Photographer Michael Massaia Captures Haunting Images Of Central Park When No One Is Around

During his mid 20s, Michael Massaia developed a terrible case of insomnia. In order to give himself a break from sitting around all night “staring at the walls,” he began to go on long walks. Massaia grew up in New Jersey but became enamored with New York City during his late-night strolls, when the city was less congested and fewer people were around. Thankfully, the self-taught photographer took his camera along, creating the series “Deep in a Dream, Central Park.”

Massaia worked a series of “crappy” jobs, including stints in movie theaters and warehouses, before finding photography.

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“I have a really obsessive mind so I got into the technical aspect of [photography],” he said. “I went immediately into large-format photography, and I started modifying my own cameras, building my own printing equipment, and when I started out I was doing pretty much all analog printing.”