Photographer José A. Alvarado Jr. Captures Knicks' 53-Year Title Celebrations Across 5 Game Nights
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 18
Photographer José A. Alvarado Jr. Captures Knicks' 53-Year Title Celebrations Across 5 Game Nights
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 18
Summary
Five game nights this month, José A. Alvarado Jr. roamed New York’s streets photographing watch parties, dancing and crowd scenes during the Knicks’ first championship in 53 years.
Game 5 on Saturday sent him from Hell’s Kitchen to the West Village and Washington Square Park, where he used a rooftop, an exterior staircase and a sidewalk perch to shoot dense, fast-moving celebrations.
Alvarado said he often kept his back to the basketball, focusing instead on fans around projector screens and sidewalk TVs and on quieter moments such as confetti, windows and street-sign climbers.
Thursday’s championship parade in Lower Manhattan was his next assignment, extending The New York Times’ coverage of a title run he said energized the city more than any sport event he had seen in a decade.