Photography by Cynthia from New York
Specializes in Wedding Photography, Boudoir Photography, Glamour Photography, Event Photography, and Portrait Photography.
Web Site can be found at : http://www.photographybycynthia.com
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New York City Skyline - Central Park and Skyscrapers from Above  - By Vivienne Gucwa

When the day stretches out

leaving a trail of sighs 

in its wake, 

the sky 

and the infinite

slowly implode

folding themselves into one another

until all that is left

is a never-ending horizon

reaching out towards

the rest of forever.

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This is a view of Central Park and the skyscrapers of midtown Manhattan as seen from above. It was taken from the top of the Empire State Building on an impossibly perfect morning. Upper Manhattan sits in the distance with the Chrysler Building and Queens to the right. The trees of Bryant Park are peeking out in the bottom-left part of this image.

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Bushwick Street Art - Brooklyn - New York City - By Vivienne Gucwa

The sky wavered in mood earlier today displaying an angsty mix of rage-puffed storm clouds and baby blues streaked by sunlight. It was the perfect backdrop for Bushwick's incredible array of street art murals that pepper the industrial urban landscape. 

I have been spending an inordinate amount of time in Brooklyn lately. My other half was born in Brooklyn (I like to refer to it as his "hatch-zone") and is a great walking-off-steam companion. And so we keep ending up in interesting places on these walks. 

Bushwick was never really a friendly place when I was younger (this is a severe understatement). It's fascinating to see the stage of evolution it seems to be in currently. The factories are all still there but there is also an amazing amount of art that seems to be thriving on the walls of Bushwick. Growing up in Queens ogling 5 Pointz, a large industrial space transformed into a premiere space for graffiti/street artists to cover in art, I was sad to hear that 5 Pointz will eventually be razed. However, Bushwick seems to have a blossoming 5 Pointz feel at this moment in time which is exhilarating to witness. 

Who knows what the future holds for Bushwick? But, for now, it's a perfect mix of grit and art.

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Williamsburg Bridge and New York City Skyline at Sunset  - By Vivienne Gucwa

Moments are vessels that contain: sparks, magic, effervescent happiness, lingering sadness, red-tinged anger, bittersweet joy all waiting to explode if and when that point in time is visited again.

There are moments that exist somewhere between the excited beat of the heart and a welled-up tear in the eye. They are the chills that run up the back of the neck and the small smile that can't be contained when their memory is nudged by a sound, sight, scent, touch.

It's the way the light was shining through the bridge as the boat pulled away under a sky blue with hope as the sun set and the lump in the throat subsided momentarily. It's the way the water looked as it rocked the boat gently like a lullaby as it drifted away from the sunlight that poured its light onto the surface of the water.

And it's the way everything seemed pointless in comparison to the way the clouds gathered over the city: hopeful tufts of smoke emanating from the sun's extinguishing fire...

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This is a view of the Williamsburg Bridge and the Lower East Side as seen from a boat on the East River during sunset. In the distance sits the skyline of Brooklyn in Dumbo and the Manhattan Bridge.

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Cherry Blossoms - Bay Ridge - Brooklyn - Spring - New York City    - By Vivienne Gucwa


Unexpected magic is some of the best kind of magic especially when it is found in the most unlikely of places.
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Spent an afternoon yesterday walking around Bay Ridge, Brooklyn while the temperatures dipped lower and lower (it's been a brisk springtime here in New York City). And as the sun crept closer to the horizon, I came across a tiny opening near an overpass, next to a parkway where this gorgeous, fairy tale scene appeared just around the bend. 

Sometimes there is nothing than better than those types of moments.

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Chinatown- Under the Manhattan Bridge - New York City Street - By Vivienne Gucwa

When winter shifts into spring, the light shifts too. 

Stark, short afternoons that end too abruptly morph vivid, warm afternoons that linger until the sky relents. 

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This was taken on a stark, short afternoon that was only mildly flirting with spring a week or so ago before the city erupted into full-on springtime mode. This is one of my favorite parts of Chinatown under the Manhattan Bridge.

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Williamsburg- Brooklyn - Hewes Street Overpass in the Afternoon - By Vivienne Gucwa

With layers of dirt and paint under our nails from constantly peeling back the layers of this city, it's not the stars we seek.

It's the light that seeps through...

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This is the overpass that looms over Hewes Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City.

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New York City - Rain and Wet Sidewalks - By Vivienne Gucwa

Through eyelashes wet with rain,

a thousand thoughts fall

to the ground 

and through the raindrops

the city lights blur together

as shadows make their way

into the night - 

impermanence

registered with

every blink.

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New York City - Night  - By Vivienne Gucwa

I have been traipsing all over the city for the last few months trying to capture a large majority of New York City’s skyline views. I think everyone has a particular skyline view they immediately think of when they think of the city. And yet, it’s still incredible to me after all this time that I come across different skyline angles that I hadn’t previously come across or had the time to explore before from certain vantage points.

New York City has several prominent skyline views that are popular. One is in lower Manhattan and usually includes the skyscrapers of the Financial District along with the one or more of the bridges that serve the lower part of Manhattan. The other series of skyline views can be found from the top of a few popular skyscrapers in midtown Manhattan. Another series of skyline views involves the midtown Manhattan skyline as seen from different vantage points across (or in some cases directly from) the East River. This particular view is taken from one of the latter vantage points. It’s a 30 second long exposure taken on a gorgeously clear and cold night in the beginning of March from Roosevelt Island.

Prominent skyscrapers in this view are the Chrysler Building and the United Nations building (all the way to the left). The lights of other famous midtown skyscrapers can also be seen even if those skyscrapers (looking at you Empire State Building) are hidden in this view. The lights directly in front of the skyscrapers that line the East River belong to the FDR Drive, a major traffic route that lines New York City’s east side.

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Photography by Cynthia from New York
Specializes in Wedding Photography, Boudoir Photography, Glamour Photography, Event Photography, and Portrait Photography.
Web Site can be found at : http://www.photographybycynthia.com
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Photography by Cynthia from New York
Specializes in Wedding Photography, Boudoir Photography, Glamour Photography, Event Photography, and Portrait Photography.
Web Site can be found at : http://www.photographybycynthia.com
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Photography by Cynthia from New York
Specializes in Wedding Photography, Boudoir Photography, Glamour Photography, Event Photography, and Portrait Photography.
Web Site can be found at : http://www.photographybycynthia.com
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