This blast of cold, clear light is what the New York City skyline was made for; and the drips of caked-on old snow and freezing rain, on the bus window I shot through, is what reminds you that you are looking at New York. When you live here you know that dirt is part of the deal; and as much as it can make me crazy to get out from time to time, at the moment I shot this picture it made me so happy that I couldn't imagine the world without it.