Nov
7
West Side — a new book by Emily Roysdon with Alvin Baltrop. In it, photographs taken of the Hudson Street Piers decades ago by Baltrop are paired with ones by Roysdon from today. The images expand the common conception of the Piers as a place used for cruising and sex to one where many other activities (like art-making & friendship & sleep) also took root. The behavior and spirit of Baltrop’s subjects are just as unregulated and beautiful as the broken down industrial architecture on which they are variously standing, lying around naked or simply sitting reading a book. $40. Also with poety by Roysdon and designed by Circle and Square. Photograph here by Roydson: the Piers Untitled #2
