Celebrated Dutch photographer Richard Koek scoured New York City’s boroughs in search of its famous street smarts and chutzpah. You won't believe what he found...
Movie goers buying popcorn, AMC Empire 25, 42nd Street, Manhattan (Richard Koek)
Business man admiring his reflection, 7th Avenue, Manhattan (Richard Koek)
Brooklyn Bridge (Richard Koek)
Nelson Mandela mural, Whyte Avenue, Brooklyn (Richard Koek)
Man with his iguana on the G Train, Brooklyn (Richard Koek)
Manhattan Center, 34th Street, Manhattan (Richard Koek)
Oculus Church Street, Manhattan (Richard Koek)
Tennis player, Squib Park, Brooklyn (Richard Koek)
Gotham Awards, Cipriani, Wall Street, Manhattan (Richard Koek)
3rd Avenue, Manhattan (Richard Koek)
Waiting for a train, Fulton Street, Brooklyn (Richard Koek)
Mother and child, East River State Park, Brooklyn (Richard Koek)
Cleaning up in Times Square, Manhattan (Richard Koek)
Local boys, Broadway, Manhattan (Richard Koek)
All of these images appear in New York New York: A City Life in Photos, a photographic celebration of New York's iconic architecture and street life by Richard Koek and published by Lannoo. It is available online and in all good bookshops now.
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