Christoph Niemann’s “Smoke and Mirrors”

For the September 23, 2024, Style special issue, Christoph Niemann plays with the flat colors and geometric shapes of those ubiquitous New York funnels in order to capture the excitement one gets when walking the streets of the city and encountering one of its fabulously dressed denizens.“I’m sure there is a perfectly good explanation for these chimneys emitting steam at any time of the year,” Niemann said. “But please don’t tell me. I just love them and I want to keep the mystery alive.”