In putting together this post, my thoughts kept returning to the importance of documenting our moment in time. Our ordinary lives may not seem so extraordinary, but with the patina of time, those ordinary moments become so much richer and more fascinating. I have shared numerous projects reflecting life in New York during the 70’s

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