--- description: As Sandy drew near, TIME asked five photographers — Michael Christopher Brown, Benjamin Lowy, Ed Kashi, Andrew Quilty and Stephen Wilkes — to document the... title: In the Eye of the Storm: Capturing Sandy's Wrath image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ebeb0f0fad8b0cf/6986a54313c79f451e1940f1/superstorm-sandy-28.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) ## LightBox Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # In the Eye of the Storm: Capturing Sandy's Wrath by [Vaughn Wallace](/author/vaughn-wallace/) ## Vaughn Wallace Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 30, 2012 7:39 PM CUT  A truck submerged in water at the entrance to the Brooklyn-Battery tunnel in Lower Manhattan A truck submerged in water at the entrance to the Brooklyn-Battery tunnel in Lower ManhattanMichael Christopher Brown for TIME by [Vaughn Wallace](/author/vaughn-wallace/) ## Vaughn Wallace Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 30, 2012 7:39 PM CUT As Sandy drew near, TIME asked five photographers — [Michael Christopher Brown](http://www.mcbphotos.com "undefined"), [Benjamin Lowy](http://www.benlowy.com "undefined"), [Ed Kashi](http://www.edkashi.com "undefined"), [Andrew Quilty](http://www.andrewquilty.com "undefined") and [Stephen Wilkes](http://www.stephenwilkes.com "undefined") — to document the hurricane and its aftermath via Instagram.  Working from different locations across the Atlantic seaboard, they captured ordinary people getting ready to greet the superstorm. And when Sandy made landfall the night of Oct. 29, they braved rising floodwaters, high winds and driving sheets of rain to photograph the storm’s impact on several communities. Keep following [@TIME on Instagram](http://web.stagram.com/n/time/ "undefined") for the latest photos filed by our photographers, and check back on LightBox for more of our storm coverage throughout the week. _For the latest news on superstorm Sandy, follow_ [_TIME’s live coverage_](http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/10/28/hurricane-sandy-updates/ "undefined")_._  New Yorkers charge their mobile phones with generators provided by Percy's Tavern, located on Avenue A and 13th Street in Manhattan Michael Christopher Brown for TIME  A worker at Old Homestead Steakhouse in Manhattan hands a policeman a steak. Without electricity, the steakhouse is clearing out their freezers Michael Christopher Brown for TIME  Con Edison workers clean a manhole on 7th Avenue and 22nd Street in Manhattan Michael Christopher Brown for TIME  New Yorkers wait to board a crowded city bus on 1st Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan Michael Christopher Brown for TIME  National Guard of the 169th Infantry, Alpha Company, prepare to lend assistance to citizens near 25th street in Manhattan. Michael Christopher Brown for TIME  A man pushes a man in a wheelchair across 1st avenue in Manhattan Michael Christopher Brown for TIME  The following photographs were taken Oct. 30, 2012 A firefighter from Engine 1 ascends a tower ladder to cut a dangling piece of facade from a building on Broadway, near Franklin Street, in Manhattan Michael Christopher Brown for TIME  The John B. Caddell, a tanker ship, ran aground on Staten Island during the Sandy storm surge Benjamin Lowy—Reportage by Getty Images for TIME  The destruction in Breezy Point following the fire and storm surge Benjamin Lowy—Reportage by Getty Images for TIME  Surveying the destruction in Breezy Point Benjamin Lowy—Reportage by Getty Images for TIME  Michael, a hearing impaired man, fled his sisters home and spent the night in a Breezy Point church Benjamin Lowy—Reportage by Getty Images for TIME  A partially submerged car dealership in Monmouth County, N.J. Ed Kashi—VII for TIME  Route 35 in Mantoloking, N.J. Andrew Quilty—Oculi for TIME  A house was washed at least 500 yards from the nearest neighbor's into a lagoon behind Mantoloking, N.J. Andrew Quilty—Oculi for TIME  Beachfront properties at Belmar, New Jersey Andrew Quilty—Oculi for TIME  The three street wide peninsula of Mantoloking, N.J. Andrew Quilty—Oculi for TIME  Surveying the damage to the the car dealership that he and his wife built over the past three years in Asbury Park, New Jersey Andrew Quilty—Oculi for TIME  Point Pleasant, N.J. Andrew Quilty—Oculi for TIME  Part of the famous Atlantic City boardwalk was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy Ed Kashi—VII for TIME  A portion of Atlantic City's boardwalk was washed away last night Ed Kashi—VII for TIME  Residents gather historical photos strewn around town. Like dozens of beach communities along the Jersey Shore, Keyport was devastated by Hurricane Sandy Ed Kashi—VII for TIME  A woman observes the Statue of Liberty from Battery Park Michael Christopher Brown for TIME  Destruction in Keyport, N.J. Ed Kashi—VII for TIME  A woman uses an iPad to photograph exposed bedrooms inside a building with a collapsed facade on 8th Avenue in Manhattan Michael Christopher Brown for TIME  High tide at Compo Beach in Westport, Conn. Stephen Wilkes for TIME  A woman uses her cell phone while being evacuated from the New York University Medical Center. Ambulances with license plates from around the country were lined up to receive patients Michael Christopher Brown for TIME  A couple walk around a fallen tree on 6th Avenue, near 18th street, in Manhattan Michael Christopher Brown for TIME  A truck submerged in water at the entrance to the Brooklyn-Battery tunnel in Lower Manhattan Michael Christopher Brown for TIME  David Young's destroyed 100-year-old barn in Wilton, Conn. Stephen Wilkes for TIME  Uprooted trees in Montclair, N.J, the morning after Sandy made landfall Ed Kashi—VII for TIME  The following photographs were taken on Oct. 29, 2012 The area under the Brooklyn Bridge during high tide Benjamin Lowy—Reportage by Getty Images for TIME  A car is submerged in floodwater on Avenue C, near 14th Street, in Manhattan Michael Christopher Brown for TIME  Firemen search for people trapped in their cars at 14th Street and Avenue C in Manhattan Michael Christopher Brown for TIME  A minivan is consumed by both flames and storm surge in a low lying area of Brooklyn Benjamin Lowy—Reportage by Getty Images for TIME  Water pours into a parking garage on Avenue C in Manhattan Michael Christopher Brown for TIME  The water level slowly climbs on many streets in lower Manhattan Michael Christopher Brown for TIME  With much of lower and midtown Manhattan in the dark, the Empire State Building lights up the sky Michael Christopher Brown for TIME  A passenger seeks refuge from the storm in the Staten Island Ferry terminal in Manhattan Michael Christopher Brown for TIME  Doors are barricaded with sandbags in New York City Michael Christopher Brown for TIME  Downtown Newark, N.J., during the early afternoon, as Hurricane Sandy moves closer Ed Kashi—VII for TIME  Waves begin crashing over Chelsea Piers in Manhattan Michael Christopher Brown for TIME  Storm surges flood the streets during low tide in Milford, Conn. Stephen Wilkes for TIME  Sandbags line the waterfront of downtown Jersey City, N.J., with the unfinished World Trade Center towering over lower Manhattan across the roiling Hudson River Ed Kashi—VII for TIME  Sandbags line the waterfront of downtown Jersey City, N.J., with the unfinished World Trade Center towering over lower Manhattan across the roiling Hudson River Michael Christopher Brown for TIME  The fire department on South Street, in Manhattan, prepares to meet the rising water Michael Christopher Brown for TIME  New York City firefighters look up at a crane dangling from a building on 57th Street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues, in Manhattan Michael Christopher Brown for TIME  A statue braves the winds of Hurricane Sandy on the waterfront of Jersey City, N.J., with the unfinished World Trade Center looming over lower Manhattan Ed Kashi—VII for TIME  A man stands in the heavy surf near Coney Island as Sandy moves towards land Benjamin Lowy—Reportage by Getty Images for TIME  An early Halloween reveler walks along the Jersey City harbor, in New Jersey, as the Hudson River churns Ed Kashi—VII for TIME  Traffic was thin on New Jersey's Garden State Parkway, which was later shut down because of the storm Ed Kashi—VII for TIME  A subway stop is barricaded from the rising water, near the southern tip of Manhattan Michael Christopher Brown for TIME  An intrepid skateboarder in Montclair, N.J., before Hurricane Sandy reaches shore Ed Kashi—VII for TIME  A boarded-up storefront taunts Hurricane Sandy, in Bridgeport, Conn. Stephen Wilkes for TIME  Sandbags line the entrance to an office building on Broadway in downtown Manhattan Michael Christopher Brown for TIME  College students brave strong winds and rain on the coast of Milford, Conn. 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