Image descriptions for Older Work
*All photographs are monochrome, of various blacks, whites, and greys
(1) Landscape Photo
Club scene packed with people, from second-floor-view. Dancer wearing feathered headdress, low-cut cropped tank top, and short bottoms stands mid dance on table, illuminated in highlights. Diagonal from and slightly behind her an illuminated bar with bartender standing with hand on hip, his face disinterested and removed. Surrounding them are many heads of people, their bodies mostly obscured by shadow: one older person with pinstripe suit; many persons whispering into another person’s ear; person in white dress shirt on phone. Neon exit sign and some design on tv glow in upper corner of room.
(2) Photo Diptych
Left (L): White boy (probably still in elementary school) sits against diner stair railing, his father standing behind him with his back to us. Looking off into distance and pouting, he carries sticker sheet, first sticker on this sheet missing. He wears a two-toned henley long sleeve with shorts.
Right (R): Black boy (probably in late elementary school, early middle school) sits against diner table wearing dark t-shirt, half his body covered in shadow. His arm forms right angle with table, one leg propped up on soccer ball. He looks directly at us, smiling playfully.
(3) Photo Diptych
L: Asian mom and daughter sit on new york subway seat, close to doors. Behind them, an advertisement that says, ‘NYSCAS; Apply Now.’ Mom looks up and away from us as she holds heart-patterned backpack with two front straps. Her daughter leans against her shoulder with mouth open as she sleeps.
R: Young couple sit next to each other on Max and are reflected in rectangular window of train door. Asian person sits with baseball cap and glasses reading book, white person resting head on their shoulder and reading another book.
(4) Photo Diptych
L: Elderly white man with wire glasses sits with his walker by table with paper plates of food. He grimaces, his eyebrows furrowed. Behind him tall standing bodies, two with their backs to us, one with their face forward and speaking to someone.
R: Young college person in halloween nun outfit with transparent mesh material top looks directly at us, smiling playfully and confidently. She is surrounded by other persons also dressed in costumes, small ghost decoration hanging from ceiling vent behind her.
(5) Photo Diptych
L: Elderly person sits on steps of his two-story brick and panel house, pigeons settling in front of him and on telephone wires above his roof.
R: Elderly person sits on cafe chairs outside in front of white cathedral, his seated legs parallel to statue of cross behind him. He holds a menu, his expression concentrating.
(6) Photo Diptych
L: Young white boy looks down with arms crossed, another boy besides him bending down horizontally to sit. Behind him stands marble statue of Adam and two portrait paintings. Looking at one portrait painting is an elderly man with back to us, his head bent. Their bodies overlap cleanly, contributing to an austere atmosphere.
R: Two young Black girls stand playing with each other, one with chest forward and arms back leaning at another who leans back, laughing with her. Besides them are many arms over movable street barricade, and behind them another person with multicolored tutu and beads walking with back to us. They are watching a parade, atmosphere celebratory.
(7) Landscape Photo
P. is layered in clothes and reads his dictionary out loud, holding book with two hands. He sits on floor of Q train entrance, floors and wall tiled.
(8) Photo Diptych
L: Desolate square with bright city lights and billboards off in distance. In foreground sits metal table and chair, shiny and empty.
R: Cushioned chair with wheels has baseball cap on it with plaid shirt hung over it. Behind this chair a concrete garage full of stuff: stop sign; ACE paint buckets; tools; wooden table.
(9) Photo Diptych
L: Protest signs on ground overlapping each other, feet stepping on them from distance. Some signs read: Truth or Trump; Celebrate Diversity; Families have no borders; yes we will, yes we can.
R: Trash, crushed water bottles, and confetti littered on street. Buildings and street lights in distance, shining.