“Sometimes I decide to just remove a head or face completely, leaving only a blank background.”

The legendary photographer is on a deeper creative journey.

It’s great to see videos of the Lower East Side world coming to life — insane performances, mythologically hyper-decorated studios, poetic urban blight, the emergence of graffiti and street art as undeniable cultural forces

Fusco shot for the entire eight hours it took for the train to make the usually four-hour journey. Hundreds of thousands of people lined the tracks, in huge crowds, small groups, and alone.

The book paints moving biographical details with honesty and emotion and an eye for effective detail

The performance has now reached 21 years into the future to be recreated in a technology-assisted homage and reboot that pushes those same interdisciplinary boundaries even further

Traylor started to draw and paint when he was already in his 80s, literally on the bustling Montgomery sidewalk

"Nature supports me with feeling connected to myself, my history, and everything around me.”

“We never intended to be on the front lines and essential workers in the middle of a global pandemic and in the eye of the storm."

The director makes inspired use of the late artist’s own extensive video and audio, photography, ephemera, and journals