Yana Paskova - Photojournalist

Environmental Portraiture

Posed Portraits

Aidan Menzul poses for a portrait on Wall Street in Manhattan, New York on Thursday, October 23, 2008. After losing his job at a private equities firm early in September, Menzul has moved to a less expensive apartment and has considered leaving New York.
  
John Keating, whose daughter Sara Low died on one of the planes that struck the World Center on Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, poses for a portrait with her picture on Tuesday, March 25, 2009 near the US Courthouse in Manhattan, New York.
  
(L-R) Cookbook author, former model and actress Padma Lakshmi poses for a portrait after practicing with boxing trainer Dell Brown at the Dolphin Fitness Club in Manhattan, New York on Friday, July 24, 2009; and earlier, boxes with him during practice.
     
  
Andrew Henderson, curator at the New York Botanical Garden and one of the world's leading palm experts, poses for a portrait in front of a palm tree tablecloth hanging on the living room wall of his apartment in the Bronx, New York, on Sunday, September 20, 2009.
  
Swarupa Rao poses for a portrait while demonstrating a Kathak dance she teaches at the Bollywood Performing Arts center in Hicksville in Long Island, New York, on July 01, 2009.
   
Erin Laubenheimer laughs while posing for a portrait on the rooftop of her apartment building in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, on Friday, June 26, 2009. Laubenheimer is an artist looking for work, who does yoga in her spare time to reduce stress.