Sy Kattelson became interested in photography in the 1930s, when he was hired as a delivery boy for the Aremac Camera Company in midtown Manhattan. That curiosity would extend to his own practice and would drive his choice of subject matter. Kattelson was intrigued by the lives of everyday New Yorkers, and he captured them in unguarded moments as they rode subways, walked the avenues, and went about their business. His images drop the viewer into ongoing narratives that are intriguingly open to interpretation, prompting questions about the moments before and after the scene.