When I was living in New York, I had this slightly wannabe bohemian existence and took up painting, at which I'm appalling. I also bought several guitars.

I grew up in New York.

At 18 I began painting steadily fulltime and at age 20 had my first New York show at the Macbeth Gallery.

She finds herself in New York City and she is making a living posing for photographs. A lot of it was her not really crossing the line and looking at what people were doing with the photographs.

It is extremely encouraging to see that the number of vulnerable residents living on New York City's streets is on the decline. This year's results show that real progress is being made toward overcoming street homelessness.

The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world.