Design

These Mind-Bending Pictures Turn Manhattan's Sky Into Skyscrapers

What's revealed when you turn New York's streets upside down.
Peter Wegner

A decade ago, Peter Wegner was hoping to "simplify" his relationship with New York City. "The city is always burgeoning," he says. "It's just entirely too much."

Around the same time, he started to take notice of the negative space within Manhattan's skyline. That's when "Buildings Made of Sky" began. It's a simple idea -- a collection of upside-down photographs showing the city's most imposing streetscapes in a new way.