David Wojnarowicz saw the outsider as his true subject. Largely self-taught, he created a body of work that spanned photography, painting, music, film, sculpture, writing, and activism. His…
From Business Insider: Sitting just off the coast of Upper New York Harbor, the Brooklyn Army Terminal was first commissioned in 1918 to serve as a major military depot, carrying troops and…
A recent article on Future Travel explores how the Manhattan neighborhood of Tribeca has changed over the past hundred years through side-by-side photographs comparing the same vantage…
Mashable recently published a great little collection of vintage photographs from the 1940's and 1950's showing the City illuminated in neon lights, the pinnacle of advertising technology…
Discover the unexpected history behind Roosevelt Island’s advanced pneumatic trash system, a marvel of urban engineering that eliminates the need for garbage trucks on the island. Once a…
Brooklyn native Patrick Cullinan snapped these photos of the Myrtle Avenue "El" in the 1950's and 1960's, showing the then-aging elevated train line, its passengers, and surrounding areas.…
U.K. Newspaper The Daily Mail recently published an interesting article showing the crime photography of Arthur Felig (aka Weegee) side by side with the same locations today. The changing…
Back in April, we covered the Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks exhibition currently at the Brooklyn Museum up until 23rd. If you miss out on the exhibit though, Princeton University Press and…
Rodriguez drove a cab from 1977 to 1985, and in the last two of those years, he was studying to be a photographer. He lost his first set of gear in a classic ’70s New York stabbing and…
A recent posting in The Vault, Slate's historical blog, historian Rebecca Onion tells the story of early American photographer Jessie Tarbox Beals and her personal life amongst the other…
