Capturing the Beauty of Spring in New York City

I’m asked fairly often what, in my opinion, is the best time in which to visit New York City. My pick is springtime! But take a look at these photos and tell me whether or not you agree…

These were captured along the Hudson River on the Upper West Side

These photos were captured at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

A few quotes about NYC to accompany my photos:

I like New York in the spring and in the fall. It’s one of the best cities to walk that I’ve ever been in. ~ Terry O’Quinn

I was in love with New York. I do not mean “love” in any colloquial way, I mean that I was in love with the city, the way you love the first person who ever touches you and you never love anyone quite that way again. I remember walking across Sixty-second Street one twilight that first spring, or the second spring, they were all alike for a while. I was late to meet someone but I stopped at Lexington Avenue and bought a peach and stood on the corner eating it and knew that I had come out of the West and reached the mirage. I could taste the peach and feel the soft air blowing from a subway grating on my legs and I could smell lilac and garbage and expensive perfume and I knew that it would cost something sooner or later. ~ Joan Didion

And New York is the most beautiful city in the world? It is not far from it. No urban night is like the night there…. Squares af ter squares of flame, set up and cut into the aether. Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will. ~ Ezra Pound

All photos were taken within the last week. All were created with my Samsung NX1 Camera and the 16mm Prime Lens.