"Penman literally catapults his viewer into the scene with a refreshing directness and the feeling of really being present." - All About Photo
"Penman knows how to capture the city in its most sensitive moments in an impressive way." - All About Photo Magazine
"... unveils an uncharted facet of the Big Apple, captivating coffee table book enthusiasts." - Indulge Magazine
New York Street Diaries is an impressive coffee table book for all the fans of the Big Apple. Phil Penman shows the big city on the east coast of the USA from a side that is rarely seen, calm and tranquil. The pictures were taken partly during the great snowstorm and partly during the Corona Lockdown and are thus contemporary witnesses of the pandemic restrictions that completely turned our previously-known world upside down. Born in Great Britain (Poole, Dorset), he has been photographing the streets of New York
