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Synopsis
Up until the late 20th century the Bowery was a notorious place of cheap hotels and bars - New York's infamous skid row, where the city's down-and-out found each other and made do the best they could. Inspired by Lionel Rogosin's classic 1956 film On the Bowery, Ed Grazda's On The Bowery shows the weathered life and times he encountered on the Bowery in 1971. Perhaps the grittiest part of the city in those years, Grazda captured all the sorrow, hardship, and general bad luck that couldn't be masked upon the faces of those who called the Bowery their home. The unfiltered and barrierless street view is where Grazda has always been most comfortable shooting and once again we are the beneficiaries of his intrepid spirit. Before gentrification changed the street and surrounding neighbourhood into a tourist destination with museums, upscale retailers, clubs, and fancy restaurants, Grazda provides an important reminder to us all that it was only a few decades ago in the city's history that the Bowery was a much different scene and that New York never stops evolving.
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About the Author
Edward Grazda was born in Queens, New York (1947), and got his BFA from RISD in 1969. He has photographed in the USA, Latin America, and Asia. Published books include: Afghanistan Diary 1992-2000 (2000), NY Masjid: The Mosques of New York (2002), A Last Glance: Trading Posts of the Four Corners (2015), Mean Streets: NYC 1970-1985 (2017), and On the Bowery: NYC 1971 (2019)-all from powerHouse Books. Grazda's work is in the collections of the MoMA, The Met, New York Public Library, and SFMoMA in San Francisco. He has taught at Harvard, Boston Musuem School and the International School of Photography (ICP) in New York City. Once a proud denizen of Bleecker Street (photographer's row), he now lives in Chilmark, MA and Providence, RI.
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Up until the late 20th century the Bowery was a notorious place of cheap hotels and bars - New York's infamous skid row, where the city's down-and-out found each other and made do the best they could. Inspired by Lionel Rogosin's classic 1956 film On the Bowery, Ed Grazda's On The Bowery shows the weathered life and times he encountered on the Bowery in 1971. Perhaps the grittiest part of the city in those years, Grazda captured all the sorrow, hardship, and general bad luck that couldn't be masked upon the faces of those who called the Bowery their home. The unfiltered and barrierless street view is where Grazda has always been most comfortable shooting and once again we are the beneficiaries of his intrepid spirit. Before gentrification changed the street and surrounding neighbourhood into a tourist destination with museums, upscale retailers, clubs, and fancy restaurants, Grazda provides an important reminder to us all that it was only a few decades ago in the city's history that the Bowery was a much different scene and that New York never stops evolving.
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Hardcover. Condition: New. New hardcover in matte case wraps. Pages are clean and free of marks or underlining. (9 x 0.6 x 7.5 inches) 68 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. New York's world-renowned Bowery in the early 70s as seen through the eyes of one of the great documentarians of the city's underbelly, Ed Grazda. Up until the late 20th century the Bowery was a notorious place of cheap hotels and bars-New York's infamous skid row, where the city's down-and-out found each other and made do the best they could. Inspired by Lionel Rogosin's classic 1956 film On the Bowery, Ed Grazda's On The Bowery shows the weathered life and times he encountered on the Bowery in 1971. Perhaps the grittiest part of the city in those years, Grazda captured all the sorrow, hardship, and general bad luck upon the faces of those who called the Bowery their home. The unfiltered and barrierless street view is where Grazda has always been most comfortable shooting, and once again we are the beneficiaries of his intrepid spirit. Captured before gentrification changed the strip and surrounding neighborhood into a tourist destination with museums, upscale retailers, clubs, and fancy restaurants, Grazda provides an important reminder to us all that it was only a few decades ago that the Bowery was a much different scene-and that New York never stops evolving. Seller Inventory # 201736
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On the Bowery: Photographs by Ed Grazda
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Small oblong quarto. 9.25 x 7.75 in. [68 pp.] Profusely illustrated with black & white reproductions of photographs. Fine in original pictorial paper-covered boards. Signed by Grazda on the half-title page. Signed. Seller Inventory # 7619
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st printing, with full number line. Autographed by Grazda on half-title page at a New York event (see photos). No dust jacket, as published. 'These photographs were made over a few months: September-December 1971. . . . I was lucky: I got off the Bowery, most of these men did not.' A powerful collection of photos, uncommon signed. 9-1/4 x 7-5/8" oblong. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 7893