Isaac Diggs & Edward Hillel “Time in Harlem”

Hunter College East Harlem Art Gallery

[Image: Isaac Diggs & Edward Hillel "Harlem NYC with grates painted by Franco The Great" (2008)

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From 2008-2011, Isaac Diggs & Edward Hillel made photographs of one of the most iconic streets in New York City: 125th Street. The exhibition at Hunter East Harlem Gallery features a selection of large-format photographs from the 2014 publication, 125th: Time in Harlem by Isaac Diggs & Edward Hillel. Through intentional and considered image-making, the duo confronts the audience with the challenges of urban flux, gentrification, the loss of cultural memory, the production of space and the preservation of community. The exhibition coincides with the release of the publication, 125th Street: Photography in Harlem (Hirmer Verlag, 2022), which features many of Diggs & Hillel’s images as well as dozens of other artists who have documented the historic thoroughfare. On view until February 2023.

This exhibition is curated by Arden Sherman. Generous support has been provided by the Hunter College Department of Art and Art History, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, and the Hunter College Advanced Certificate in Curatorial Studies Program.