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Ash Thayer, Kill City: Lower East Side Squatters, 1992 - 2000 by powerHouse (published 2015).

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PHOTOGRAPHY | KILL CITY: LOWER EAST SIDE SQUATTERS 1992-2000 - ASH THAYER

Nel 1992 Ash Thayer era una ragazza che studiava arte. Fu cacciata dal suo appartamento di Brooklyn perchè non riusciva a pagarsi l’affitto e si trovò a vivere nel cosiddetto See Skwat situato nel Lower East Side di New York. Thayer cominciò a fotografare tutti coloro che vivevano in quegli edifici abbandonati, emarginati di vario genere, punk, anarchici, hippie, che lavoravano per rendere la comunità più vivibile. Le immagini che vennero fuori, sono degli splendidi ritratti intimi e paesaggi urbani, che aiutano a eliminare alcune idee sbagliate sugli squatter. Oggi le fotografie sono diventate parte dell’affascinante libro ‘Kill City: Lower East Side Squatters 1992-2000′. Uno splendido esempio di street photography e un importante pezzo poco conosciuto della storia di New York. Godetevi questo meraviglioso progetto qua.

During her time as an art student in 1992, Ash Thayer was kicked out of her Brooklyn apartment and found herself living in the See Skwat on New York City’s Lower East Side. Thayer photographed the people who lived in those abandoned buildings, outcasts, punks, anarchists, hippies who worked to make that community more habitable. The images reveal beautiful intimate portraits of friendship and the poetry of urban landscapes, and they help to dismantle some of the misconceptions about squatters. The photos are now part of the fascinating book ‘Kill City: Lower East Side Squatters 1992-2000′. A great example of street photography and an important piece of the unknown history of New York. Enjoy the entire project here.

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PHOTOGRAPHY | ASH THAYER - KILL CITY: LOWER EAST SIDE SQUATTERS 1992-2000

Negli anni novanta Ash Thayer è una giovane studentessa di arte, che da Memphis, Tennesse, si trasferisce in un appartamento di Brooklin a New York. Nel 1992 viene sfrattata dall’appartamento in cui vive perché impossibilitata a pagare l’affitto ed è così che la sua nuova vita ha un nuovo inizio allo storico C-Squat nel Lower East Side di New York. Siamo allo scadere del decennio e il quartiere è in pieno fermento culturale e artistico. La ragazza con la macchina fotografica sempre con sè, comincia a fotografare gli edifici e coloro che in quelle strutture ci abitano. Emarginati di vario genere, punk, anarchici, hippie, spiriti liberi, che lavoravano per rendere la comunità più vivibile. Ash li osserva, e ciò che è venuto fuori sono degli splendidi ritratti intimi, che aiutano a eliminare alcuni luoghi comuni sugli squatter. Tra l’altro, le fotografie sono diventate parte del meraviglioso libro “Kill City: Lower East Side Squatters 1992-2000″, uscito per la casa editrice powerHouse Books. Uno splendido esempio di street photography, che potete ammirare qua. Potete ordinare il libro sul sito ufficiale della Thayer.

During her time as an art student in 1992, Ash Thayer was kicked out of her Brooklyn apartment and found herself living in the C-Squat on New York City’s Lower East Side. Thayer’s camera accompanied her everywhere as she lived at the squats and worked alongside other residents. Ash observed them training each other in these necessary crafts and finding much of their materials in the overflowing bounty that is New York City’s refuse and trash. Outcasts, punks, anarchists, hippies, free spirits who worked to make that community more habitable. The images reveal intimate portraits of friendship and help to dismantle some of the misconceptions about squatters. The photos are now part of the fascinating book “Kill City: Lower East Side Squatters 1992-2000″, published by powerHouse Books. A great example of street photography. You could watch part of this series here. You could order the book on Thayer’s official website.

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We did a bunch of activism and hardcore things, but at the end of the day we were these young vulnerable kids trying to create safe spaces for ourselves. Not just a roof over our heads, but emotionally safe spaces, where we had community and love and friendship. Most of the kids I lived with were runaways, came from bad homes or had troubled youth experiences. It was this mutual sort of sharing of vulnerable moments. On the street [people saw us as] street hustlers, trouble makers, vandals—that just wasn’t really the case. We were hanging out, drinking and watching 90210 around one TV, like 15 of us. There was this sense of innocence there. I was let in to these times and people were able to be vulnerable around me.

Ash Thayer, "Ash Thayer on Capturing the Squatters of the Lower East Side," American Photo, 8 Apr. 2015.

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