Thorne Clark
Street, architectural, and travel photography from New York, New York

Thorne Clark
Thorne Clark shares photographs and travel notes from New York, New York and from trips across the United States and abroad. He retired from a career as an airline pilot in 2024 and now spends most of his time on foot, photographing streets, architecture, and small towns.
From the Blog
Writing on street photography, architecture, travel, and the practice of photographing New York City and beyond.
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Thorne Clark | The Week Every Photograph Spends Waiting
The card reader clicks on the kitchen table, two hundred and forty frames come across, and the laptop shuts. It…
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Thorne Clark | The Ugliest Structure on the Block Is the Best Light You Will Get
You walked under one yesterday and could not describe it now. The green plywood overhead, the pipe uprights in a…
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Thorne Clark | A Wall Will Tell You What It Used to Sell
Most of what a street used to be is still painted on it, twenty feet up, and hardly anyone looks…