JJ Goode, cookbook ghostwriter and coffee shop regular who seems to know everyone in the place.

Nurys, at the local grocery store, who's often singing in the aisles and joking with the deli guys.

Nurys

Alexis

Milo and Willow and another friend who are all probably in Pratt student band together.

Milo

David of [Better Read Than Dead](https://www.betterreadthandeadbooks.com/), in his Bed Stuy basement book garage, who said that a surprising number of thrift sellers are named David.

David

Brandon, who was very sweet when I cut him in line at Corto.

Brandon

Ava, experienced babysitter, ending sophomore year at NYU, about to watch Theo for the night.

Buddy, who's been playing the violin on the subway for years, and was waiting for a busier stop to start.

Buddy

Pam, who said I should have photographer her an hour ago when she won 2nd place in a hat making competition and fashion show.

Alyssa, who liked that I called photography my 'outlet' cause her art is something she _has_ to get out of herself as well.

Alyssa

Ray, who goes by a different name on every platform, on my 2nd day at Zo.

Ben after Bathhouse, who said that all banya trips are expensable at Zo.

Bill, waiting for the rain to pass under the cow umbrella.

Bill

Scott Sixkiller Sinquah, hoop dancer from a family of hoop dancers from the Gila River Indian Community.

Scott Sixkiller

Homerun, not his name, but he was sitting outside the store about to help his friend set it up for opening.

Homerun

Ishac

Becca, who missed the coffee bean delivery so I got the last espresso of that day at Apartment Ra'el.

Becca

Scout, walking the kids out the door at pick up.

Scout

Khalif, who owns Newton's Laundromat on Gates, and says it's like being a bartender, you hear everyone's woes.

Khalif

[Emily](https://www.instagram.com/thevetiver/), street photographer, trying out the X100 and not yet sure about it.

Emily

Nira

Meatloaf

Snap, at his upholstry shop / warehouse on Bedford.

Snap

Raissa, gathering herbs from their garden and the neighbor's garden too.

Raissa

Thea

Ethan and Chantelle, with their daughter at the Bayfront splash park.

Ethan and Chantelle

Zeke, who paddled up to Midnight Pass, [opened up by Hurricanes Helene and Milton](https://www.scgov.net/government/planning-and-development-services/midnight-pass#ad-image-0).

Zeke

Brian, swapping the batteries out and getting the boat ready for tomorrow.

Brian

Cecile, writing a letter to her aunt, wondering if she should stay to keep teaching in Sarasota.

Cecile

Theo, who climbed up the tallest hill in Sarasota mostly by himself.

Theo

Amy and Rigo, waiting to catch a glimpse of the Artemis launch. A few hours later we did see it shoot off into the clouds.

Amy and Rigo

Khaleed, at The Word is Change on Tompkins, Theo's favorite bookstore. And Alexander, the owner, watching the street party for the closing of The Brew.

Khaleed

Leo, picking up tents and sleeping bags for a weekend at Moonrise Valley.

Jennifer Prezioso, the butcher of Elizabeth St.

Jennifer

Ridd

Toure, Fort Greene tennis legend, and [much more](https://www.instagram.com/toureshow).

Toure

Mor, and a backyard BBQ to bring in the summer.

Rylan

Stefan, and Leon, in Viktoria's arms after a playground tumble

Stefan

Mitch

Dhruv, done with running Elsewhere, onto a different slice of nightlife.

Dhruv

Paolo and his Leica, visiting from Florence, 

Paolo

Unnamed, with the Undertaker outside the metalworkers on Thames.

Unnamed

Brie

DK and Bri, finding animals in the clouds.

DK and Bri

Freeno, who said I must be wicked smaht when I said I went to UPenn.

Freeno

Harold, 83, writing a book about reversing aging, wearing a shirt showing all the homes he's sold in Brooklyn.

Harold

The unnamed worker, loading up flowers outside ephemera in Bushwick.

Unnamed at ephemera

Giovanna, whose name might not actually be Giovanna, out in the drizzle with her girls.

Giovanna

Sadie and Alana, smoking a cig before walking into Beacon's Closet.

Sadie and Alana

Sam, whose parents own Apple Arts, which has been on Dekalb since 1940.

Claire, who brought ramp butter for everyone at dinner.

Claire

Amber, taking her sick son out for a walk in the basket of her cargo bike.

Amber

Picture man Bob Greco, making Red Brick Square come alive with his Polaroids and his friends.

Hoku, taking the planning of the shoot up a couple of notches.

Hoku

[Reanna](https://www.instagram.com/ruetookthis/), sick skate photographer, trying on faces around the corner from exposure therapy.

Reanna

[Britt](https://brittbolton.com/), at her jewelry workshop at The Hunt, preparing to send some rings to the casters, and planning her father's memorial.

Britt

Ayelah and Emme, walking into an empty Washington Square Park on a rainy afternoon.

Ayelah and Emme

Rown, long time server at our favorite ramen spot, Menkoi Sato.

Rown

Don Kilcoyne, running for Warwick Town Board, who wants more of their decisions to be made out in the open.

Erica, getting ready in a 235 year old house on one farm for a wedding party on another.

Erica

Dante, the day after his wedding, the day before the celebration, in his hometown of Warwick, NY.

Dante

Isa, who keeps the line growing and moving at [welcome home](https://www.instagram.com/welcomehome.bk), now my regular bakery.

Theo, visiting Home Depot for the first time in his life.

[Shekhar](https://shreyans.org/portraits/61), now also a father, at the red clay courts by the river.

Shekhar

[Janna](https://www.instagram.com/jannaj_/), whose necklace spells the name of her first EP, '[Lovesuite](https://open.spotify.com/album/2tsb7F0w8GGQyrYr7GnqIV)', sitting in perfect light in the corner of the wine bar.

Janna

Amira, who plans to sit in the sun and do nothing else on this perfect Monday, stretching and hanging but not climbing the art with Naim at Herbert von King.

Amira

Jesse on his 36th birthday, and Luna with all the spikeballs, who quietly called for Theo, and sweetly said 'bye' when we left.

Jesse and Luna

Vigo, weeks away from becoming a father, reacting to seeing Theo amidst St James Joy, an hour before the downpour drenched everyone.

Vigo

[Jabari](https://www.instagram.com/barixsafarivisuals/), who has been taking photos on the streets of Brooklyn for the last 5 years, and sets up outside the Brooklyn Museum every Saturday.

Jabari

Katie, who wants to work at the archives of a museum after NYU, at the photo show at the Armory.

Katie

Angel, part time sculptor, carving a wood figure on a Prospect Park bench on his day off.

Angel

Evelyn wearing the Easter bonnet she made for this year's Easter Parade.

Evelyn

Georgia, painting over the graffiti on the door to her pilates studio, something she has to do every week.

Georgia

[JoJo, costume designer](https://instagram.com/jojo.clubkid), who makes the kookiest costumes that you [should](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc-bwuGrufe) [see](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cci5KrNL3Hh), at the top of the Williamsburg Bridge, heading in to make an Easter costume.

JoJo

[Malka](https://www.instagram.com/malkahynan/) outside Evan and Carla's photo show at Ants Coffee.

Malka

Dani and Gaby, on the way to their jobs at the mall in Norwalk, CT.

Dani and Gaby

Thraa, who owns Moe's Doughs on Nassau, and sells those doughnuts for way too little.

Thraa

Judah, who hasn't raised his price in 23 years, who shone my scuffed boots on West 3rd and Macdougal for $1.

Judah

Sabine, who can help anyone with regular length arms find a suit, who was on the verge of returning to Europe when she met [Julian](/portraits/57) at [Ebreo](https://www.instagram.com/ebreo_vintage).

Sabine

Gabe, making a few of the thousands of decisions needed for his upcoming [restaurant](https://www.instagram.com/paolina.nyc/).

Gabe

Jason, heading home from the dentist and a day of tiling.

Jason

[Evan](https://www.instagram.com/catkiller___/), photographer, figuring out which photos to show on Sunday at Ants Coffee, with Carla and Kyle.

Evan

Imani, Jordan, and the spirit of Frank Pepe in New Haven.

Imani

Don, 84, dropping into the bachelor party to play blackjack with his son.

Charles, the first familiar face we see back in Brooklyn, 18 years delivering for UPS, 7 years away from a pension.

Charles

Kate

Bhagya and Sita Mahalaxmi, her cow, collecting alms and blessings on 100 Feet Road. Bangalore.

Bhagya and Sita Mahalaxmi

Sannan, 10, heading to a day of training at the Karnataka Institute of Cricket in Bangalore.

Sannan

Bhagyalaxmi, at her ladies tailoring shop, one lane behind the main road and the Metro.

Bhagyalaxmi

Shaini and her friends on the Galle Fort walls at sunset.

Shaini

Chana, who we passed by many times a day in Hiriketiya.

Chana

Jayantha with his grandkids, outside his beachfront restaurant with his name on the wall.

Jayantha

Sheena, who owns a yoga studio in Victoria, BC and just ran her first yoga retreat, on her day off. Hiriketiya Beach, Sri Lanka.

Sheena

Nishankar, waiting for a tuk tuk passenger at the very end of Hiriketiya Beach.

Nishankar

Sunetra, sitting out a hot afternoon, waiting for the sunset crowd to arrive. Hiriketiya, Sri Lanka.

Sunetra

Kate, at the end of a short trip to Sarasota.

Ingrid, seeing her granddaughter pregnant for the first time, on the day of the baby shower.

Ingrid

Carter, Kate's nephew in Sarasota, who can do a backflip and play Master of Puppets on guitar, both of which he learned since I last saw him in December.