I was 17 years old when I took this picture back in 1999.
I had never been to New York.
Our baseball team went to nationals in Stamford, CT so me and a teammate jumped on a train to grand central station and just got lost in Manhattan.
I really didn’t know anything about photography back then. All I had was a little 35mm $20 point and shoot that I bought for this road trip.
I didn’t know how to frame a shot. I didn’t really have any knowledge of the principles of design. I just knew I liked what I saw, so I pointed a camera at it and pushed the shutter down.
I had 24 pictures I could fit in that roll of film, and I wouldn’t know how any of them turned out until I got back home and got the film developed.
This one was the best in the lot.
This began my photography journey 21 years ago.