"I lived in New York from 1998 to 2020. I was lucky enough to meet all these people and to count them as friends. They are all part of the semi-organised chaos that gives New York its magic feeling, the sense of community that makes big cities so special. I always took pictures in the street over the years, and then when Maia and I had our son I would push him in his pram and come across people. I would ask them if I could photograph them."