It seemed to photographer and photo editor Carrie Boretz that New York was always crowded with people who did nothing but kiss, sleep and dream about beauty. Her book, Street, chronicles her adventures in the metropolis between 1975 and 1998, as she breathlessly explored a city teeming with conflict, anxiety, and kindness.
This city never sleeps - the very juice of New York streets of the late 20th century
While collaborating with The New York Times, the photographer realized her predisposition to revisit places to which she was emotionally attached. It must be said that Carrie never wanted to cross the boundaries of what was permitted by moral and ethical standards on the way to the epicenter of simple city life. On the contrary, she always sought to explore the city and its people, becoming one of them, embodying the sensitivity and vulnerability characteristic of New Yorkers.
This city never sleeps - the very juice of New York streets of the late 20th centuryHer goal was never to talk about any “yellow” sensations; the main theme was small contradictions and collisions with circumstances to which we often do not pay any attention. This city never sleeps - the very juice of New York streets of the late 20th century During Boretz's most productive years, New York was a tough, unforgiving city, but the images included in Street highlight those fragile, tenuous connections between people that keep ideas of humanity alive. Some prefer to characterize those times as “the years when people had nothing sacred,” but Carrie’s photographs tell of the purity of hearts, which in itself seems like some kind of incomprehensible, eternal jewel, hidden somewhere nearby, dissolved in the air of parks and houses and crossroads that never sleep.This city never sleeps - the very juice of New York streets of the late 20th centurySchool playground, Harlem, 1994.This city never sleeps - the very juice of New York streets of the late 20th centuryDinner party for conservation committee members.This city never sleeps - the very juice of New York streets of the late 20th centuryNew York subway, 1984.This city never sleeps - the very juice of New York streets of the late 20th century 14-year-old Ella plays Pacman with her baby nearby. Brooklyn, 1983.This city never sleeps - the very juice of New York streets of the late 20th century Children waiting for the bus, 1983.This city never sleeps - the very juice of New York streets of the late 20th century George Steinbrenner is hiding from everyone.This city never sleeps - the very juice of New York streets of the late 20th century Cops, Central Park, 1982.This city never sleeps - the very juice of New York streets of the late 20th century A couple coos on the subway, 1980.This city never sleeps - the very juice of New York streets of the late 20th centuryRizzoli Bookstore, 1975.This city never sleeps - the very juice of New York streets of the late 20th century Orchard Street, 1975.This city never sleeps - the very juice of New York streets of the late 20th century Couple on the subway, 1980.This city never sleeps - the very juice of New York streets of the late 20th century People are watching the fire. This city never sleeps - the very juice of New York streets of the late 20th century Homeless people sleeping on a discarded sofa, 1981.