Nury Ferrer in 2005, exuberant in her tiny studio apartment at Riverside and 72nd Street, New York. The building for decades was home to artists and musicians, writers, startup entrepreneurs and longtime residents outpaced by the development that swirled the neighborhood. Word has it that it was once owned by Irving Berlin. Perhaps that's why Nury danced so—she heard the music.
A self-portrait in crayon.