This week, balper_nyc joins gettyarchive for a takeover exploring some of the more serendipitous encounters in her work: “There's a quote that I came across a number of years ago by Eve Arnold. She said that her intent was to photograph, with humor and irony, the ‘inconsistencies and absurdities current in everyday life.’ And when I heard that, I thought, ‘That's what I'm doing and that's what I want to do.’ And I continue to do that. I think life is funny. I think people are innately funny and weird. I'd rather laugh at something and look at the brighter side of things.”⁠ A photographer with four decades of experience across photojournalism, documentary and commercial assignments, follow our bio link for more or see here;⁠ ⁠ 1. Operation Welcome Home, a tickertape parade in New York City, to welcome the troops home from Operation Desert Storm, during the Gulf War, 10th June 1991⁠ 2. An unidentified child pedals a bicycle, with one cat in a basket and two others on scooters tied to th...