Since coming to New York in 1978, I had been enjoying the city’s many museums and galleries. I particularly loved seeing Eugene Atget’s work at the Museum of Modern Art, Edward Hopper at the Whitney Museum, and Superrealist paintings at downtown galleries. One day I found a book of Bernd and Hilla Becher’s work and was amazed.

Around that time, I bought an 8×10 view camera and started to think about my new project, “New York – Holy City.”