Martha Cooper s photos take us through the Alphabet City of the late 70 s as the area was about to undergo extensive urban renewal a process that is still continuing today. At the time, the neighborhood had more than its share of drug dealers and petty criminals, and the landscape seemed ugly and forbidding. But to the children who grew up there, the abandoned buildings and rubble-strewn lots made perfect playgrounds, providing raw materials and open space for unsupervised play. A crumbling tenement housed a secret clubhouse, rooftops became private aviaries, and a pile of trash might be a source for treasure.
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Martha Cooper is a photographer who has specialized in shooting urban vernacular art and architecture for twenty-five years. Her first book Subway Art (Thames & Hudson,1984), a legendary collaboration with Henry Chalfant, is still in print after 20 years. Martha s photos have been widely exhibited in museums and galleries and published in innumerable magazines from National Geographic to Vibe.
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As a child who grew up in Lower East Side during this period I appreciate the photographs. My how times have changed.
Life is interesting. I remember the street play and had forgotten how financially poor I was. Too busy playing.
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