My name is Joshua Cintrón, a born-and-raised New Yorker whose story is written across the boroughs. My fire was forged in Brooklyn, tempered in Queens, refined in Manhattan, and reinforced in the Bronx. I’ve seen my city in hardship and in renewal, and those contrasts shaped how I see the world—and how I capture it.
As a Hispanic Latino with Oculocutaneous Albinism, I was declared legally blind as a child. My parents and friends instilled in me resilience, faith, and perseverance—values that became the foundation of my journey. What I lack in sight, I strive to make up for in vision, using photography to reveal details, emotions, and stories that might otherwise be overlooked.
I began with a simple point-and-shoot Konica Minolta, chasing the rhythm of the New York City subways and the movement of its streets. Over time, my perspective widened: from subway cars to bridges, from skylines to entire cityscapes. Encouraged by family and friends, I stepped beyond hobbyist frames into storytelling—using the camera as my pen and light as my ink.
That storytelling has carried me beyond New York’s borders—to the shores of Long Island, the valleys of the Hudson, the landscapes of New England, and across the U.S. Each journey pushes me further outside my comfort zone, reminding me that photography is less about the places I visit and more about the stories I uncover.
For me, every photograph is an act of witness—whether to the stillness of a rural road, the angles of human architecture, the colors of a sunset, or the beauty of creation itself. On a spiritual level, it is my way of honoring what has been made, by human hands, by nature, or by God.
Whether or not you share my faith, I believe we can all agree on this: the world is fleeting, beautiful, and worth remembering. Through my lens, I invite you to step into these stories—and see what I see.
