Richard Koek

6sqft’s series The Urban Lens invites photographers to share work exploring a theme or a place within New York City. Are you a photographer who’d like to see your work featured on The Urban Lens? Get in touch with us at [email protected]. Dutch-Argentinean photographer Richard Koek gave up his profession as a tax lawyer to pursue his passion for photography in New York City. He now splits his time between NYC and Amsterdam, and Lannoo Publishers just released a beautiful photographic tour of the city in his book, "New York New York: A Visual Hymn." Koek loves to walk and believes it is the only way to truly get to know a city. And flipping through the pages of his book truly feels like you're walking alongside Koek (so much so that your feet may get sore by the end!). As photographer Alice Rose George says in the preface, "New York can be frightening just by its size and number of people, or it can be exhilarating for the same reasons... You can see bits and pieces from inside a taxi or the swollen streets as you enter a theater or restaurant, everything at a distance. Or you can dive into its complexity." 6sqft got Koek to sit down and stop walking for a brief moment to talk about this complexity, his process, and his inspirations for the book.
Hear from Koek and see a selection of his beautiful photos