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'Out Of My Window': Gail Albert Halaban's New Book Contains Poignant Voyeuristic Images Of People's Lives

9 Amazing Views Through People's Windows
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The life of a city is revealed through its windows. All human life is there, and a poetic slice of it has been captured by Gail Albert Halaban's ever-observant camera. Her photos in Out Of My Window (powerHouse Books, $50) are revelatory and yet somehow melancholy as the figures appear silent, and often alone.

In a week where the lights went off in skyscrapers all over Manhattan, and people either left or sat, candlelit, in their apartments, these images have an increased poignancy.

Hit 'Full Screen' in the top right of the slideshow for the full effect.

Out of My Window by Gail Albert Halaban
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Chelsea, Manhattan, West 26th Street between Broadway and 6th Avenue, Dance Studio, 2009
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Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn, Painting the Walls, 2010
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Flatiron, Manhattan, Cakes and Balloons, 2009
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Upper West Side, Manhattan, View from Lincoln Towers, Family Having Dinner, 2010
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Chelsea, Manhattan, Bumblebee and Bottle, 2010
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Chelsea, Manhattan, West 29th Street, Preparing for Dinner Party, 2008
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Upper East Side, Manhattan, Lexington Avenue and 86th Street, Chandeleir and Vacancies, 2010
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All photos taken out of From Out My Window by Gail Albert Halaban, published by powerHouse Books

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