Mid-October in Lower Manhattan, late afternoon. The sun has dropped low enough to light only the upper floors of the tenements along Mott and Mulberry, leaving the sidewalks in that particular shade of blue that arrives forty minutes before dusk. Ludwig Favre walks south, the way he has walked south for years, looking for the same squares of light to fall differently. The neighborhood is mostly unchanged from what it was in 1995, and mostly unchanged again from 1975, which is part of the reason the photographs feel as if they could have been made any time in the last forty years. What accumulates is less a portrait of a neighborhood than a record of attention: how a particular eye returns, again and again, to the same uninhabited corners; how the same fire escape, the same painted brick, the same parked van, can become the central subject of a photograph simply by being seen one more time. New York geometry reveals itself slowly, persistently, in the receding light.

Neon signs illuminate the Apollo Theater during the Africa Now! Festival — limited edition fine art print by Ludwig Favre
New York City skyline bathed in warm light — limited edition fine art print by Ludwig Favre
Dramatic nighttime cityscape with New York buildings and illuminated streets — limited edition fine art print by Ludwig Favre
Dramatic New York City skyline at night with illuminated buildings — limited edition fine art print by Ludwig Favre
Dramatic nighttime cityscape over the East River — limited edition fine art print by Ludwig Favre
A vibrant Chinatown street adorned with yellow lanterns, quiet and festive — limited edition fine art print by Ludwig Favre
A solitary figure walks along a pedestrian bridge with warm light — limited edition fine art print by Ludwig Favre
New York City skyline along the Hudson River in warm light — limited edition fine art print by Ludwig Favre
Neon "Apollo" theater sign glows warmly against a twilight New York City sky — limited edition fine art print by Ludwig Favre
New York City skyline at night, illuminated with dramatic light — limited edition fine art print by Ludwig Favre

What looks like emptiness, on second viewing, is actually attention.

New York City subway car with cityscape view, warm light — limited edition fine art print by Ludwig Favre
New York City street scene with illuminated buildings, bathed in warm light — limited edition fine art print by Ludwig Favre
Chinatown street adorned with lanterns in warm light — limited edition fine art print by Ludwig Favre
Grand interior of a cathedral with stained glass, bathed in warm light — limited edition fine art print by Ludwig Favre
New York City street scene featuring the Chrysler Building, dramatic — limited edition fine art print by Ludwig Favre
Graffiti-covered building facade on Canal Street, New York — limited edition fine art print by Ludwig Favre
New York City storefront with Block Drug Stores in warm light — limited edition fine art print by Ludwig Favre
Golden hour illuminates New York City's skyline and iconic bridges — limited edition fine art print by Ludwig Favre
Vibrant Chinatown street lined with lanterns and fire escapes — limited edition fine art print by Ludwig Favre
A woman pauses outside Madison Treasures storefront, bathed in warm light — limited edition fine art print by Ludwig Favre

The New York geometry series by Ludwig Favre is available as a limited edition fine art print, signed and numbered.

About Ludwig Favre

Ludwig Favre is a French photographer born in Paris. His cinematic urban work has been featured by Vogue, AD USA, L'Officiel, Condé Nast Traveler and many other international magazines, and exhibited in numerous galleries across the world. His photographs are held in private fine art collections worldwide and in the New York Ford Foundation Resident Artist Collection. He continues to travel and document the textures of the modern city.

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