Isaac Diggs & Edward Hillel Isaac Diggs & Edward Hillel
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○ 125th: Time in Harlem ○ 125th: Time in Harlem
○ Electronic Landscapes ○ Electronic Landscapes
○ Sacred Ground ○ Sacred Ground

125th: Time in Harlem explores one of the most iconic streets in New York City in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008, during a tumultuous time of transition: Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s rezoning plan and Columbia University’s northern expansion, transforming this “main street” in profound and long lasting ways. Made collaboratively on film with one 4×5 field camera, these photographs confront the viewer with the challenges of urban flux, gentrification, the loss of cultural memory and the preservation of community.

Disappeared Storefront, 2008

Farmacia, 2008

Excerpt from Claire Oliver Gallery

“Discussing every detail of the concept behind each work beforehand, the Artists may wait hours for the perfect moment to pass before their lens, creating images that capture the gritty, yet beautiful, frenetic pace of the social landscape of Harlem. The photographs in 125th: Time In Harlem depict the sites and relics that constitute tangible expressions of the community’s desires, despairs and traditions.”
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“For Coloreds Only”, 2010

Couple, West Harlem Pier, 2010

“No Forced Displacement:, 2011

Inez Dickens, 2008

Adam Clayton Powell Monument, 2008

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., State Office Building, 2008

Between 2nd & 3rd Ave Looking South, 2011

Queen Esther and The Brownstone, 2008

Southwest Corner of Broadway, 2008

Demolition Corner, Frederick Douglass Boulevard, (b), 2011

Mens Kids, 2008

Sam’s Auto Upholstery, 2011

Northwest Corner, Lexington Avenue, 2009

Lazarus, 2009

Michael Jackson Memorial, 2009

12th Avenue looking East, 2009

Northeast Corner, Lexington Avenue, 2009

125th looking West from Elevated Train, 2008

“All Rise” and the Apollo Theater, 2008

Mr. T grate by Franco the Great, 2008

“Gold City of Harlem” grate by Franco the Great, 2008

P. Diddy and Broadway from Elevated 1 Train, 2008

Victoria Theater Façade, 2008

Ink, 2011

Brick Wall Interviews

Claire Oliver Gallery talks to the artists about their project.
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