STREET CINEMA
Summer 2013. Brooklyn NY.
I had just moved into my first real city apartment. 5th floor
walk-up in a brand new building with my two best girlfriends. Both recent
college grads. After the initial excitement of the big transition died down, and
the phase of exploration was over I started to notice how out of place this
spectacular piece of architecture was in the surrounding neighborhood we had
just moved into. Gentrification was all around us. The second you step outside
the front door is a step into a completely mingled and diverse world. I was so
fascinated by how many different races, cultures, and religions all coincided
in this borough and how each was able to feel like they were at home. The
purpose of Street Cinema was to give a
peek into the rapidly changing environment that I have now declared my home,
and to display how many different walks of life also reside in the same area.
From rich to poor, old to young, black, white, Hispanic, Jewish, and every
other type of being that walks the earth. Everyone that is anyone is here. All
within a very short radius of each other. These photos were shot in my own
personal neighborhood so it is a direct view into the scene in which I
experience each day.
Maya Collins
Maya Collins
DOC Final Artist
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