Ben Baxley

Captured this character as he was weirding out the other street dwellers while I on the bus headed to work. Fair timing allowed me to capture this earnest stance of his just as we drove by.

Ben Baxley

During an unwanted stay at a Sky Harbor hotel in Phoenix after a hellish week of labor, capped off by a last minute cancelled flight back home, this scene greeted my duly hungover morning. The image's dreamy center is surrounded by a sloppy darkness, which fabulously symbolizes my whole experience in The Grand Canyon State.

Meg Goldman

I have been photographing couples in the subway all year with my iPhone for a series titled "Couples in the Subway" and sharing them on Instagram. This photo is one of my favorites because it was a quick kiss I managed to capture, a private romantic moment when everything just came together perfectly with the beautiful light streaming through into the dark underground. It felt sort of like a divine moment. And the couple didn't catch me!!

Tracy Gill

Duane Street, Manhattan. 4 p.m., September 18th, 2013. I liked how peaceful the man looked spooning with his dinosaur, nobody bothered him; and the next day, the pink dinosaur was back hanging at the corner Balloon Saloon with his inflatable buddies.

Simeon Lagodich

You know it’s holiday time in New York when you see the Dreidel man.

Simeon Lagodich

I was on Church Street in lower Manhattan when this fellow strode by. The man standing next to me exclaimed, “Look! It’s the Christmas pimp!”
November 22, 2013, 1:30 p.m.

Antigone Scaperdas

On the shortcut to my bustop, there's a creepy abandoned house surrounded by vines that no one's touched in years.So when I found that some furniture had been seemingly taken out of the house and placed in a circle of thornbushes, I had to take a picture of it (and then speedwalked away since both the chair and rotting house gave me the creeps).

Batya van Messel

The New York subway is my own personal entertainment ground. I see so many unusual things there. The shot was taken while standing on the subway platform. I looked up and there was a grate above the track, with shadows cast from people walking by. I snapped this shot and caught an ephemeral glimpse of life above ground.

Larry Reich

Great Grandma on her 100th birthday holding her newest great granddaughter who was 3 months old bringing a big smile to her face.
This photo was taken at the 100th birthday party of my mother at a nursing home in Long Beach, N.Y.

Batya van Messel

The New York subway is my own personal entertainment ground. I see so many unusual things in the subway. This ballerina was posing for a photographer (out of frame to the left) and I just happen to snap a shot as the A-Train approached. I like the juxtaposition of the traditionally costumed tutu-clad ballerina on point, the grimy subway platform with rust-stained number tiles, the oncoming train blurred by speed, and the bright yellow handrail.

Ann mcgowan

In Brooklyn on my walk to Steiner studios
I couldn't believe what I was seeing! An older image, Barack Obama apears so young, innocent and idealist.

Sheldon Serkin

I took this candid on the F train in Brooklyn, where I shoot a lot. I love this man's cotton candy umbrella and how it fills the frame.

Ken Golyzniak

Radical Dads at 285 Kent Avenue. What can I say,a lot of people don't get the opportunity to appreciate the ambiance of a typical Brooklyn club.

DPerl

I was visiting Philadelphia for the day and stopped at the Museum of Natural History's butterfly room. There were swarms of butterflies flying over the plants but this one's unique colors caught my eye. I waited for it to spread its wings and snapped this shot.

DPerl

I was in a cab on the way to the Bronx for a 10 mile race and snapping shots of the sunrise all along the ride. This stands out for catching the transition between dawn and the new day, the clouds and the sun.

Elece Green

I worked at the Guggenheim for many years--an architectural icon and masterpiece.

On a lunch break onne brisk and rainy autumn afternoon, I snapped this shot of the museum's famous creamy curves set in dazzling opposition to the firey crimson of a fall shrub in Central Park across 5th Avenue.

The result is a uniquely graphic image I'm proud of to this day.

Elece Green

I work near the Chrysler Building, one of New York City's most fabulous and iconic buildings...

and one rainy afternoon as I fought the crowds down Lexington, I spotted this magnificent structure's reflection slumming it in a dirty puddle with a couple of soggy, discarded cigarette butts.

I didn't think about it at the moment I shot it, but it's an apt illustration of NYC: The gritty and the sublime, elements of one distinct character.

And on Instagram, I titled the photo, "Cigarette Butts and Chrysler."

Whitney Buxton

This photo was taken in Williamsburg on the set of my first feature film. It's a New York love story and this photo captures the spirit of New York. The new view that will carry us through the years.

Ryan Mitchel

I was in Peru working on a shoot for the Clinton Global Intuitive. On a day off in Arequipa my friend and I went for a walk through the gorgeous city. In a small market I came across this woman who was selling these pots. I wanted to find her lost in her pots. I feel it captures what that day and that trip so well. A certain mood of endless work with a head looking upward as if to signify hope.

Ken Golyzniak

I was struck by the older building juxtapose with the patterns of the new building behind it.