Photography is second-nature to me. I started taking pictures in my native Cuba before I was 10 years old, encouraged by a father who believed in photography as an art form. But I have spent a good part of my life in New York City. To this I can add that my world view was shaped by parents of different nationalities and cultural backgrounds and by my constant travels with them to different parts of the world since my youngest days. I have always been interested in the urban landscape and its people. For example, I have been documenting Coney Island for the past 50 years as an ongoing project, being always surprised by how much there is new to see every time I visit. But I photograph everywhere I go, with an emphasis on the vernacular, then come home to look at the world as seen by my camera.
ALBERT MCGRIGOR
August 2007
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