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On the Street (1980-1990)

By Amy Arbus, Welcome Books, New York, 2006. First Edition. 104 pages. 35,6 x 26,9 cm. Hardcover binding. Condition : Very Good (Slight wear at the corners. Small defect on the back).

350€

“Between 1980 and 1990, over five hundred of photographer Amy Arbu’s impromptu and edgy portraits of New Yorkers appeared in the Village Voice’s monthly fashion feature, “On the Street”. The column’s missive was to document the city’s most adventurous trendsetters as they went about their lives. But Arbu’s photographs tell much more than a style story. From the irreverent to the gritty, every one these images is a potent tribute to self-expression. Taken as whole, they reflect an era of contradictions, a time in America when urban individualism and raw creativity were courageously fighting for breathing room and holding their own in a culture ruled by wealthy conservatism and Republican politics…”



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