Grand, a former VP of Colgate-Palmolive and a divorced grandfather of two, says this, and most everything else, as if he is sharing the secret of a happy life. His pastime allows him not only an insider's view of New York but a chance to focus on his family and his inner self. But he did share his thoughts on a venture that is anything but pedestrian. Outside the U.S., in Morocco, for example, you can't take a photograph without a hundred kids around you, begging for a pen, money, a bonbon. Here, nobody gives a darn, which is typical New York.
Most people have a very narrow focus while walking.
This city is the earth mother of urban architecture, and why other people aren't suckling at it, I don't know. No, because when I'm walking and shooting, I'm frequently looking up. And that's kind of cool. Most of us walk New York looking level. But there's an interesting world up there.