Powerful Bushwick Photographer Documents What Changes, What Stays the Same


Street photographer Andre D. Wagner takes a self-portrait.
"When celebrated New York street photographer Andre D. Wagner found himself close to tears on the subway earlier this year, he realized it was time to take a step back. It was May 29, and he’d planned to take the train from his home in Bushwick to document one of New York’s first protests for George Floyd in Foley Square. But on his way to the platform, he spotted a white construction worker pointing an iron rod at him like a gun, mimicking a shooting motion, laughing. Wagner snapped a photo, but the image was already burned in his memory. ..."
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A scene from Wagner’s neighborhood in Bushwick.

2017 August: Capturing Love, the Brooklyn Way, 2017 September: An Ode to Acts of Kindness on the New York City Subway, 2018 March: Here for the Ride: Andre D. Wagner’s Subway Photographs

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