New York Then 1986–1992 - Vivienne Maricevic

New York Then 1986–1992 - Vivienne Maricevic

New York Then 1986–1992 brings together a striking series of black and white portraits taken by photographer Vivienne Maricevic in late 1980s and early 1990s New York. Working in close collaboration with her subjects, Maricevic photographed trans performers, artists and sex workers who inhabited the dressing rooms, apartments and nightlife spaces of downtown Manhattan and Times Square. The photographs capture moments of conscious self presentation where eroticism meets agency. Bold, vulnerable and self possessed, the images reveal individuals defining how they wished to be seen. The first edition is screen printed in Mexico City, giving the book a distinctive tactile quality rarely found in contemporary photobooks.