During 2017 and 2018, I had the opportunity to photograph Central Park and the buildings around it from an apartment on the 30th Floor of 30 East 85th Street. My client knew that she and her family would be living in the apartment only temporarily and she asked me to make a record of what they would see during their time there. Some mornings I entered the apartment, took two hours of photographs, and left before any of the family had woken up. Other times I went about my business on the balconies while different members of the family went about theirs inside–working, studying, relaxing, entertaining. Photography is an inconvenient vocation, and the best conditions inevitably come at just the moments when most people would much rather be doing something else.
Benjamin Swett 