Daniel Arnold

Daniel Arnold found this screeching Times Square performer (above), a fixture in one of the most claustrophobic corners of the city. “In my imagination she’s always been a defiant and sarcastic response to the Naked Cowboy,” Arnold said, referring to the neighborhood’s scantily clad guitarist. How would he describe the sound she makes? “Blaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!”

Arnold also ventured south, where he found an exploding manhole near Union Square, a child making a brave choice in SoHo and a cat warning off intruders downtown.