Photographer Vincent Laforet found a way to do just that with his impressive series of aerial images of New York City, shot out of an open-door helicopter in the middle of the night.

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A photographer who doubles as a pilot was the highest in the Manhattan sky on July 4th — and The Post obtained his ...

But his latest photo mission — to photograph New York City at night from above — was "the scariest of his life," he tells Business Insider. In order to take the photographs, Laforet had to ...

Evan Joseph photographs the bright lights of New York from the tops of Manhattan's skyscrapers or from a helicopter hovering above the city's streets. Credit: EVAN JOSEPH / BARCROFT USA He says ...