Harlem Street Portraits

author: Harvey Stein

name: Wayne

average rating: 4.00

book published: 2013

rating: 4

read at: 2013/11/10

date added: 2013/11/10

shelves: non-fiction

review:

Harlem Street Portraits represents 12 years of photos that Harvey Stein took on the streets of Harlem starting in 2002. These are stunning portraits in black and white and the subjects are mostly aware they are being photographed. Harvey takes the time to speak with his subjects before he takes their photo and that extra touch lends an extra air of vulnerability to his subjects.



The book includes two short essays by Herbert Boyd and Miss Rosen which discuss Harlem and photography. Harvey Stein discusses what his feelings were about Harlem before entering to photograph the people who live there. It's a snapshot of a neighborhood that is changing even as the book has been published. Changes that are possibly forcing some of the residents out.



The subjects are young and old. Hopeful and laughing, pensive and slightly suspicious. There is a weight and respect to the subject matter. The black and white lends dignity to it's subject. This is a work that will stand beside Mr. Stein's other work.



I was graciously given a review copy by Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for letting me review this book.





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