“Within Central Park, New Yorkers can find what they need,” says Scott Rossi, whose first photo book captures the idiosyncratic people and places within the city’s iconic landmark
of the journey that led to the publication of his debut monograph, a photographic documentation of Central Park and the people who frequent it. Born in Vancouver, Rossi moved to New York in 2020 to pursue a master’s degree at the International Center of Photography. Though the move was meant to represent the beginning of a new chapter in his life, the abrupt change of scenery initially left Rossi “lost and uninspired”.
“It is unthinkable to not have Central Park in New York,” says Rossi, reflecting on how, especially over the last two years, “outdoor public spaces have been key to the physical and mental health of everyone living in a big metropolis.” The opening spread of the book features an image of a tree trunk with dozens of names etched into its gnarled surface. Something of an homage to Central Park’s visitors,since it opened in 1876.
Elsewhere, a man is pictured kneeling down in prayer on a carpet of fresh snow; a couple embrace, wrapped in each other’s arms; young girls have their sparkly, light blue outfits checked by their mother ahead of a party, and a young father holds his sleeping daughter close to his chest.“Central Park feels like home to me now,” says Rossi, explaining how, from time to time, the space has allowed him to escape his small Hell’s Kitchen flat and recharge.
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