colinlanephoto The Strokes, January 16, 2001. This is on the roof of the Lincoln Building, right across from Grand Central. I used to sneak up there a lot. We had just tried to get on the roof of the Essex House but got busted by some guy on a cigarette break. I thought “Great now they think I’m an asshole and they’ll just want to go home”. Julian had to work, he was still bar tending. But I told them I knew one more rooftop we could try and amazingly they were like “Ya come on!”. So we got up on the Lincoln Building and it was actually better because it had been a gray day but by the time we got up there the sun broke below the clouds and the Empire State Building lit up green and it was beautiful. And I think that’s probably why they chose me to shoot the press photos….because we had this small adventure and did something slightly illegal and had fun doing it…………I’m selling prints of my music work now. Please email me with inquiries…colin@nyc.rr.com
