Niko J. Kallianiotis’s Photos of Astoria, Queens

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After 25 Years, Confronting Alienation in Astoria

A Greek photographer was unmoved by the immigrant community in Astoria, Queens, when he visited as a teenager. Twenty-five years later, he returned, drawn to the same community that alienated him as a youth.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/searching-for-greek-identity-in-astoria/

Photographers have long turned to New York’s ethnic enclaves for stories of cultural tenacity in the face of sweeping change. When Niko J. Kallianiotis came to Astoria, Queens, on a 1987 family visit from Greece, he got none of that.