Arlene Gottfried was a professional photographer, and her work has been published in such publications as the New York Times Magazine, LIFE and The Independent.
The assistant butcher with a sinister smirk, the visitor of the famous nightclub Studio 54 in a striped suit, naked bodybuilder next to a Jewish Hasid are just a few of the fascinating and strange photographs of American photographer Arlene Gottfried, made in new York and the surrounding area from 1970 to 2006.
Pictures of Gottfried entered the exhibition gallery Harghita (Hardhitta Gallery in Los Angeles and also published online to give an idea of everyday life in new York through the prism of the photographer’s lens.
Arlene Gottfried is the sister of comedian Gilbert Gottfried. First steps in photography she did for the legendary festival “Woodstock” in 1969, with the camera given by her father. But it turned out that she don’t need music festivals to find colorful characters to his shots. Arlene photographed amazing right next to the house in crown heights.
Gottfried began with photos of his family, but soon became interested in what was happening on the streets of new York. In the 1970s-1980s she documented what is happening everywhere, from the idle atmosphere of Coney island to the Puerto Rican neighborhoods in the Lower East side. It was there that she made one of his most famous shots — the procession of girls in white dresses, which are sent to their first communion.
Arlene Gottfried was a professional photographer, and her work has been published in such publications as the New York Times Magazine, LIFE and The Independent. Her pictures captured the most important thing do not write in the history books — the pulse of life in the city that never sleeps.
