Breathtaking Neon-Tinged Aerial Shots of New York City at Night

By Shane Barnes

Jan. 15, 2015

New York City has been photographed in many, many ways: from above, from below, from street level, its traffic often held in an extended exposure to create that famed river of lights. Yet these photos by Vincent Laforet, which came our way via Storehouse, manage to do something new, their tilt-shift perspectives leveling the playing field and re-contextualizing the funhouse lights of Times Square. Laforet captures the symmetry and chaos of the nighttime city, the neon and geometry of which bring to mind a kind of futuristic cityscape from Sim City rather than an actual, real-life thing. More of Laforet’s work, some of which does not look at all like this particular project, can be found at his website.

Photo credit: Vincent Laforet