---
url: 'https://dri.es/album/new-york-2023'
title: 'New York 2023'
author:
  name: 'Dries Buytaert'
  url: 'https://dri.es/about'
date: '2026-06-11T12:23:25+00:00'
license: 'https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'
type: album
count: 6
---

# New York 2023

![A man holding a camera standing in a beam of light.](https://dri.es/files/cache/new-york-2023/phil-penman-640w.jpg)
*I had a personal photography workshop with <a href="https://www.philpenman.com/">Phil Penman</a>. He taught me how to use natural light to my advantage and even volunteered to be a model for me.*

![The silhouette of a man walking through sunlit interior of the Oculus building.](https://dri.es/files/cache/new-york-2023/oculus-640w.jpg)
*The Oculus transportation hub at the World Trade Center in NYC.*

![Aerial view of two people walking, casting shadows ahead of them.](https://dri.es/files/cache/new-york-2023/shadows-640w.jpg)

![A door with posters, one of which is partially torn in half.](https://dri.es/files/cache/new-york-2023/split-face-640w.jpg)
*Split face*

![An older man in a gray suit reading a newspaper at an outdoor restaurant table.](https://dri.es/files/cache/new-york-2023/morning-paper-640w.jpg)
*A New Yorker engrossed in his morning paper. I bet he could smell the pages of the Wall Street Journal.*

![A close-up portrait of Vanessa with a warm mood.](https://dri.es/files/cache/new-york-2023/vanessa-640w.jpg)
*A photo of Vanessa taken at the outdoor patio of Maîson Première in Brooklyn, NY. I really love the vibrant background colors and beautiful bokeh captured in this shot.*