Melis­sa O’Shaugh­nessy is no stranger to the street pho­tog­ra­phy com­mu­ni­ty, she is a mem­ber of UP Pho­tog­ra­phers, is fea­tured in the street pho­tog­ra­phy bible “Bystander: A His­to­ry of Street Pho­tog­ra­phy” with two won­der­ful pho­tos, and most recent­ly in the anthol­o­gy “Women Street Pho­tog­ra­phers” edit­ed by Gul­nara Samoilo­va and pub­lished by Pres­tel. It was about time she pub­lished her first mono­graph, which Aper­ture thank­ful­ly took on in 2020 with “Per­fect Strangers — New York City Street Pho­tographs”.