Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer from "Broad City," 2014

"People often ask whether a shoot was fun, or what the vibe was like on set, and my response inevitably is, 'It doesn’t matter, just look at the pictures.' But this was a session that actually was fun, and the mood was nothing short of joyful.

At the suggestion of the New Yorker photo editors we did a quick tour of the Lower East Side, stopping at some visual spots that I had scouted the day before.

One of my favorites moments came when I went into a construction-supplies store to ask about doing a quick portrait by their store entrance. The manager politely told me that he couldn’t allow it without clearance from the head office in Virginia, but as I started to head out, his younger associate eagerly added, 'But if it’s Matt Damon, perhaps we can work something out.' I relayed this to the girls waiting outside, and we all had a laugh over it."