"Diversity, eccentricity and humanity are all found in abundance... Regardless of whether or not you’ve been to New York yourself, there’s something to enjoy here. It’s a city which seems to have embedded itself in our global cultural consciousness, so there’s every chance you may feel you recognise some of the characters here anyway... a fascinating study."—Amateur Photographer

"A set of more than 70 portraits each taken in less than 30 minutes, always un-staged and captured with on-camera flash only, New Yorkers offers the viewer a through-the-keyhole glimpse into the distinct domestic spaces of a colourful cast of characters who live and work in the Big Apple. Looking for an intriguing inside story of big city life? The fascinating ‘New Yorkers’ offers all that, and more."—Digital Camera World

"...this timely book of environmental portraiture will likely fill you with nostalgia, and perhaps a touch of envy. New Yorkers is a voyeur’s dream and an anthropological masterclass all rolled in to one compelling photobook… Considering that the photographs were made in the months just prior to the pandemic shutdown that was 2020, Davies may have inadvertently earned an award for “most prescient photographer."—PhotoBook Journal

"New Yorkers is a visual read, to be sure, but it also contains a good deal of text on the subjects and their lives. In this way, the book is an ideal gift for the photography lover or the avid reader of the biographies in your life. Buy a copy, you can thank me later."—F-Stop

"Sally Davies’s portraits of larger than life characters in their equally colourful homes offer a glimpse into the grit, elegance, poverty and humanity of an ever-changing city."—Guardian

Sally Davies is a street photographer whose works are in the Museum of the City of New York and the NYC 9/11 Memorial Museum. She is the author of the acclaimed McDonalds Happy Meal project (1.5 million online hits) and her archive is part of the Downtown Collection of Fales Library at NYU. She took Allen Ginsberg's old apartment when she moved from Canada to New York in 1983, and she still lives in the East Village with her dog Bun. She is also the author of California Dreamers, published by Ammonite Press.

Asher Lack 2
Foreword 6
Bruno and Maylis Dayan 7
Introduction 8
Jack Smead 9
Suzanne Mallouk 12
Claire and Garland Jeffreys 14
Laurie Anderson 16
Lois Walden and Margot Harley 18
Michael Musto 20
Jacquie Tellalian 22
Carlos “Fos” Franco 24
Sylvia Parker Maier 26
Charlie Romanofsky 28
Karol Jackowski 30
Marina Press Granger 32
Sam Swope and Jim Tryforos 34
Linda Simpson 36
Liz Duffy Adams 38
Tom Birchard 40
Theresa Buchicchio 42
Delphine Blue 44
Pamela Lubell 46
Mitchel Bayer and Bea Winkler Bayer 48
Vicky Roman 50
Noah Becker 52
Bijou Clinger 54
Jen Poe 56
Rachid Alsataf 58
Bara and Roger de Cabrol 60
Frances Pilot 62
Will Davis 64
Ben Mindich and Montgomery Frazier 66
Jackie Ferrara 68
Mehai Bakaty 70
Janet Halpin 72
Allan Tannenbaum 74
Bruce Mazer 76
Dolores Kestler 78
Cherie Nutting 80
Steven Hammel 82
Steven Salzman and Ellen Kahn 84
Buddy Papaleo 86
X Baczewski 88
Kate Maxwell 90
Eric Ambel 92
Fred Brown and Claire Flack 94
Rick Prol 96
Joyce Pomeroy Schwartz 98
Meta Hillmann 100
James Hammond 102
Stuart Zamsky and Kim Wurster 104
Maria Heredia 106
Michael McMahon 108
Michael Riedel 110
Penny Arcade 112
Frank Andrews 114
Flloyd NYC 116
Jewel Weiss 118
Matthew Hittinger and Michael Ernest Sweet 120
Sur Rodney (Sur) 122
Betty Tompkins 124
Beatrice Moritz 126
Ed McGowan and Claudia DeMonte 128
Gerald DeCock 130
Linda Heidinger 132
James Kaston 132
Charlene McPherson 136
Lynne Burns 138
Angela Fremont and Harold Appel 140
William Ivey Long 142
Gracie Mansion 144
Benny Hansen and Malan Liborio Dos Reis 146
Iris Rose 148
Matt Weber 150
Cressa Turner 152
Gillian McCain and Jim Marshall 154
Danny Fields 156
Sally Davies 158
Acknowledgements 160