Life, Love and Honor in Newark’s Housing Projects – The New York Times

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Life, Love and Honor in Newark’s Housing Projects

Akintola Hanif’s photographs of public housing around Newark are his testament to residents he knows as honorable, loving and hardworking.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/10/19/life-love-and-honor-newarks-housing-projects-akintola-hanif/?&_r=0&module=Slide&region=SlideShowTopBar&version=SlideCard-4&action=Escape&contentCollection=Blogs&slideshowTitle=Life%2C%20Love%20and%20Honor%20in%20Ne

For some, the thought of Newark’s housing projects conjure up images of crowded brick high-rises with tight hallways and dangerous, dimly lighted corners. But Akintola Hanif sees a very different scene when he photographs there — a place where children play and people love and live their lives as a large community.

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