Tatiana Cooper
  • Overhead view of a couple kissing on a city sidewalk beside a manhole cover
  • Motion-blurred person in a tan jacket walking along a gum-spotted sidewalk, seen from above
  • Person in a long brown coat looking at a phone on the sidewalk below
  • Person in a pale pink checked coat carrying a plastic bag along the curb, seen from above
  • Storefront with a mannequin, a person seated on the sidewalk, an orange cone and a row of trash bags
  • Two people crossing paths on the sidewalk, seen from directly above
  • Two people talking on the sidewalk beneath a hanging metal ladder, seen from above
  • Person in a fur-trimmed parka walking past green-lidded trash bins, seen from above

Passing

Format
Photographic study
Place
Lower East Side, New York City
Photographs
8

Passing is a continuous photographic study of a Lower East Side street in New York City, observed from a single apartment window. Although the space contains two windows, the camera always returns to the same one, maintaining a consistent frame as the street below changes. From this fixed vantage point, pedestrians, cars, light, and weather move through the image, appearing briefly before passing out of view. The subjects remain anonymous and unposed, unaware of being observed. Rather than focusing on individual stories, the work documents the rhythm of everyday life as it unfolds beyond the private interior. By limiting both movement and perspective, Passing emphasizes time, repetition, and impermanence — how the city continues regardless of who is watching.