Bill Bernstein captures the last days of disco

Clubs: here they drink, dance, and even have sex in toilet cubicles. If only walls could talk! But they can't. It's just lucky that there are people like Bill Bernstein who can capture all these club stories with a camera.

Bill Bernstein documented New York clubbing in the late 70s, and his photographs show that clubs are primarily a place of refuge and a sense of belonging to a certain culture and community.

Bernstein has photographed locations such as Studio 54, Paradise Garage, Fire Ireland, and small discos in Brooklyn and Harlem. All these clubs played disco back then!

(Total 13 photos)

Source: vice.com

1. Empire Roller Disco, 1979

2. Lillian Carter and Andy Warhol, Studio 54, 1977

3. 2001 Dancefloor, 1979

4. DJ Larry Levene at Paradise Garage, 1979

5. Cabaret performers at Studio 54, 1977

6 Xenon Neon, 1979

7. GG's Barnum Room Disco-bats, 1979

8 Hurrah Door 1979

9. Studio 54 and Cadillac, 1979

10. Xenon #1, 1979

11 Better Days 1959

12. Studio 54, 1978

13. Studio 54, 1977