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Two people sit together inside a warmly lit room, visible through a window in a brick building. Beyond them, a city skyline glows under a dim, overcast sky at dusk.

Taking voyeurism to a beautiful new level – the photography of Gail Albert Halaban

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Date
14 August 2012

Luckily for us, and the people photographed, these images really aren’t as creepy as the concept would imply. Gail Albert Halaban has done what many others in New York may well have done over the years (perhaps with different motives) and captured the humans living around her in the towering concrete jungle that is New York City. In this beautiful selection of voyeuristic images, we are taken not just on a secret journey into the quiet privacy of people’s homes, but also on a trip around the buildings at a height which you don’t often encounter, which she has managed to capture with absolute perfection. New York has never looked better and its inhabitants have got some seriously nice apartments.

Anyway, it’s not spying if it’s art. Right?

A night view of a dark brick building with several lit windows. Inside one apartment, a person stands in a brightly lit room, looking out towards the city.
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Gail Albert Halaban: Out My Window

A single window with a wooden frame is set into a weathered grey brick wall. Inside the glowing yellow room, a person is partially visible behind the glass.
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Gail Albert Halaban: Out My Window

A view of several high-rise apartment buildings in a city. A modern grey brick building with large glass windows stands in the foreground, beside a taller, sandy-coloured block.
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Gail Albert Halaban: Out My Window

A person sits inside a high-rise apartment, looking out through a large window. The glass reflects a cloudy sunset sky over a dense New York City skyline.
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Gail Albert Halaban: Out My Window

A city skyline at dusk under a heavy, dark blue sky. To the right, a tall brick apartment block stands in the foreground with several windows glowing with warm light.
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Gail Albert Halaban: Out My Window

A person in a red T-shirt stands by a large window in a brick building, looking out. In the background, other city buildings rise up, including a tall grey structure with rows of windows.
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Gail Albert Halaban: Out My Window

A view through a window into a brightly lit room. A person plays an acoustic guitar, partially obscured by large green houseplants.
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Gail Albert Halaban: Out My Window

A row of ornate red brick townhouses with dark mansard roofs and arched windows. Warm light glows from the interiors as dusk settles over the city.
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Gail Albert Halaban: Out My Window

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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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