Street Photographs of New York by Dimitri Mellos March 29, 2012, 1:55 pm These pictures might inspire an afternoon walk. Dimitri Mellos, a Ph.D. candidate in psychology who daylights as a street photographer, captures moments most New Yorkers ignore. Surreal moments bathed in the midday light that sneaks through cracks between tall buildings. Or moments like the one above. "Often, people ask me whether some of the pictures are staged, because they find it so hard to believe that these coincidences could be occurring," Mr. Mellos told the Lens blog. It just means people aren't paying attention. Read more on the Lens blog and follow @nytimesphoto on Twitter.