
New York City has increasingly become one of the most inspiring cities in the world for me to work in. The energy and architecture of the city serve as the perfect backdrop to the figurative poetry of yoga, and I love photographing what happens when the two meet.
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Betsey Keely: The Brooklyn Bridge


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Laura Kasperzak: Madison Avenue

Sarah Puinno: Flatiron District
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Veronica Beltran: Soho


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Laura Kasperzak: Downtown Manhattan
Robert Sturman: Tribeca Self-Portrait

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With the assistance of Sharon Pingatore, AKA Mamaste
Stephanie Tang: West Village


Laura Kasperzak: West Village

Kelly Kamm: The Financial District
Richard Pietromonaco: Head chef at 222 Houston Hall, Soho

Jeffrey Posner: Central Park

Dana Trixie Flynn: Meatpacking District


Camacha Jones: City Hall

Justin Wolfer: City Hall

Camacha Jones: Financial District
Dana Tarasavage: Financial District

Manhattan tree on the way to school on a beautiful Wednesday morning.

This little yogi, named Isa, saw me working and asked me to take her picture.
Kelly Kamm: Tribeca

Caitlin Marcoux: West Village

Jerry Saluti: Supreme Court of New York


Laura Kaspezak: Grand Central Terminal
Michelle Dawidziak: Supreme Court of New York

Richard Pietromonaco: Federal District Court

Jamie Lyn Skolnick: Meatpacking District

Jerry Saluti: In Front of Courthouses


A dedicated yoga practitioner himself, Sturman's work has increasingly focused on capturing the timeless grace and embodied mindfulness of asana. His portraits, whether set in the lively streets of Manhattan, the expansiveness of Malibu's beaches and canyons, the timeless elegance of Walden's New England, or the bleakness of San Quentin Prison, remind us that there is beauty everywhere. In Sturman's own words "I often think of Rumi: 'I can't stop pointing to the beauty.' That feels right to me."
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