Time in the city: Walking the Night

Over the course of two nights, Manhattan’s Lower East Side becomes both setting and subject in time in the city, a photo zine shot entirely by New York–based photographer Alain Levitt. Reduced to streets, faces, movements, and pauses, the neighborhood appears as a sequence of fleeting moments, fragments of a city experienced at walking pace, after dark. The project situates itself within a long tradition of urban observation, where photography becomes a tool for attention rather than narration.

Edited by Time and designed by Grandmastermechanic, Time in the city brings together 66 photographs taken within a deliberately limited time frame. The choice of constraint, two nights, one area, one gaze, gives the publication its coherence and strength. Rather than documenting an event or a story, the book functions as a visual record: a quiet survey of atmosphere, gestures, and spatial tension. Printed in an edition of 100 copies, it reflects an approach rooted in independence, materiality, and the intimacy of the zine format.

The event will mark the launch of Time in the city at Le Grand Jeu. An opportunity to discover the fanzine up close, explore its sequencing and design, and engage with the visual language of the project. A focused presentation of a rare photo zine, and a moment to reconnect with the Lower East Side through nocturnal wandering.

📖 Time in the city — Fanzine launch with Time
🗓 Thursday, January 22, 2026  | 🕓 From 6 P.M.
📍 Le Grand Jeu, 15 passage de Ménilmontant, Paris 11