City Grid at Dawn — Manhattan Orthogonal Study
190.13 $
An ultra-high-resolution aerial photograph of Midtown Manhattan at civil twilight — the orthogonal street grid illuminated by a mix of streetlight amber and deep blue dawn sky.
Description
Made from a helicopter at 600m altitude above Midtown Manhattan during a 4-minute window of civil twilight when the balance between artificial street illumination and residual sky light is perfectly equal, this photograph captures the famous Manhattan grid in its most visually compelling state. The warm amber of sodium streetlighting, the cooler white of LED intersection lights, the blue-black east-facing facades, and the pink-orange west-facing facades lit by the approaching sunrise combine in a colour palette of extraordinary richness. The image has been used in commercial campaigns for major financial institutions, urban planning communications, and as a fine art print collected by architecture firms globally.
