Orange Crush

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The city holds its breath between day and dark.Shot in New York, New York. This photograph was made from a private apartment building balcony just after the sun dropped below the h orizon. The sky was still burning — deep orange fading into blue — and the skyline was beginning to light up from within. One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere at 541 metres, divides the composition almost exactly in half. The post-sunset window is brief. The sky retains colour while the buildings start to glow, and for a few minutes the two light sources are in balance. From this elevated vantage point, the density of lower Manhattan spreads in both directions, the Hudson and East River invisible but implied by the gaps in the grid. In your space, this print brings the scale and energy of New York at its most cinematic. Perfect For: New York residents, former residents, and city enthusiasts Living rooms and dining rooms where a large-format statement piece works Spaces with a warm or sunset-toned palette Urban photography and skyline print collectors Offices where ambition and scale feel appropriate Contemporary interiors with dark or neutral walls Professionally printed on premium archival paper to preserve the gradient from deep orange to blue and the fine detail of the lit skyline against the darkening sky. Show more