This selection of 19 photographs from the series Big Apple’s people is also part of the photographs taken in New York in 2012 (a three-month stay thanks to the HORS LES MURS PROGRAMME of the Paris FRENCH INSTITUTE).

A whole diverse population walks through the streets of New York. I tried to capture everyday situations and the political and socio-economic context they revealed here and there: alternative ways of being, poverty and social and economic injustice, moments of protest or moments of relaxation in the parks and squares during the summer, the various communities living side by side in the city.

The first two photographs of the selection, Two Women in Black and A Fireman and a Policeman, received an Honorable Mention at WORLDWIDE PHOTOGRAPHY GALA AWARD 2012 (UK) in the STREET PHOTOGRAPHY category.

Clara Maïda, December 2012