I sought to make the pictures that would become Dyckman Haze, I wanted to find a landscape and a history that was obscured from the obvious views of the city, and in the parks of Inwood and Washington Heights at the northern edge of Manhattan, I was able to find that place. In Fort Tryon Park, a stone stairway no longer in use and out of sight became a dumping ground of fallen branches and dead Christmas trees, and in the moment of this picture, it seemed as if these branches were reaching out of the stairs to touch this young man turning around and running up to the main path. The pictures I made in these spaces became a story of a world parallel to the city, one of private rituals, secret gatherings, and scavenging creatures. In these parks, I found how nature and the public both develop and change, away from the everyday of the city streets.” - Adam Pape Copyright © Adam Pape © Adam Pape | Magnum Photos