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Wayne Sorce Made 1980s New York Look Fabulous

Wayne Sorce Made 1980s New York Look Fabulous

“For me, photography is very important in that it exists because of everything else” - ...
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Brooklyn in Kodachrome – 1970s New York City In Color

Brooklyn in Kodachrome – 1970s New York City In Color

"My pix, mostly developed by me in my Boro Park darkroom in the 70's. Remember ...
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“Same Damn ‘Lo Sweater” – From Palaces to the Projects – They All Love Ralph Lauren

“Same Damn ‘Lo Sweater” – From Palaces to the Projects – They All Love Ralph Lauren

“People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes?", he once said, "Does it have to do with class and money? No, it has to do with dreams”. ...
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Murder and Mystery on The Brooding Streets of New York City With Weegee

Murder and Mystery on The Brooding Streets of New York City With Weegee

The New York City of Arthur Fellig, aka, Weegee, was dangerous, voyeuristic and utterly thrilling ...
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Buy Prints Seeing America In Isolation by George Ault (1940s)

Seeing America In Isolation by George Ault (1940s)

American artist George Ault showed us the America he saw in shades of darkness ...
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Documerica: Danny Lyon’s Photos of New York City in the Summer of 1974

Documerica: Danny Lyon’s Photos of New York City in the Summer of 1974

Many of the photographs, including those of Lyon’s, are the only distinct visual record of the time and place. ...
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Violent Innocence: Photographing New York City’s Brooklyn Gangs (1959)

Violent Innocence: Photographing New York City’s Brooklyn Gangs (1959)

In 1959 photographer Bruce Davidson spent several months with NYC gang The Jokers ...
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The Girl Suspended For Wearing Pants – New York City, 1942

The Girl Suspended For Wearing Pants – New York City, 1942

In March 1942 Beverley Bernstein, 16, was sent home for her Brooklyn NYC school for wearing trousers. A protest ensued... ...
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Photographs of Brooklyn in the 1970s

Photographs of Brooklyn in the 1970s

William Gedney: “What matters most of all, is to penetrate into the pulsing life of the people themselves, to become imbued with their way of living, and to see their faces when they sing at their weddings, harvests and funerals֦.” ...
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A Raucous Night At O’Rourke’s Bar, Brooklyn (1960)

A Raucous Night At O’Rourke’s Bar, Brooklyn (1960)

William Gedney (October 29, 1932 – June 23, 1989) spent a night at O'Rourke's bar ...
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‘The Only Constant is Change’ – Meryl Meisler’s photographs of Bushwick, New York

‘The Only Constant is Change’ – Meryl Meisler’s photographs of Bushwick, New York

New York is unsentimental. It pushes and pulls, attracts and repels. The only constant is change. ...
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The Bogus Magazine Story That Gave Birth To Saturday Night Fever

The Bogus Magazine Story That Gave Birth To Saturday Night Fever

The June 7, 1976 issue of New York Magazine featured the story Tribal Rights of Saturday Night. Nik ...
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