March 4 photo of the day

Photographer Amy Arbus spent some of her time during the 1980′s photographing unique individuals in the East Village.  Most of the time the people were not famous, but those who caught her eye and had a flair.   The portraits encapsulate the spirit of the East Village during that time with almost painful accuracy.

Right now the Leica Gallery at 670 Broadway is displaying a selection of these portraits, the most famous of which is a young Madonna Ciccone in 1983, just a week before the Village Voice – for whom Arbus was taking the photos – reviewed her first single.

The rest, as they say, is history.

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I like the photo I took because it becomes a jumble of images and reflections.  Sort of like the East Village itself.  (If you look closely, you can see the Madonna photo.  It’s the third from the right.)

About Amy

Amy Milstein was born and raised on a farm in Indiana, but after 20+ years considers herself a full-fledged New Yorker. She is married with two kids, who do not go to school but are instead life learners. This means they learn by living in the world (real life ) instead of hearing about it and simulating it in a classroom. With her family, Amy loves to travel, read, watch movies, write, sew, knit - the list is endless.
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