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: New York City in the 1980s
: hookstrapped June 01, 2012, 09:03:43 PM

Just came across the work of Steven Siegel on flickr.  He has a pretty amazing set of photos of NYC from the 1980s.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevensiegel/sets/72157626376913418/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevensiegel/sets/72157626376913418/)

: Re: New York City in the 1980s
: moominsean June 01, 2012, 09:12:30 PM

Interesting stuff. I spent a couple weeks in NYC in 1988, and my dad had given me a Pentax 35mm, but I didn't really have any experience with an SLR, so I didn't take many photos unfortunately.

: Re: New York City in the 1980s
: Miller June 01, 2012, 09:38:05 PM

Great stuff and I agree with the commentary... My aunt once lived in the lil Jamaica of Brooklyn and instead of Belair I got sent over there for a few weeks of my Summer holiday... Now I thought I was a street-wise teenager until taken under the wings by a few kids on the block... They just skipped puberty to man-hood/woman-hood... ;) Oh and a Hostess Twinkie with a can of Welch grape soda...  :'(    

This was shot circa '89...

(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j68/starboy64/NYSTEAM.jpg)

: Re: New York City in the 1980s
: Sandeha Lynch June 02, 2012, 11:07:06 AM

Gee, I like the geometry in there, Miller.

: Re: New York City in the 1980s
: SLVR June 03, 2012, 04:04:42 AM

Loved Steven's work. I would loved to have shot with him back then. So much filth, so much abandonment. I wish that it was like that nowadays. But liability is killing it all for us.

I really enjoyed that set. A LOT!