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The Train NYC: 1984
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Brian Young

The Train NYC

1984

Brian Young

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English
Damiani
01 April 2017
Graffiti & street art; Individual photographers; Photographs: collections; Financial crises & disasters
Brian Young took the pictures in The Train NYC, 1984, the year he moved to New York, when the city was recovering from an economic depression that began in the mid-1970s but whose eff ects were still quite visible. The loss of manufacturing followed by loss of population to suburbs led to large-scale urban decay and a decline in social services. Abandoned shells of burnt-out cars littered roadways, and muggings were a fact of daily life. The beginnings of the crack cocaine epidemic, with its coincident escalating crime, created an atmosphere of citywide malaise. Graffiti exploded and spread across the city landscape, in particular on the subway system. Although considered vandalism, graffiti's proliferation can be thought of as an act of social protest, an outcry for relief and reform, or a platform for the dispossessed. It was a bleak time; it was Gotham.
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Imprint:   Damiani
Country of Publication:   Italy
Dimensions:   Height: 275mm,  Width: 209mm,  Spine: 14mm
Weight:   760g
ISBN:   9788862084925
ISBN 10:   8862084927
Pages:   100
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

After moving to New York in 1984 to attend classes the International Center for Photography, he began assisting Eugene Richards in the processing and printing production of materials for publication of the book Below The Line: Living Poor in America (1987). In addition to being a master printer, Brian Young has taught black-and-white photography at International Center of Photography, New York, since 1988 and has taught workshops in numerous countries, including Brazil, Mexico and Spain. He continues to collaborate with prominent analogue photographers who believe in the unique beauty of film and the gelatin silver print.

Reviews for The Train NYC: 1984

The Train NYC 1984 is a collection of grainy, gritty photos of straphangers (when subway cars had strap handles to hold onto) dozing underneath vodka advertisements, interspersed with verses by poets like Allen Ginsberg and Gwendolyn Brooks.-- The New York Times


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