In this photograph, taken while on a visit to New York, German Jewish photographer Ilse Bing framed the Manhattan skyline within the diagonal lines of the elevated subway across the East River. Her signature use of an oblique angle give New York--Me and the Elevated the feeling of racing toward the midtown building, with the six-year-old Chrysler building rising in the center and the lower rooftops of the Queens residences below. The viewpoint is from the stationary platform where the photographer and her camera are reflected in a round mirror. By placing herself within the frame, Bing draws our attention to the relationship of the photographer to the city. She is an outsider--later to become a U.S. citizen--who has placed herself within the city's framework.