Ben Gibberd is an author and journalist whose profiles and stories appear regularly in the New York Times’ City Section. In May 2007, his book about the men and women of New York City’s waterfront, NEW YORK WATERS: PROFILES FROM THE EDGE, with photographer Randy Duchaine, was published by Globe Pequot Press. His award-winning guide to Manhattan, THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK OF NEW YORK, was published in 2006 by Peter Pauper Press.

                          PHOTOS CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: MIRU KIM; RANDY DUCHAINE; MARILYNN K. YEE