998.

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Coney Island was one of my favorite places in New York. Here are some shots from a chilly June morning before the place had opened for the day.

NYC: Light and Shadow
A series of photos taken soon after I moved back to New York in 2007, in connection with a student project at Columbia University.

Chinatown, NYC
One of my favorite neighborhoods in New York City.

125th Birthday of the Brooklyn Bridge
My first time walking across the bridge since my first visit to New York in 1998.

Requiem for Coney Island
A final trip to Coney Island before much of the area was handed over to developers and torn down.

Hudson Heights, NYC
The neighborhood in upper Manhattan that would eventually become my home in 2008.

Spring in Central Park
After months of gray winter, I looked up and suddenly noticed that the trees had become green again.

The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
The cathedral was my spiritual home during most of the time I lived in New York.

First Snow 2009
No matter how old you are, there’s something exciting about the first big snowfall of the season.

December Rain
Photos from a cold, rainy December afternoon in Central Park.

Snowpocalypse 2010
Shortly before I moved away from New York in 2010, the city was hit with a series of epic winter storms.

The Great Move of 2010
A chronicle of my move from New York back to my hometown of Cincinnati in 2010.