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# New York City | 2023
- URL: https://www.maxsidman.com/nyc-street-photography-2023/
- Published: 2023-12-19T03:25:23.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-29T04:53:14.000Z
- Description: Another visit to Manhattan during the perfect time of year to spend a few days in one of the richest street photography environments in the world.
- Author: Max Sidman
- Tags: Photography, Streets

An October visit to Manhattan has become an annual ritual for me (pandemic lockdowns notwithstanding). It’s the perfect time of year to spend a few days in one of the richest street photography environments in the world, visit some of my favorite museums, catch up with a few old friends, soak up a city vibe unlike any other.

This year, while I took pictures every day, I only really had one day dedicated to being in the streets with the camera. I was rained out on Saturday, but Friday was perfect — the sun was shining, the weather was typical NYC Fall plus 10 degrees, and the streets of midtown were full of tourists and locals, shoppers, protesters, and general hangers-out.

Starting at Bryant Park — there were a ton of photographers there, I’ve never seen so many other people out doing what I’m doing in such high concentration — I shot for a while around 42nd, then walked down and around Broadway to Madison Square, Union Square, and finally to Washington Square Park, lingering when the scenes called for it, moving on when I needed a fresh perspective. I suspect that route is a fairly standard trail for photographers shooting street in NYC. There’s a lot happening in that corridor of the city.

About half the photos in this set are from that day, the rest were shot in various other locations around the city — Central Park, Hells Kitchen, West Village, Chelsea. All these photos were taken with a Leica MP and a 50mm f/2 Summicron. I shot a couple of rolls of Portra (one 400 and one 800) that Friday, which were processed at Underdog in West Oakland, and shot Tri-X 400 the rest of time, which I processed home, where I scanned it all.

![102023-NYC-MP50mm-Portra800-08.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/102023-nyc-mp50mm-portra800-08.jpg)

![102023-NYC-MP50mm-Portra800-07.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/102023-nyc-mp50mm-portra800-07.jpg)

![102023-NYC-MP50mm-Portra400-03.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/102023-nyc-mp50mm-portra400-03.jpg)

![102023-NYC-MP50mm-Portra400-04.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/102023-nyc-mp50mm-portra400-04.jpg)

![102023-NYC-MP50mm-Portra400-05.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/102023-nyc-mp50mm-portra400-05.jpg)

![102023-NYC-MP50mm-Portra800-04.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/102023-nyc-mp50mm-portra800-04.jpg)

![102023-NYC-MP50mm-Portra800-05.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/102023-nyc-mp50mm-portra800-05.jpg)

![102023-NYC-MP50mm-Portra800-06.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/102023-nyc-mp50mm-portra800-06.jpg)

![102023-NYC-MP50mm-Portra400-06.jpg](https://storage.ghost.io/c/92/39/92391a3d-462d-47a6-b22a-3bcd39fe6d13/content/images/2025/06/102023-nyc-mp50mm-portra400-06.jpg)