Dean Rohrer’s “Beginnings”
The city as a blank canvas.

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The city as a blank canvas.
September 14, 2026

For the September 21, 2026, issue, Dean Rohrer portrayed the city as a place for new beginnings. “When our younger daughter moved to New York, it caused my wife and me to reflect on our start in life—the excitement, the feeling of boundless possibility,” Rohrer said.
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Dean Rohrer, an artist and an illustrator, contributed his first cover to The New Yorker in 1999.
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