“I felt like a Macy’s parade balloon, floating back after a million orbits. I knew the city, but it was now in a different focus. All the sights and sounds I missed or had forgotten or never even knew suddenly moved me very much. I was in a trance, but I was able to do something about what I felt. I had a camera though I barely knew how to use it. The book’s original title was "Life is Good and Good for you in New York”. Half Madison Avenue, half tabloid headline. A joke of course, for me it was just the opposite. The place was crummy, corrupt, uncomfortable, the anguish center of the world”
~ William Klein
(1926-2022)
New York, love it or hate it, is a place where you can find the best and the worst. But, never dull and always a challenge and an inspiration. As a poor immigrant, the first time I went on the Staten Island Ferry, I wept. Despite many years later and all the trials and tribulations this country continues to go through, one still has some hope and belief.