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These Beautiful Photos Capture Everyday Moments in NYC's Outer Boroughs
Photographer William Meyers documented ordinary life outside Manhattan in the 1990s and 2000s.
In the 1990s, photographer William Meyers started leaving his home in Manhattan for the outer boroughs. He'd take the subway to random stops in Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, or the ferry to Staten Island, and roam the unfamiliar streets—taking pictures.
"They are the outer boroughs of the spirit as well as of the physical city," he writes, explaining the photo series on his website. "Each image represents a certain time in a certain part of a certain city where, I have found, even in unlikely neighborhoods there are occasions for beauty."