The images on these pages are taken from Rallentando, an ongoing project since 2021 by photographer Nina Kling (ninaklingphotography.com) that, through her lens, rewrites the frenetic rhythm of New York by following a slower, more casual tempo. In an oneiric atmosphere and with intentional blurring, the project gathers chance encounters and momentary impressions: images that for the viewer spring from a personal form of meditation and invite us to re‑assemble the apparent chaos of the city in