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Helen Levitt’s PHOTOS FROM THEN

August 23, 2017 – 3:14 am

Last summer a friend from the Rockaways was selling a camera collection. Leicas and Hasselblads. They had cost a fortune in the 70s. I offered him $500. He said no and sold them for $600. I should have upped my bid, because nothing is better than real film. Just take a look at these photos […]

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BAG OF NAILS by Peter Nolan Smith

December 15, 2016 – 2:21 pm

Throughout the 70s Nickie Barnes strongarmed for a Harlem heroin empire under the protection of the Lucchese crime syndicate. His godfather ‘Crazy Joe’ Gallo helped Barnes create ‘the Council’ to run the trade north of 125th Street and Barnes earned the nickname ‘Mr. Untouchable’ for his skill at beating charges and evading arrests. Neither the […]

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