Steven Hoffman "Coney Island: Beyond the Boardwalk"
Brooklyn Public Library (Central)
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My intention with this exhibition is to document the people who live in the Coney Island housing projects, in the hopes that the larger world would understand and value the lives of these people.
In 2004, I met a community activist named Sonny Fonville, who knew everyone in the projects. With his help, I began a four-year journey through the housing projects along Surf, Mermaid and Neptune Avenues. In 2006, I started to take portraits of the people in Carey Gardens against a graffiti-covered wall on 23rd Street and Mermaid Avenue.
Many photo sessions turn into family affairs, as people stop by to discuss a picture of a child or grandchild. I like to give each of my subjects a copy of the photograph as a token of my appreciation. Sometimes when I arrive, people are already waiting to either have their portrait taken or get a picture I took of them several weeks before.
[image: Steven Hoffman "Child Angels"]
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from September 09, 2008 to November 01, 2008