When looking into Struth's city landscapes I noticed that a lot of his photographs showed cities as alien, strange and inhuman. Many of his works also seemed to represent a level of the city's unconscious visually. Keeping this in mind when I went to New York, I tried to create an image here that makes the cityscape look as intimidating and strong as I could. The idea was to apply Struth's formula for cityscape to New York; to show the city as overwhelming, and to capture the idea of feeling "like an ant beneath giants".
Something I kept in mind was that Struth's city images almost never showed people. While mine contains cars I feel that it doesn't really change the concept. The cars are very secondary and while people are obviously associated with vehicles, there is a difference in tone when showing the two. Neither did I feel it entirely necessary to follow Struth's formula to the letter.
Alex Walker
