How does the High Line follow Dinosaur, aka “The Pigeon”? With a 27-foot, 36-ton sandstone Buddha whose hands are made from melted-down artillery shells.
A 27-foot stone Buddha by Vietnamese artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen has take the place of Dinosaur on the High Line. Photo: David Gray
The Light That Shines Through the Universe is the work of Vietnamese artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen. The sculpture is an homage to the Bamiyan Buddhas, a pair of 6th-century statues in Afghanistan destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
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David Gray is a New York street photographer. He’s not the drop-in, grab-a-frame type: Gray works by walking Manhattan — often five to 10 miles a day — letting the city reveal itself in small, unscripted moments. That long-haul approach helped fuel his sold-out book “Wait For It”, a love letter to New York built around light, shadow and sharp timing.