New york 1980s street photography

NYC "Street Chess" - 1986 - photo by Yvon Maurice

Janet Delaney, New York 1980s

During the late 70's and early 80's, New York City's subway system was one of the most dangerous places a person could be. Lucky for those of us who never had the chance to see it, Swiss photographer Willy Spiller was there, and the dark and atmospheric series of vintage photos he took has now come to be known as Hell On Wheels.

A photobook by Robert Herman reveals stunning street photography in New York City from the 1980s. See 25 photos in a full-screen slideshow.

THESE stunning photographs reveal the harsh reality of life in 1980s New York – a financially-ruined city riddled with gun crime and prostitution. Legendary photographer Bruce Gilden took doz…

You’ve seen the first album of photographs from Manel Armengol’s trip to in New York in 1977 and 1978, when he went backstage to meet Divine. (And don’t miss his pictures of Barcelona under attack in the 1970s.) Here’s Album 2. Where politer European cities might have had street mimes, New York has … Continue reading "A European’s Views of New York In the 1970s"

NYC in the 80's

Photos by Bruce Davidson & John Conn

Photo by Stephen F. Harmon

Photographer Joseph Rodriguez spent five years documenting life among New York’s Latino community

Martha Cooper, 1980.

New York City has been home to a Puerto Rican population since the mid-1900s, with the most noticeable migration boom beginning in the 1950s. As Puerto Ricans settled in New York over the years they stamped the city with their culture, indelibly altering neighborhoods like the South Bronx, the Lower East Side, Williamsburg, and downtown Brooklyn with rhythm, style, flavor, art, language, and claro, Latino cuisine. Arlene Gottfried, herself a native New Yorker, grew up side by-side with the…

Helen Levitt’s photographs display her poetic vision and humor. Helen has captured all types of fleeting moments throughout the NYC streets.

The Old NY on Instagram: “Broadway between 125th & 126th Streets, Manhattan. 1981. 📷: Laura Levine @lauralevinepix ========================== Follow us for more!…”

These beautiful color photos were taken by Dutch travel photographer Eric Böhm that show street scenes of New York in 1989. ...

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