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SUPRANER, LEON (active 1970s) Binder containing 90 photographs by Leon Supraner, a Long Island-based photographer, who enjoyed shooting gritty photographs throughout the East Village, the Lower East Side, and Times Square. Silver prints, 9 1/2x6 1/4 inches (24.1x15.9 cm.), several with Supraner's name, in pencil, on verso. 1970s
Before the economic boons that resulted in urban gentrification and deluxe real estate, New York City was a phantasmagoria of edgy street life. Supraner captures the darker days of Manhattan in its derelict buildings, ugly graffiti, xxx-rated video shops, and the folks for whom the street was their home. Each print reflects a keen documentary aesthetic, in which alienation looms large.
