New York City makes all who live there and visit feel small, but photographer Richard Silver has found a way to make denizens of the c...
New York City makes all who live there and visit feel small, but photographer Richard Silver has found a way to make denizens of the city that never sleeps seem even smaller.
Using a signature style of using a photo-processing method called tilt-shift, Silver has miniaturized famous New York landmarks and crowds of people.
From verdant central park to new additions like the 9/11 Memorial, the artist has a fascinating way of turning the Big Apple into the Tiny Apple
5th Avenue: Photographer Richard Silver uses his signature 'tilt shift' method to look down the island of Manhattan
WTC: The World Trade Center shimmers in surreal sunshine as tiny onlookers remember the tragedy
Verrazzano Bridge: Staten Island connects to Brooklyn at sunset as miniscule ships glide across the shimmering water
US Open: Nosebleed seats lose all meaning when the stadium is shrunken along with its occupant
South Street Seaport: The southern tip of Manhattan seen in tiny form
My goal is to miniaturize the world by "tilt-shifting" every place I travel to,' says Silver.
Another project saw the wonders of the world, like the Great Pyramids, shrunken by his method.
'My goal is to give the viewer a new way of seeing themselves,' he writes on his website.
NY Soccer: The soccer field on New York's Hudson River, tilt-shifted, with a mini Manhattan in the distance
New York Marathon: Tiny runners make their way through the five boroughs
'Richard is constantly striving for unique ways of looking at the everyday world,' reads his bio. 'Set out on a course to explore the entire planet through the lens of his camera he brings us a world seen anew.'
His documentation of New York brings the Brooklyn native back to the city that raised him.
He was called Manhattan home for 20 years.
Ellis Island: The spot that once welcomed millions to America still sits open armed on the water, just tilt-shifted
Colmubus Circle: The bustling and grandiose entrance to Central Park slows considerably when tilt-shifted
'Most people are able to recognise the places that I photograph,' he said.
'When they recognise the location the smile that seeing my pictures brings to their faces makes all of my work worth doing.
'My favourite question is 'is that a model or is that real?'
Richard's work is on permanent display at the LaGrange Gallery, Georgia.
Brooklyn Bridge: The famous span looks like a child's toy in this view
Battery Park City: The southern end of Manhattan becomes a toy world