Photo courtesy of Alexandra Johnson
Photo courtesy of Alexandra Johnson
Protester in Corona
Photo Courtesy of Andrew Kass
Photo courtesy of Andrew Kass
Church and Chambers roof, with spencer & jack
Photo courtesy of Cole Giordano
Professional skateboarders Marcello Campanello and Carlisle Aikens go shirtless to cool off and unwind after a skate session on a hot day in the East Village.
Photo courtesy of Drew Carolan
After a baseball game in Riverside Park a young man stops at a fire hydrant to cool off.
Photo courtesy of June Koffi
The photo is of my aunt and her friend sitting on stoop in Harlem.
Photo courtesy of Karen Bell
Before my time! The 2 women are my mother and her sister at Manhattan Beach 1939. My mother, the dark haired woman on the left, was 15 at the time, her sister, 19.
Photo courtesy of Karen Bell
I was photographing kids at NYC playgrounds. The boys at the pool were preening for the girls on the other side of the fence.
Photo courtesy of Kitty Katz
Queensboro Plaza station—101 DEGREES on the platform
Photo courtesy of Larry Racioppo
I took this photo from the window of my apartment.
Photo courtesy of Michael Castellano
You can see the Seagram billboard in the rear left, the tornado roller coaster next to it and the Wonder Wheel to the rear right.
Photo courtesy of Mir Finkelman
I took this photo of my mother at my father's apartment, a few years after their divorce. I spent a lot of time in the darkroom at the International Center of Photography burning in the window to get the fan visible, which I find sort of amusing, as it mimics the heat coming through the window in the moment of capture.
Photo courtesy of Nadira Gupta
Photo courtesy of Nadira Gupta
Photo courtesy of Nadira Gupta
Photo courtesy of Nadira Gupta
Photo courtesy of Nadira Gupta
Photo courtesy of Nadira Gupta
Photo courtesy of Nadira Gupta
On a sunny 105F day in Brooklyn, NYC, I stopped at an open fire hydrant to cool off. Happen to share it with someone passing by. Sharing a moment with strangers, connecting and commiserating over the scorching heat while enjoying the cool refreshing water.
Photo courtesy of Noam Oster
Two kids on the highline, Chelsea, 2018.
Submitted in 2025.
Photo courtesy of Shalom Haileselassie
Commute from Brooklyn to Riis on a hot summer day
Photo courtesy of Susan Wittenberg
Circle Line - this was the first summer I lived in NYC after college. We took the Circle Line to cool off in the heat.
Photo courtesy of Thomas Comiskey
On hot days, my Stuyvesant Town friends and I would fill up a cooler, cross Avenue C to the benches on the East River Drive walkway, and listen to tunes while watching the seaplanes land at 23rd Street.
Photo courtesy of Will Ragozzin
The first time I visited Orchard Beach was a hot day in late May of 2016. I think it was Memorial Day weekend. I was with my girlfriend. As we were walking on the beach I noticed two girls buried in the sand. I also noticed the two girls in the foreground, with snacks and a beach umbrella on its side, laying to a 90 degree angle to each other which formed a pattern leading to the girls buried under the sand in the background. As I was framing up the shot, a lifeguard carrying a "Surf Rescue" surfboard appeared in the right side of the frame just as another lifeguard with whistle in his mouth came from the left side. In a split second, all the elements came together, with other beachgoers and umbrellas in the background filling out the frame. As a photographer, I know how difficult it is to get single shot of multiple disparate elements coming together in a way that brings the viewer into the vibe of the scene. I didn't need my DSLR to capture the moment...the iphone did the trick.