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Mark Peterson

Redux Pictures

Goodbye, Andrew Cuomo

Goodbye, Andrew Cuomo. November 2025. Election night party for Andrew Cuomo, former Governor of New York and New York City mayoral candidate, in New York, on November 4, 2025. Cuomo lost to Zohran Mamdani.
Mark Peterson

Redux Pictures

ICE's Spectacle of Intimidation

ICE's Spectacle of Intimidation. July 2025. Federal agents take a man into custody outside the immigration courts at 26 Federal Plaza, in lower Manhattan, in New York, on July 11, 2025.

The New Yorker
Mark Peterson

Redux Pictures

Turning Point USA

Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest, in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 19, 2025.
Mark Peterson

ICE's Spectacle of Intimidation

ICE's Spectacle of Intimidation. August 2025. Immigrants showing up for court dates in Manhattan must now navigate past rows of masked federal agents. Many of the immigrants have been detained and deported. Photographer Mark Peterson spent several weeks documenting the scenes for The New Yorker.

The New Yorker
Mark Peterson

The Hamptons Issue

The Hamptons Issue. May 2025. At the Surf Lodge in Montauk at 5 p.m. on a Sunday. New York revived our once-annual Hamptons issue to revisit some of the richest 200 square miles on earth.

New York Magazine
Mark Peterson

The Hamptons Issue

The Hamptons Issue. May 2025. A Memorial Day weekend lunch hosted by Rebecca Hessel Cohen in Sagaponack. New York revived our once-annual Hamptons issue to revisit some of the richest 200 square miles on earth.

New York Magazine