Photographer Iwan Baan on How He Shot That Haunting Half-Dark New York City Photo from the Sky

"I knew I wanted to capture these two cities – one, a vibrant and pulsating Manhattan that we recognize so vividly, and its antonym – a life-less city turned pitch-black and ominous," writes photographer <a href="http://www.iwan.com/">Iwan Baan</a> about the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/tag/hurricane-sandy/">Hurricane Sandy</a> aftermath <a href="http://nymag.com/thecut/2012/11/more-images-from-new-yorks-sandy-cover.html">photo that everyone has been talking about</a>. The almost unbelievable image appeared on the cover of the latest edition of <a href="http://nymag.com/">New York Magazine</a> with a small overlay reading "The City and the Storm" and captivated the nation with its unique vantage point of a half-dark city. As you can imagine, though, it was no easy feat to capture this once-in-a-lifetime (hopefully) shot. Read on to see what Mr. Baan wrote to us about what he had to go through to get this picture worth a million words.

The New York Magazine cover that everyone's been talking about.

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