Like a Hurricane

Hurricane Sandy arrived in the New York/New Jersey area on the eve of October 29 after initially hitting ground in Cuba as a Category 3 storm. As the largest hurricane in history on the Atlantic coast, It claimed 285 lives in seven countries. Staten Island's east coast was one of the hardest hit in the region. Twenty-four lives were lost. This photo series is a minute look at the area of Midland Beach to New Dorp Beach twelve days into the recovery mission prefaced with a few points on the North Shore.

To commemorate the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy and the devastation to the region, the Museum of the City of New York held an exhibition called Rising Waters which ran from October 29, 2013 to April 20, 2014. Curated by Sean Corcoran from close to 10,000 photo submissions, the exhibit features a variety of images from amateur to pro, shot casually with camera phones or on assignment from news agencies.