«This began when I saw a bolt of light zigzag across the stairs one afternoon at the “New York Times Magazine”. I pulled out my iPhone and took a picture of it. Then I started seeing pictures all the time – incredible beauty and poetry in my office. (…) My corner of the office faces east and is flooded with a particular intense light first thing in the morning. (…) I didn’t really pay attention to it when we first moved into the Renzo Piano-designed building. I am a creature of habit and I loved the gritty, old Times building, in all its messiness. (…) The new building felt too new and clean and crisp. But the moment I started to take photographs was the same moment I fell in love with it.»
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