New York photographer Joana Meurkens shows how there is always a new way to see your home.

“This photo was taken on a hot summer morning with my childhood friend and fellow city kid, Thomas Hogan. It is an exploration on how even the most iconic landmarks can have a fresh new look when you let yourself see things with new eyes.”

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Situated at the dynamic border of SoHo, Nolita, and Little Italy, Joana’s photograph will be featured on a billboard on Lafayette Street between Spring and Kenmare in Lower Manhattan.

Joana Meurkens

New York Photographer

“As a born and raised New Yorker, it is an honor to represent my city in such a beautiful way.

To have my art displayed on a billboard in the city that raised me and made me the artist that I am today is a dream come true.”

Joana's Profile

About the photographer

Joana Meurkens is a Brazilian-German multidisciplinary artist based in New York City whose practice explores intimacy, identity, and the simplistic beauty of human connection. Working across photography and other art forms, her work captures the people and environments in her community, examining individuality and the layered experience of mixed identity through an intimate and honest lens.

A graduate of New York City's LaGuardia High School of Music & Art Meurkens’ photography has been featured in Art Week Miami, Global Citizen Festival, and NYMag.

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