Stuart McAlpine is a Brooklyn-based photographer who enjoys engaging in nefarious activities in places he really shouldn’t be.

For his new project entitled Heights and Depths, McAlpine photographed hidden and restricted areas of New York City and the results are absolutely exquisite.

Let’s call it illegality for the sake of art. Everything’s more fun when it’s forbidden, right?

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The photo-series is what McAlpine describes as “a monthly exploration of the city’s forbidden beauty." And how beautiful this city truly is...

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