Cleaning up the streets of New York City - through Photoshop

posted Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 1:30 PM EST

Photographer Marc Yankus has a great appreciation for the buildings of New York - he has lived in the city since he was 11, and spent 20 years photographing his favorite parts of the city. But in a new exhibition running at the Clampart gallery, The Secret Lives of Buildings, he presents those buildings without the clutter and bustle of city life through some impressive work in Photoshop.

from @interiors_magazine Oct-Nov 2016 "On an early Sunday morning last March, photographer Marc Yankus set up outside the Flatiron building, sat patiently and waited until there were virtually no cars or people in the frame, then took the shot. The results, he says, leave one to wonder “whether you’re gazing at a post-apocalyptic landscape or simply a quiet, abandoned Sunday.” This and other eerily still images will be part of The Secret Lives of Buildings, an exhibition of Yankus’ surrealistic portraits of New York structures at ClampArt." The exhibition runs October 13–November 26. @clampartnyc @interiors_magazine @marcyankus

A photo posted by Marc Yankus (@marcyankus) on
Oct 10, 2016 at 4:40pm PDT

Image by Carlos Delgado. Used under Creative Commons Share-Alike 3.0 license.

As you can see from a photograph of the iconic Flatiron building in real life, compared to Yankus' treatment of it, a lot of work has gone into removing trees, advertising, people and cars from the scene. The resulting pieces showcase the unique architecture of the buildings, and create an other-worldly, classic view of the city as a whole.

The Secret Lives of Buildings is on display now at ClampArt Gallery in New York through November 26. You can view more of photographer Marc Yankus' work here, on his website.

(Seen via Wired.com)

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