Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.
FREE
Tod Seelie has been living and photographing in NYC since 1997. He recently published a book of these photographs, BRIGHT NIGHTS: Photographs of Another New York. His New York is not what you might expect, and it's definitely not the one you see on postcards. To celebrate the publication of BRIGHT NIGHTS, Tod is taking it on the road around the US. He will be presenting a selection of his work, talking about his process, how he ended up where he did and tell a couple stories of what he's been up to over the last decade and half. It will be followed by a Q&A and book signing.
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BRIGHT NIGHTS: Photographs of Another New York
By Tod Seelie
Published by Prestel Publishing
Tod Seelie loves New York, but not the version depicted in postcards. His city is an underground haven for people at society's edges, people who come alive at night, who make music and art and noise and mess. This startlingly beautiful collection of images captures a gritty culture that belies the city's glamorous persona. Here are punk bands and bike parties, abandoned spaces and skeezy clubs, junk-filled lots and sketchy streets. Interspersed throughout the book are texts from Seelie's friends and fellow artists, along with an introduction by Jeff Stark, editor of the iconic alternative events e-mail list Nonsense NYC. The photographs in the book create a love poem to the city that not only doesn't sleep—it cavorts around at 3:00 am looking for the next adventure.
With contributions by: