On his first photography assignment to New York City, travel photographer Antonino Bartuccio from Sicily found a softer, more gentle metropolis than expected and in the city that never sleeps, he found love and romance. Lots of it. Love on the Subway. Love in Central Park. Love on 5th Avenue, Love on Top of the Rock, Love in Brooklyn and Love at Coney Island.

What should a 21st century photographer do but try and capture those fleeting moments of affection in camera, like so many great photographers have done before?

We also love Antonino Bartuccio’s other travel pictures of New York City, part of our new and exclusive NYSee Collection: See them now at 4Corners Images, on SimePhoto in Italy, and on Schapowalow in Germany