Empire State Building in Holiday Lights - Manhattan Night Photography
The Empire State Building blazes in red and green against a dark Manhattan night, its Art Deco crown lit for the holiday season. The tunable LED system installed in 2012 replaced incandescent floodlights with millions of programmable color combinations, but the lighting tradition runs much deeper — colored lights first appeared on the tower for FDR's 1932 election win, and the building has marked holidays, sports victories, and civic events with color codes ever since. The 1,454-foot building still tops the city's skyline at this latitude on Fifth Avenue, taller than every Midtown neighbor by a wide margin. New York at Christmas, in the city's most reliable lighting display.
About this print
Each print is produced in a small, signed edition. Sizes range from 12×16 in to 30×40 in across nine formats — pick the one that fits your wall, not the one closest to standard. Custom sizes available on request: write to me.
Materials & Care
Fine Art Print — archival 308 gsm cotton rag, pigment inks, 100+ year display life. Frame behind glass or float-mount.
Canvas — gallery-wrap on a 1.5 in poplar stretcher, satin laminate, ready to hang.
Framed — fine art print, mounted, matted, and framed in a thin black or natural wood profile under museum glass.
Metal — image infused into brushed aluminum, float-mounted with a hidden bracket.
Acrylic — face-mounted under 4 mm acrylic, polished edges, hung with a recessed cleat.
Dust with a soft dry cloth. Keep out of direct sunlight to preserve the inks.
Shipping & returns
Prints ship from the studio within 5–7 business days, made to order. Worldwide tracked shipping. Each print is rolled in an archival tube (or crated for framed/glass/metal/acrylic).
If a print arrives damaged, send a photo within 7 days of delivery and I'll replace it. Because every print is made to order, returns for change-of-mind aren't accepted — but if you're not sure about size or material, write to me before ordering and I'll help you pick.
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