Leiter spent decades photographing the rainy streets of New York City in black and white and color, finding intimate poetry in solitary figures moving through wet urban environments, just as Orkin does in this West 88th Street scene. His humanist street photography shares the same quiet contemplative mood and documentary sensitivity to ordinary city moments.

Maier worked in the same mid century American tradition of candid gelatin silver street photography, capturing solitary figures navigating urban sidewalks with a deeply observational and humanist eye. Her New York street work matches the tonal richness and the sense of solitude within the crowded city that defines this Orkin photograph.

Haas photographed New York City streets extensively in the mid century period, producing atmospheric black and white images of lone figures in rain and mist that carry the same poetic urban documentary spirit found in this Orkin print. His attention to reflective wet surfaces and the rhythms of city life aligns closely with Orkin's approach in this specific work.