Images from New York’s Fabled Crossroads of the World

An idle New York City musician with his guitar case strapped to his back and an electric cigarette dangling from his mouth waits for his next gig at 42nd Street and Broadway in Times Square, the so-called Crossroads of the World. (Created with a Hasselblad medium format camera and Kodak Portra high speed film.)

Musician Loitering in Times Square, New York

Old meets new in this photographic image of the colorful marquee awning of the Music Box Theatre in New York City’s Times Square. (Created with a Hasselblad medium format camera and Kodak Portra high speed film.)

Marquee of the Music Box Theatre in New York

Photo Credits

All Photographs Are © Chad Gayle

Chad Gayle Photographer Bio

Chad Gayle is a writer / photographer who has a Masters from Texas A&M University and has worked as a teacher, an editor, and a graphic designer. He works as a commercial and portrait photographer, and his fine art photography of New York City is featured at Brooklyn Prints; his novel “Let It Be,” which is linked to the music of his favorite band, the Beatles, was published in 2013 by Bracket Books.