This picture was not taken on October 11th, 2014. It was taken on September 23rd, 2014.

The day was gloomy, and instead I decided to choose another picture I took that was still within the time period of this class.

I invited a friend from Hunter College to explore the many places of NYC with me, and the two of us found our way to the place in the picture above.  They say that you are not a “true” New Yorker until you have encounter yourself with this place, The High Line. The two of us held Starbucks as we walked from Hunter’s Brookdale Campus on the East side to the High Line on the west side, traveling for about 30 minutes on 23rd street.

The picture above was taken at the newest section of The High Line Park, which opened just two days before (9/21). I wanted to choose an interesting photo that has a very interesting point of view. This photo is taken from the perspective that we often don’t think much of, looking from one track and see it as it leads to somewhere. In this picture, the convergence of the two sides of a track makes the picture “come together”. I also wasn’t really trying to take the pictures of the mother/daughter in the background, but it definitely made the picture tell a story behind. Happy day for those two! The mother holding on to the daughter as she carefully walks on the track, attempting not to fall. The photo gives me a sense of warmth and it seems like there is always happiness down the road.

~Christopher Chong