Gargoyles of New York

An interactive photo essay on sprinklers, standpipes and combination Siamese connections by Guido Jiménez-Cruz.

"Gargoyles of New York" is a document, an observation, and if you slow down to really look at the photographs, possibly a meditation. Close to 90 minutes of street sounds, recorded where the photos were taken, include snippets of conversations, cars, subways, construction, sirens... Manhattans constant rumble. These well-grounded Gargoyles keep changing, day and night​. They are symmetrical, anthropomorphic, and like us, hard to find two alike.