Street People: Selections
About this ebook
1970s New York was a mecca for artists, writers, and musicians drawn to its vibrant energy and creative possibilities. It was also a place of grinding poverty and urban decay, where crime and violence were everyday realities and hope danced with despair.
In this curated selection of stories and photos from Street People: Invisible New York Made Visible, words and pictures intertwine to expose the grit and beauty of a city at its most raw and real.
Experience this classic, strikingly illustrated account of this turbulent period and its forgotten people.
Witness invisible New York made visible.
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About the author
David J. Bookbinder is a writer, photographer, and life coach. In addition to Street People, he is the author of Street People Portfolio: Invisible New York Made Visual, The Art of Balance: Staying Sane in an Insane World, Paths to Wholeness: Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas, What Folk Music is All About, two coloring books for adults, and three books about computer software.
He is the recipient of teaching fellowships from Boston University and the University at Albany, and of writing residencies from the Millay Colony for the Arts and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. His Flower Mandala images were awarded a Massachusetts Cultural Council grant in photography.
David recently retired from a long career as a psychotherapist. He lives and writes north of Boston and is a native of Buffalo, New York.
