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Eric Fichtl

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<p>The subway and some skyline reflect in the mirrored windows of new office blocks in Queensboro Plaza.</p>
<p>Traffic crossing the Queensboro Bridge.</p>
<p>Night and day in transition on an icy Chicago morning.<br /></p>
<p>Guitarists Joel Paterson (at right) and Andy Brown with drummer Alex Hall performing at Chicago's legendary Green Mill. <br /></p> <p>They play a mix of jazz, blues, and pedal-steel guitar pieces just about every Monday night and are well worth catching if you're in town.<br /></p>
<p>Commuters emerge from one of Chicago's metro stations into a dark night.</p>
<p>An alley in the twilight.</p>
<p>Waiting to cross 27th Street in the rain.<br /></p>
<p>Reflections bounce sunlight onto the bricks and characteristic fire escapes of some New York apartments.</p>
<p>Reflected light adds to the contrast on Walker Street, lower Manhattan.<br /></p>
<p>Snow, cold, and the early hour make for sparse traffic on Manhattan's Third Avenue.</p>
<p>People rushing toward a night out in midtown Manhattan.</p>
<p>An early morning walk along the Chicago River.</p>
<p>A person out for a night stroll in Manhattan.</p>
<p>A mock road sign comments on U.S. gun culture.</p>
<p>A solitary figure at a beach on the Oregon coast. <br /></p>
<p>A sweeping view at Dolphin Head, on South Carolina's Hilton Head Island. </p>
<p>The NYPD blue are quick to turn out in defence of the white collars of Wall Street. Here, police film, observe, and later arrest peaceful protestors outside the doors of the New York Stock Exchange.</p>
<p>These trees are shaped by the winds that come in off the Atlantic, as well as the sandy soil they took root in.</p>
<p>A desolate but peaceful landscape in central Iowa, on one of those bitingly cold but clear days in the US Midwest.<br /></p>
<p>The remnants of a group's good night out at La Nacional, a Spanish social club in New York.<br /></p>
<p>A moment in Manhattan.<br /></p>
<p>A beautiful winter day on the beach, complemented by wispy clouds</p>
<p>Portland is a pro-bike, anti-car kind of town – as eloquently stated on this post about local transport options.</p>
<p>A promising path?</p>