Before soaring thousands of feet in the air, Pulitzer Prize–winning photographer Vincent Laforet’s needed clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration and air traffic control towers. Once he received the green light, he flew up in an open-door helicopter, 7,500 feet above the city, balancing 20 pounds of camera equipment. The images, explained Laforet, are ‘the culmination of a perfect storm: a perfectly clear winter night, today’s advanced technology, and an intuitive sense for a visually compelling picture’.
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