Jewelry

"To assure himself that New York is beautiful, the pedestrian must crane his neck in crowded streets, and perhaps doubt still remains. From the highest windows, New York can be seen at her most magical when, as James Pope-Hennessy has said, the lighted skyscrapers at night are like sticks of Elizabethan jewellery."
Cecil Beaton, Portrait of New York

Electricity

New York seen from space (Photo: NASA)

"New York is like electricity. The efficiency and vitality of all America is transmuted to me here."
Cecil Beaton, quoted in Popular Photography

Asparagus Bed

South Street Seaport

"After twenty annual visits, I am still surprised each time to return to see this giant asparagus bed of alabaster and rose and green skyscrapers."
Cecil Beaton, It Gives Me Great Pleasure