NYC / Convergence — Working Set

This is not a final edit. It’s a listening space.

Here I’m collecting images that begin to reveal what Convergence feels like in New York. Some are drawn from my current rhythm; others date back to Urbanism, when I was still learning how to see. I’m not holding this set to a finished standard. I’m listening for tone, tension, and fragments of emotional clarity—moments where something converges and something breaks apart.

New York brings a particular energy to this project. It’s a city of spectacle and intimacy, rhythm and rupture. Unlike London’s muted strangeness or San Francisco’s layered multicultural quiet, New York charges forward with density, contradiction, and the constant negotiation of space. Cultures don’t just brush against each other here—they collide, absorb, ignore, and reassert themselves. That volatility is part of its power.

In the context of Convergence, New York is not a backdrop. It’s a catalyst. The city forces visibility and erasure at the same time. It pushes identities to the edge of performance, while revealing accidental moments of deep humanity—brief flashes that don’t resolve neatly but leave an emotional imprint.

The undercurrent I’m tracing here isn’t harmony. It’s becoming—messy, layered, unresolved. I’m looking for images where people aren’t just in New York, but shaped by its force. Where the architecture of the city, the choreography of strangers, and the density of urban time create something surreal, poetic, or fragile.

Some of these photos may not make the final project. But they help me understand the emotional field I’m working within. This is a space for clarity through intuition. For presence over polish. These images aren’t answers. They’re questions I’m learning how to ask better.