For this edition of On the Street, we asked staff and contributors to show us what solitude meant in their eyes.
Julia Smerling – Multimedia Editor
While photographing my first New York Fashion Week show last year, I saw this model backstage who was just having a moment, and amidst all of the chaos, that feeling of isolation dominated.
Krish Dev – Director of Creative & Digital Strategy
Stills of captive animals at the Lyon Zoo.
George Piper – Contributing Photographer
Spontaneously, these boys jumped on top of the Union Square subway station’s overhead ceiling, unbothered by the city beneath them.
John Zhang – Contributing Photographer
Ivy Chan – Social Media Editor
After a long day at school, my friend Gigi unwinds by spending some time alone and going on her phone.
Mason Jin – Contributing Photographer
Selected works from my narrative series “Empire of the Solitary | 孤独帝国“
Kiran Komanduri – Photo Editor
The end of Gallifrey One’s 2025 convention in Los Angeles, the longest running “Doctor Who” convention in North America. During the closing ceremonies, they announced that the convention will be coming to a close in 2028.
Marcus Oringer – Contributing Photographer
Kaleo Zhu – Contributing Photographer
AnMei Deck – Contributing Photographer
A streetlight and a contrail.
Charlotte Nichols – Contributing Photographer
Isaac Wheatley – Contributing Photographer
This image is from my final visit to my grandparent’s house as they have recently moved to a retirement home. The house that held many of my fond childhood memories now feels like a grim shell of what it once was, not simply because it is no longer inhabited but also because as I grow older, I understand my grandparents were not perfect. The image pictures my mom, who had a hard adolescence, reflecting on memories in her childhood room for the last time.
