TITLE: A well preserved tradition in NY

On a recent trip to New York, I had a hunch and requested a hotel room on a high floor. Something told me I would get a different view of a city I had visited many times before.

I wasn't mistaken about the view being different, but I didn't anticipate encountering a somewhat paradoxical reality. For a city with the reputation of New York (and perhaps with a Latin American bias), discovering that the water tanks supplying mid-rise buildings are made of wood was a true epiphany.

Indeed, to this day, these crucial containers for the city's survival and its inhabitants are crafted using techniques reminiscent of the past century, with wood remaining their primary material. The companies in this industry are few, and in some cases, they are family-owned businesses with a centuries-old tradition.

It's a view worth observing closely because, just as not everything that glitters is gold, not everything modern necessarily reinvents itself.

AUTHOR: Patricio Gomez (Chile)

Civil engineer born and raised in Santiago, Chile, several decades ago. Photography has become the means to express a need for art which runs deep in my ancestors, with a grandfather who was a photographer and an uncle painter. I always had a camera when growing, but I only formalized my expression through the Trimagen Photographic Center some 10 years ago, following the guidance of master and friend Javier Moreta. I enjoy architectural photography, but I try to convey the angles or closeups that not everyone notices. I hope you enjoy my vision of the world as much as I enjoy presenting it to the audiences.