Meryl Meisler: LES YES! Photographs of The Lower East Side During The 1970s & ‘80s | LENSCRATCH

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Meryl Meisler: LES YES! Photographs of The Lower East Side During The 1970s & ‘80s

I’ve featured Meryl Meisler’s wonderful photographs on Lenscratch numerous times and needless to say, I’m a fan. Her legacy as a New York City street photographer over the past 40 years ago reveals a grittier metropolis, nights of drugs and disco, and liv

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I’ve featured Meryl Meisler‘s wonderful photographs on Lenscratch numerous times and needless to say, I’m a fan. Her legacy as a New York City street photographer over the past 40 years ago reveals a grittier metropolis, nights of drugs and disco, and lively neighborhoods filled with small dramas and  daily routines. In celebration of the Lower East Side History Month, Meryl has an exhibition at the The Storefront Project, running through this weekend, June 3, 2018. The exhibition, LES YES!, focuses on the Lower East Side during the 1970s & ‘80s, when as a 1978 CETA Artist grant recipient, Meryl created a portfolio of photographs documenting Jewish New York for the American Jewish Congress.