New York City in the 1980s (mostly), photographed by Richard Sandler:
[All photos © Richard Sandler]
There's a book - The Eyes of the City.
And an interview:
I think those were more interesting times because the warts of corporate/capitalist society were more visible then they are today, and those contradictions could be photographed more directly than now... also every third person was not virtual, being on the fucking phone and not really on the street....
Occasionally people get angry and they have a right to, I am stealing a little something from them. Also for many years I used the strobe on the street and so there was no hiding what I was doing... it can be startling. I have been kicked, spit on, and chased, but not very often. Once a woman with a rabbit pursued me for 30 minutes because I had flashed her and her pet.
The subways in Philadelphia are even filthier. I used to take one every day during my college years.
The man in a body bag lying on the sidewalk ... any idea what's happening there?
Posted by: Dom | March 11, 2017 at 05:12 PM
No, there are no captions on the photos on Sandler's website. I assume it's a guy sleeping rough trying to keep warm, but it does look unnervingly like a body - especially with that rope around his neck.
The NY subways are nothing like as filthy now - at least not the last time I went, some five years back.
Posted by: Mick H | March 11, 2017 at 05:39 PM