CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 9/11/2014

New York Is ...

In this concise photobook, German photographer Nadine Ottawa and Swiss journalist Nuria Furrer ask strangers on the streets of New York to complete the sentence: "New York is …." Below are a selection of their answers, alongside Otawa’s color portraits.

having too much fun

like Lord of the Rings and I have the ring

the city that makes you or breaks you

the world's financial center

fucked up but cool as shit

one of my many lovers

played out

crime but also hope