As he explained on his web site, “he has turned outward from his usual studio based practice to study the daily activities of his downtown Manhattan neighbors as seen through his windows into theirs.” The result of this work became the series The Neighbors, which was exhibited in 2013 in New York and Los Angeles, and will be exhibited next year in Denver. Svenson used a telephoto lens, inherited from a bird-watching friend, to take pictures, from his own downtown Manhattan apartment, of people living or working in a building across the street, without their knowledge, taking advantage of its glass facade and open windows.