Day: May 10, 2019

Graffiti, Guardian Angels and grime: Candid black and white images show gritty 1980s New York from its homeless to its hookers, by taxi driver-turned-photographer who spent decades documenting the city

In 1978, Matt Weber was a taxi driver in a city plagued with crime, abandoned buildings and a government on the verge of financial collapse. New York City had seen better days. Working the night shift, Weber witnessed the fights and arrests, saw the hookers and the homeless, and ‘so many crazy things on the street […]

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