Real Brooklyn, a day in our lives photographs
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This collection contains black-and-white and color photographs that document Positive Focus, Inc.'s exhibition entitled Real Brooklyn: a day in our lives, which was held at Brooklyn's Borough Hall in September 2003. The exhibition was co-sponsored by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and adayinthelife.org (the website no longer exists as of 2015). The photographs depict residents of different Brooklyn neighborhoods. The artists themselves are a mixture of native New Yorkers and new residents, as well as both amateur and professional photographers.
Historical note
Positive Focus, Inc.'s exhibition entitled Real Brooklyn: a day in our lives, was held at Brooklyn's Borough Hall in September 2003. The exhibition was co-sponsored by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and adayinthelife.org (the website no longer exists as of 2015). The photographs depict residents of different Brooklyn neighborhoods. The artists themselves were a mixture of native New Yorkers and new residents, as well as both amateur and professional photographers.
Source: Kolben, Deborah. "Photo Exhbit Peeks into the Lives of Brooklynites." The Brooklyn Paper (Brooklyn, NY), July 21, 2003.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains black-and-white and color photographs that document Positive Focus, Inc.'s exhibition from 2003 entitled Real Brooklyn: a day in our lives. These photographs are housed in seventeen presentation books. Each presentation book is arranged alphabetically by the photographer's last name. There is an introduction page in each section with a short biography of each photographer and the titles of their photographs.
Book 1: Doris Adler (Kensington), Abolaji Alexander (Flatbush, Dumbo, Downtown), Marvin Andino (Midwood), Pat Arnett (Williamsburg, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick, Ridgewood), Avital Aronowitz (Williamsburg), Kim Bach (Starret City), Svetlana Bahchevanova (East New York), Karen Stead Baigrie (Boerum Hill, Park Slope)
Book 2: Gordon Baldwin (Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights), Margaret Ballester (Brooklyn Heights, Downtown), Ian Barbour (Plumb Beach, Sheepshead Bay), Scott Beard (New Utrecht, Carroll Gardens, Borough Park), Barrett Benton (Park Slope), Michael Scott Berman (New Lots, Prospect Park), Cia Bernales (DUMBO)
Book 3: Nathan Blaney (Bay Ridge), Heather Blanton (Gowanus, Park Slope), Konstantin Bojanov (East New York), Beth Bristow (DUMBO), Bryan Bruchman (Gowanus), Brian Buckley (Garritsen Beach), Tom Callan (Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Park Slope), Donald H. Caola (Bay Ridge, Flatbush)
Book 4: Vanessa Castillo (Borough Park), Nancy Choi (Williamsburg, Park Slope, Downtown Brooklyn), Scott Addison Clay (Windsor Heights, also known as Windsor Terrace), Djamilla Rosa Cochran (Park Slope, Mapleton, Red Hook), Donna Clovis (Brooklyn Heights), Corren Conway (Brooklyn Heights), Brion Dinges (Prospect Park, Park Slope), Jacob Dobkin (Red Hook)
Book 5: Phillipe Dollo (Vinegar Hill, DUMBO), Karen Dombrovksy-Sobel (DUMBO), Mariah Bowen Doren (Jamaica Bay), Kerry Dowling (Sea Gate, Prospect Heights, Park Slope), Lisa Aileen Dragani (Brighton Beach, Coney Island, Prospect Heights), Joanna Ebenstein (Fort Greene), Julie Edelson (Bensonhurst), Cynthia Edorh (Prospect Heights)
Book 6: Jill Epstein (Greenpoint), Scott A. Ettin (Red Hook), Krisitna Fetkovich (Bay Ridge), Brien Foy (Fort Greene Park, Clinton Hill), David F. Gallagher (Park Slope), Hank Gans (Cypress Hills, Downtown, Brooklyn Heights), Allison Garber (Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Midwood), Paul Gentry (Bushwick)
Book 7: Crista Guiliani (DUMBO), Marc Griffin (Rockaways), Henry Gunawan (Park Slope), Hazel Hankin (Park Slope), Alicia J. Haselwood (Borough Park), Deborah Hershkowitz (Red Hook), Caroline Hoermann (Brighton Beach), Hsiao Chun Huang and Eric Zeng (Sheepshead Bay)
Book 8: Travis Huggert (Clinton Hill), Mark Inglis (Boerum Hill, Kensington, Greenwood), Noel E. Jefferson (Park Slope), Chris Jones (Williamsburg), Jasmine J. Jopling (DUMBO), Linda Kessler (Crown Heights), Steffie Kingslake (Prospect Heights, Flatbush, Crown Heights), Hassan Kinley (Stuyvesant Heights, Clinton Hills)
Book 9: Doug Klosterman (Gowanus), Deborah Knispel (Canarsie, Sheepshead Bay), Richard Kohler (Sunset Park), Ken Kozak (Williamsburg), Tatiana Kornberg (Crown Heights East Newtah), Cathy Kwan (Sunset Park), Naa Oyo A. Kwate (Bedford Stuyvesant, Downtown, Boerum Hill), Ileana LaFontaine (Columbia Street Waterfront)
Book 10: Erika Larsen (Bay Ridge), Megan Larson (Downtown), Serge J.F. Levy (Prospect Heights, Midwood, Bushwick, Navy Yard, Williamsburg), Kevin Link (Sunset Park), Marcia Lloyd (Coney Island), Rich Louissaint (Flatbush), Robert Lowell (Bergen Beach, Mil Basin, Cobble Hill)
Book 11: Chris Mahnken (Park Slope, DUMBO, Brooklyn Heights), Natalie Manzino (Marine Park), Robert Malvin (Prospect Lefferts Gardens), Syreeta McFadden (Clinton Hill, Fort Greene), Bob McKeown (Prospect Park, Crown Heights), Meredith McKeown (Park Slope, Prospect Park South), Paul Meneses (Kensington), Camilla Meswhiea and Kate Steciw (Bushwick)
Book 12: Brenda Milis (Carroll Gardens), Kelly Miniter (Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill), Tequila Minsky (Flatbush, Crown Heights), Laura Napier (Sunset Park), Sasha Nialla (Mapleton), Sherri Nutti (East Flatbush), Doug Olear (Williamsburg), Lorrie Palmer (Gravesend)
Book 13: Daniel Parrot (Prospect Park, Crown Heights), Al Pereira (Windsor Terrace), Wayne Quartin (Prospect Park), Bridget Walsh Regan (Homecrest, Park Slope, Crown Heights), Vincente Revilla (Coney Island, Sheepshead Bay), Victoria Rich (Flatlands), Douglass vmr Ridgeway (Park Slope)
Book 14: Pamela Robilotto (Cobble Hill), Bilal Salaam (Brownsville, Crown Heights), Jami Saunders (Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn Heights), Ron Savage (Greenpoint), Susan Scafati (Prospect Park), Kate Schaffer (Gowanus, Cobble Hill), Aaron Schuman (Brighton Beach), Sylvia Serrado (North Williamsburg), Jon Setzen (Park Slope)
Book 15: Irene J. Silva (Prospect Heights), Alyce Smith (Fort Hamilton), Tara Spisak (Ridegewood, Bushwick), Adam Staffa (Williamsburg), Stephanie Storace (Brooklyn Bridge Pier, Brooklyn Bridge), Agus Sutikno (Midwood), Stefan Svensson (Canarsie), Inaki Vinaixa (Williamsburg, Bushwick), Walter Thompson (Carroll Gardens)
Book 16: Jay Thornton (Williamsburg, New Utrecht), Peihend Tsai (Bedford Stuyvesent), Danette Walker (Gowanus), Shawn Walker (Clinton Hill), Flo and Bob Weinberg (Greenpoint), Lisa Whiteman (Prospect Heights, Williamsburg), Brooke Williams (Stuyvesant Heights), Aaron Wolfe (Downtown)
Book 17: Daryl J. Wood (Ocean Hill, Bedford Stuyvesant), Mel Wright (Greenpoint), Takeshi Yamada (Coney Island), Martin Zartarian (Prospect Heights), Michelle Zassenhaus (Dumbo, Vinegar Hill, Bay Ridge)
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Open to users without restriction.
Conditions Governing Use
The intellectual property rights for these photographs remain with the respective photographers. The photographs will enter the public domain 70 years after the death of the creator.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); Real Brooklyn, a day in our lives photographs, 2007.041, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Historical Society.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lorrie Palmer, 2007.
