Yana Paskova - Photojournalist, Writer, Photo Editor

New Yorkers: City Monochrome

New York, in black and white. 

Photographed for: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Getty Images, and The Washington Post 

  • U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump (R-NY) arrives to Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, FL, on March 11, 2016, where former candidate Ben Carson gave him his endorsement.
  • U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump (R-NY) departs a ceremony where the World Trade Center towers once stood in Manhattan, on September 11th, 2016, in New York, NY. Yana Paskova for Washington Post
  • Stephanie Clifford (adult film name Stormy Daniels) arrives to Federal Court with her lawyer Michael Avenatti (not seen) at the United States District Court Southern District of New York after a hearing related to Michael Cohen, President Trump's longtime personal attorney and confidante, April 16, 2018 in New York City. Cohen and lawyers representing President Trump are asking the court to block Justice Department officials from reading documents and materials related to his Cohen's relationship with President Trump that they believe should be protected by attorney-client privilege. Officials with the FBI, armed with a search warrant, raided Cohen's office and two private residences last week.Photo by: Yana Paskova/Getty Images
  • A man walks by Herbert Von King Park on a rainy day in Brooklyn, NY on July 24, 2017.Yana Paskova for The Wall Street JournalSLUG: RAIN
  • Polar Bear Plunge participants run through the frigid waters surrounding Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY on January 01, 2018.Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images
  • Bikers line up near the start line of the 41st annual TD Five Boro Bike Tour in Manhattan, NY on May 06, 2018.Yana Paskova for The New York Times
  • Carl Schurz Park, on March 04, 2017.
  • Looking through the grass at Ft. Tilden beach on June 18, 2017.
  • Barricades surround Tiffany & Co. (in reflection) on 5th Avenue's luxury shopping strip near Trump Tower in Manhattan, NY on November 18, 2016.Assignment ID: 30198910A
  • Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the Gates Foundation Inaugural Goalkeepers event on September 20, 2017 in New York City.Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images
  • Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the Gates Foundation Inaugural Goalkeepers event on September 20, 2017 in New York City. Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images
  • Former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to the media after keynoting a Women's Empowerment Event at the United Nations in Manhattan, New York on March 10, 2015. Clinton answered questions about recent allegations of an improperly used email account.Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images
  • Mayor Bill De Blasio listens to a question during a Green New Deal rally At Trump Tower in New York City on May 13 2019. Mayor de Blasio recently unveiled his Green New Deal to reduce carbon emissions in New York City. (Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images)
  • Parishioners visiting from an Ethiopian Coptic church finish prayer at a Coptic Orthodox church on Palm Sunday in Manhattan, NY on April 09, 2017. Two explosions at Coptic churches in Egypt left at least 31 people dead and injured dozens of others.Yana Paskova for The New York Times
  • Thousands of people gather in front of Trump Tower in Manhattan, NY, on August 14, 2017, to protest this weekend's violent white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia.Yana Paskova for The Wall Street Journal
  • Thousands of people gather in front of Trump Tower in Manhattan, NY, on August 14, 2017, to protest this weekend's violent white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia.Yana Paskova for The Wall Street Journal
  • Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's personal attorney, takes a call near the Loews Regency hotel on Park Ave on April 13, 2018 in New York City. Following FBI raids on his home, office and hotel room, the Department of Justice announced that they are placing him under criminal investigation. Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images
  • Conceptual artist Rachel Lee Hovnanian poses for a portrait reflected in the doors of the {quote}Immersion Room,{quote} which visitors cannot enter without surrendering their phones, at the Leila Heller Gallery in Manhattan, NY on January 11, 2018. This exhibit, about unplugging from social media and phones, is a part of Hovnanian's The Women's Trilogy Project.Yana Paskova for The New York Times
  • U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer speaks about gun control on March 25, 2018 in Manhattan, NY. Yana Paskova for The New York Times
  • British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson gives a press conference in the Security Council Stakeout area of the United Nations Headquarters after meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (not seen) on July 22, 2016 in New York City. Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images
  • Participants in the 2018 Women's March move through Manhattan, New York on January 20, 2018. The MeToo movement calls for equality in economic, physical, and mental health for women and draws attention to the widespread nature of discrimination, sexual harassment and assault against women across various vocations and life circumstances. It has gained geographical and cultural traction via women speaking out about their experiences.
  • The Visions In Motion dance group prepares to march down Eastern Parkway for the West Indian American Day Parade in celebration of the Caribbean Carnival on September 04, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images
  • Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, speaks during a town hall event in the Bronx, New York, U.S., on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Ocasio-Cortez met with veterans and registered nurses and discussed protecting the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system from privatization. Photographer: Yana Paskova/Bloomberg
  • Audience members immerse themselves into their phones while a fashion show goes on just in front to the tunes of singer Julee Cruise during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week on September 08, 2016 in New York, NY.Yana Paskova for The New York Times
  • Polar Bear Plunge participants run through the frigid waters surrounding Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY on January 01, 2018.Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images
  • Exiting Ft. Tilden beach, on June 18, 2017.
  • Students listen to their professor speak during a Computer Vision & Scene Analysis class at the NYU Tandon School Of Engineering on October 05, 2017 in Manhattan, NY. Yana Paskova for The New York Times
  • Protesters gather in Central Park to voice their opposition to the attempted repeal of DACA by U.S. President Donald Trump, on September 09, 2017 in New York, NY.Photo by Yana Paskova for The New York Times
  • A woman looks through the window of a bus down Eastern Parkway during the West Indian American Day Parade in celebration of the Caribbean Carnival on September 04, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The parade, which draws tens of thousands of costumed celebrants, has been plagued by violence in recent years resulting in new intensive security measures. Photo by Yana Paskova/Getty Images
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