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From my third-floor window feels like you could just reach out and touch the balloons, she says.
Photograph by E.A. Kahane
Each year feels like the first time, she says.
I just let the excitement of the parade unfold and bottle it up in my camera.
Over the decades, the balloons have grown bigger and more elaborate, becoming stars in their own right.
Photograph by E.A. Kahane
Take Snoopy, for example.
In essays accompanying her photos, Kahane examines the larger cultural significance of the parades many characters.
The tradition has endured even as the Macys Parade faced challenges.
Photograph by E.A. Kahane
For Kahane, the absence of the parade that year made her treasure her images even more.
I spent so much time reliving the 2019 paradethe joy, the energy, the balloons.
It reminded me how much this tradition means to New York and beyond.
Photograph by E.A. Kahane
When asked to pick a favorite float, Kahane hesitates, but only briefly.
Id have to pick the Lego float, The Brick-Changer, from 2023, she says.
Lego, it turns out, is a parade favorite for a reason.
Photograph by E.A. Kahane
And then theres Santa.
Santa and his reindeer are my first memory of the parade, Kahane shares.
Theyre iconic, and seeing them still fills me with the same excitement I felt as a kid.
Photograph by E.A. Kahane
Kahanes photographs of Santa over the years tell their own story, each capturing a unique moment in time.
For Kahane and her family, the parade is just the beginning of a day filled with tradition.
Photograph by E.A. Kahane
Photograph by E.A. Kahane
Photograph by E.A. Kahane
Photograph by E.A. Kahane
Photograph by E.A. Kahane
Photograph by E.A. Kahane
