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Author: Thalia L. Frontani (Page 2 of 2)
The social issue I decided to choose Gentrification. Gentrification is a very serious and heavily overlooked issue especially in POC/Black dominating states/cities. Such as New York, Chicago, Washington, and Atlanta. Gentrification is pushing wealthier housing/accomadating the wealthy by pushing, ‘improving’, and taking over poor urban areas. This effect is indeed harmful as many lose their generational home to someone with a much higher income. More harms of it, is the lost of culture and originality as Brooklyn loses it’s graffiti, food, and people. Native New Yorkers fight day to day in this concrete jungle from working and living stably to now worrying about if their home is even permanent. New York City disrespects not only their own people but the culture as we stand the most diverse and cultured state. This hits home to me because I grew up in Bed-Stuy and seen the drastic changes of faces to charges of the MTA. It’s ridiculous. I am extremely passionate about my neighborhood but New York City overall.
Gentrification can be seen in plain sight. From a brownstone to some modern black tech flat next to it. To singing and barbecuing to losing our parks to accomodate dogs. Imagine losing your neighborhood park to accomodate some dogs. Exactly. This is outraging and disheartening and with this project, not only do I want to take it extra serious but would like to present it to the streets of New York. New York City isn’t for the weak or tourists with dreams. New york City is the city where rough diamonds hustle and struggle to shine. Gentrification is industrial erasure of POC/Black struggles and homes in NYC. NYC shouldn’t be on sale for the first place. Therefore, I want to stop the romanticization of New York.
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In the photo, Evening wraps, I had noticed the focus being a couple dressed in the earlier 40’s-50’s confiding with each other. They are walking across the streets of New York City with a sign pointing to the left saying ‘One Way’. Though the main characteristics I have seen was the not so saturated background, making a light and dark contrast from the bright red to the duller/cooler hued grays and blues and back. Another characteristic is the rule of thirds concept that this picture carries since they are not exactly in the middle but leaning or standing more towards the bottom right corner. Everything is accounted in the picture. The background, the city, the street and the couple. Nothing is too distant and out of focus, therefore everything has detail.
The meaning of this photo, Gordon’s definition, was to get the essence and sense of fashion which he loves within his camera. He shot many photos for vogue and life and essence just for the timed fashion of New York City. He moved to New York specifically because of his interest in the fast paced life that was so actively and lively throughout many different places. His models in this line of work was regular people of New York. He wanted to embody the fun and fashionable New York that many suburban people does not see.
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