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Photographer John Schabel did just that between 1994 and 1996 for his intriguing portrait series Passengers, which is only now being released as a book.

Described as “hopperistic” by the New York Times and New Yorker, Gail Albert Halaban’s large-scale color photos provide a look into the private worlds of ordinary people. “I’m a photographer and therefore I’m a voyeur, and I’m a New Yorker and therefore I’m a voyeur,” said Halaban. Although staged, these photographs capture the realistic experience all New Yorkers can relate to. “I think every city has its own way that people connect to their neighbors. In LA it’s through the car window. In New York, I think it’s through the apartment window.” Halaban’s photographs range from a man playing with his dog to a couple playing with their baby, all with the backdrop of large architecture emphasizing the real New York experience, being one of eight million. Halaban’s book of peeping shots will be released this September by powerHouse books.

In Hamburg-based graphic artist and art director Reinhard Krug’s lovely series Islands, which we recently spotted over at Thaeger, majestic modern metropolises – London, Berlin, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Sydney, Cape Town, and New York — float in the ether on tiny islands like mini asteroids. Not only are the images beautiful, but we think they function as both metaphor (cities as worlds unto themselves) and a sort of post-apocalyptic vision (chunks of civilization flung out alone into the far reaches of the universe). However you interpret them, click through to see Krug’s gorgeous series, and if you fall in love with the images, head here to buy a print of your very own.