Last Sunday’s NY Times featured the work of 70’s street photographer Jill Freedman. Freedman left NYC in the early 90’s before Guiliani got his hands on it. She returned five years ago to an unrecognizable city. “When I saw that they had turned 42nd Street into Disneyland, I just stood there and wept.”
Her work is reminiscent of Weegee. The grit and gore. The real life, human factor. She’s been quoted as saying she would like to find out what’s left to photograph in NYC. As an 80’s street photographer myself, I know that I haven’t been very inspired in recent years. It will be interesting to see what she comes up with.
Jill Freedman’s works will be on display at Higher Pictures until May 24th.
