Mark Cohen’s Street Photography of Wilkes Barre, Pa.

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Bright Flash, Small City

The giants of street photography tend to be drawn to large, glamorous cities. Not so for Mark Cohen, who has been taking quirky, off-putting photos of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., for his whole life.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/07/mark-cohens-bright-flash-small-city/

“He has lived in the down-on-its-luck small city in northeast Pennsylvania for 69 years — his entire life. He started taking pictures of car wrecks for the local newspaper while he was in high school and ran a photo studio from his house for more than 35 years. In between the weddings, portraits and commercial assignments — on which he raised a family — he shot quirky street images for his own pleasure.

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