EVA DANIEL

PHOTO JOURNAL / MARCH 2019

New York City

During a high school trip to New York City, I marched with my school band in Manhattan's St. Patrick's Day Parade. The trip paired the energy of the parade route with time to look up, walk the waterfront, and see the city from above.

5 PHOTOGRAPHS

View over the Hudson River and Manhattan from high above the city

THE PARADE

We traveled to New York as a high school band and joined the St. Patrick's Day Parade through Manhattan. For one morning, the streets became our performance route, lined with crowds, color, and music.

High school band members in blue uniforms gathered on the St. Patrick's Day Parade route

After the music, the city offered a different kind of rhythm.

White ribbed interior of the Oculus opening toward a skylight
Looking up between reflective Manhattan skyscrapers into a blue sky

LOOKING UP

Away from the parade, I kept noticing the scale of the city: the repeating white ribs of the Oculus, towers framing the sky, and long views that made Manhattan feel almost endless.

Seagulls perched along a railing beside the New York waterfront

BY THE WATER

At the waterfront, the pace softened. The skyline gave way to open water, piers, and gulls along the railing: a quieter ending to a trip defined by marching, movement, and the scale of the city.