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aloneinnewyork.com
a photo webzine by
Anton Repponen
New York, 2025
This is a non-commercial project.
All photos © Anton Repponen.
New York, 2025
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New York is full. Of people, of noise, of lives crossing and colliding. But loneliness here doesn’t come from absence—it comes from being surrounded. These photographs capture that tension: the intimacy of aloneness in a place built for millions.
This series began as a quiet search: to find stillness in the most crowded corners of the city. Over the years, I collected fragments—single figures suspended in space, swallowed by architecture, dwarfed by movement, yet curiously untouched by it. These are not empty streets, but moments where the world briefly looks away, and someone is left alone with the city.
Alone in New York is a study in contradictions. A city that never sleeps, never pauses, never empties—yet within its restless pulse, moments of loneliness emerge.
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They say the city is full, but today, it’s only him.
Delancey St., 2025
She hears footsteps sometimes. But it’s always just hers.
14th St., 2023
She was sitting still and the world forgot to move around her.
Lincoln Center Plaza, 2022
He stares at the river like it might carry an answer downstream.
Domino Park, 2023
Someone built this city just for her, and then left.
Louis Valentino, Jr. Park, 2023
He didn’t notice the silence until it started to echo.
Brian Watkins Tennis Center, 2016
He didn’t expect to be the only one left, but he stayed anyway.
W 42nd St., 2022
She rides these streets every day, but has never seen another soul.
Williamsburg Bridge, 2025
No one sees him. That’s how the photos work.
Williamsburg Bridge, 2025
When the weather is good, the city feels less alone.
Rockaway Beach, 2023
The headlines scream, but he sits in silence.
Bleeker St., 2023
No one saw her arrive. No one will see her leave.
Broadway (Brooklyn), 2016
He’s been walking for hours,
but the city left no footprints.
Williamsburg Bridge, 2017
The shadows are longer when no one’s around to notice.
6th Ave., 2022
Every footstep sounds louder when it’s the only one.
Kent St., 2020
Some spaces are empty because they’re full of what used to be.
Times Square, 2018
The city that never sleeps, because there’s no one left to sleep.
Delancey St., 2024
The lights changed, but he didn’t move. Neither did the feeling.
Broadway, 2021
Time passes differently
when no one’s looking.
W 24th St., 2024
Not a single train left the station, but she waited anyway.
Brighton Beach Station, 2024
Even the busiest places get quiet if you look long enough.
Grand Central, 2024
New York keeps going—even when no one’s looking.
Lafayette St., 2025
The city above keeps rushing. Down here, it’s slower.
Canal St. Station, 2025
Without people, even the city picks up its pace.
Exchange Pl., 2023
Central Park, 2023
Broadway, 2014
Wall St., 2025
Kent Ave., 2015
Bedford Ave., 2024
Hunter's Point South Park, 2018
Broadway (Brooklyn), 2024
Riegelmann Boardwalk, 2023
N 12th St., 2022
Vesey St., 2025
Lincoln Center, 2014
Division St., 2024
Bowery, 2020
Bedford Ave., 2022
Domino Park, 2022
Union Square, 2021
Madison Ave., 2019
Transmitter Park, 2023
5th Ave., 2014
Elizabeth St., 2020
Broadway, 2016
Bowery, 2017
Broad St. Station, 2021
Vesey St., 2025
Hanover St., 2022
Transmitter Park, 2023
Bedford Ave (Brooklyn), 2016
Mercer St., 2024
Church St., 2025
Broadway (Brooklyn), 2023
Portrait by @velocityzen
Brooklyn, 2020
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Anton Repponen is a designer and photographer based in Brooklyn, New York.
W: repponen.com
IG: @repponen
M: repponen@gmail.com
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