게스트 게시물: 코리 메리오트

브루클린에서 열린 비공개 디너 행사에 초대를 받고 처음으로 뉴욕에 왔습니다. 이 행사에는 소수의 사진작가들이 모였고, 제가 가장 좋아하는 두 명의 사진작가인 하마다 히데아키와 저스틴 정이 패널 토크를 할 예정이었어요.

Stepping out of the subway station on the first night felt surreal. The buildings were all so tall, towering high above me in the soft glow of the last bit of daylight. During my short three-day stay, New York was quite kind to me. I met friends that I’d only known through the web, who took me around and showed me great places to eat and explore. Thankfully staying at such a central location at 1 Hotel Central Park made it easy to bounce around and check out different spots all across the city.

I rode the subway and had delicious Japanese food in Chelsea on my first night, followed by a fried chicken and gravy brunch on the Upper West Side the next morning. Across the next few days I would be rushing around trying to take in everything and meet everyone, while eating as much as I could. I got to have amazing tuna poke and fish tacos down in Nolita, just before wandering around Soho and checking out all the stylish shops. From there I walked the entire high line from the south end to the north— and was thankful my hotel, and namely the shower, weren’t but a short train ride away from that point!

My short trip was really pretty simple. I spent most the time wandering the streets and hanging with my new friends, taking photos. The weather couldn’t have been better and all across the city, pear trees where sprinkling their soft white petals everywhere in the breeze. The city buzzed with a certain energy about it. Simply walking the streets in good company and taking it all in was enough.

Walking around all day got to be pretty tiring. I was so thankful to have a home base to return to each night at the hotel. 1 Hotel Central Park is filled with an abundance of natural motifs—potted plants, salvaged wood— it was the perfect retreat from a days spent navigating the urban landscape. My room was so comforting, at times it was hard to leave it!

여행이 끝난 지 얼마 되지 않았지만 벌써 호텔과 도시가 너무 그리워요. 다음에 또 만나요!

- 코리 메리오트

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Cory는 San Francisco 활동하는 인물, 음식, 라이프스타일 사진작가입니다. 최근 조경학 학사 학위를 취득한 그는 Refinery29의 '인스타그램에서 가장 빨리 팔로우해야 할 30명의 사진작가'에 소개된 바 있으며, Fast Co.에서 Facebook의 새로 디자인한 사무실을 촬영한 작품도 선보였습니다.

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