The Brooklyn Bridge, an American Icon, Turns 140 Years Old on May 24th, 2023

Popularly referred to as “the eighth wonder of the world,” the bridge was, at the time of its construction, the largest suspension bridge in the world. Today, it connects New Yorkers with their past and each other.

Brooklyn Bridge, 1983, Silver dye bleach photograph (Cibachrome), image/sheet: 20 x 40 in. (50.8 x 101.6 cm)
Collection of the Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 84.26.3

As a photographer for the NY/NJ Port Authority I had the pleasure of photographing many of these iconic buildings and bridges of the NYC landscape, sometimes in 360 degrees.