NYC in Photos Week: On the Bowery by Ed Grazda
“Grazda’s images show a New York City before it erased entire neighborhoods for expensive shiny blandness.” Continue reading NYC in Photos Week: On the Bowery by Ed Grazda
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NYC in Photos Week: Lower East and Upper West: New York City Photographs 1957-1968 by Jonathan Brand @ NYJB
Lower East and Upper West chronicle New York City from the late fifties to the late sixties. Tumultuous change, “urban renewal,” and racial strife mark these violent decades, but in these photographs these charged descriptors lay in the background. Continue reading NYC in Photos Week: Lower East and Upper West: New York City Photographs 1957-1968 by Jonathan Brand @ NYJB
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Pride Plus: Gravity Is Stronger Here by Phyllis B. Dooney and Jardine Libaire @ nyjb
“Gravity Is Stronger Here by Phyllis B. Dooney and Jardine Libaire acts both as a time capsule and a group portrait. Capturing images from an eccentric rural south, the book gives voice to the paranoia, rage, and love in its people.” Continue reading Pride Plus: Gravity Is Stronger Here by Phyllis B. Dooney and Jardine Libaire @ nyjb
Sometimes Overwhelming, by Arlene Gottfried @ nyjb
“Arlene Gottfried’s photographs chronicle the excitement and everyday strangeness of a New York City long since forgotten.” Continue reading Sometimes Overwhelming, by Arlene Gottfried @ nyjb
Dirty Old Tank Girl, by Alan Martin @ nyjb
“Dirty Old Tank Girl by Alan Martin is good clean fun, apart from the swearing, violence, and brief nudity. For fans of the cult film, the collection is a great re-introduction to the classic character.” Continue reading Dirty Old Tank Girl, by Alan Martin @ nyjb
Photography Fridays: On Christopher Street: Transgender Stories, by Mark Seliger @ nyjb
“On Christopher Street by Mark Seliger is a magnificent volume of stunning photography and heartbreaking stories. It makes the struggles real and immediate.” Continue reading Photography Fridays: On Christopher Street: Transgender Stories, by Mark Seliger @ nyjb
Art After Stonewall, 1969 – 1989, by Jonathan Weinberg @ NYJB
“Art After Stonewall is an engaging and illuminating chronicle of gay liberation. Art, photography, essays, and interviews reveal a movement in all its triumph and shortcomings.” Continue reading Art After Stonewall, 1969 – 1989, by Jonathan Weinberg @ NYJB
Common Place by Sarah Pinder @ nyjb
“Sarah Pinder turns the mundane into the poetic sublime.” Continue reading Common Place by Sarah Pinder @ nyjb
Translation Tuesdays: Young Once, by Patrick Modiano @ NYJB
“Young Once is an elegant noir written by a master prose stylist.” Continue reading Translation Tuesdays: Young Once, by Patrick Modiano @ NYJB
The Driftless Area Review 