“A photographer born and bred in New York, I have been shooting the city’s streets for over 50 years. These images are of a city that exists only in memories. They are already memories once I press the shutter. These memories are at once mine and ours. Mine because they are what I have witnessed and captured with my camera. But they will be shared by all of us who know or have known the city intimately or casually or even remotely and vicariously. The photos are a record of history through a local eye. They are evocative of the time and place of bygone eras, imbued with a timeless quality.”

— Jeff Rothstein