Back in the 1970s, New York City was on the verge of going bankrupt, there was a major blackout, the Son of Sam murders, the South Bronx looked like a war zone. “Before gentrification neighborhoods had distinct personalities,” Leland told Flashbak. “Times Square with it’s prostitutes and peep shows was not a playground for Middle America and in the lower east side there wasn’t a Gap or a Starbuck’s, to be found; it had CBGB’s. The Bowery was the end of the line for many.”
Using a camera with a 28mm lens, some of these shots were taken shooting from the hip without looking through the viewfinder so he wouldn’t be noticed.
(Photos © Leland Bobbé, via Flashbak)
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