The Astoria Project: Interethnic Encounters
A collaborative project with the Max PlanckInstitute, Göttingen, Germany for the Study of Religious and EthnicDiversity. The Institute is dedicated to the comparative,multi-disciplinary study of diversity in historical and contemporary societies.Dr. Anna Cieslik of MPI and myself, used the Astoria Photo Project to assist MPI in understanding local diversities in New York and to illustrate how people make connections with each other in Astoria. -Scott Sternbach -
Photographers: LaGuardia Community College Commercial Photography students
Curators: Scott Sternbach, Javier Larenas and Lidiya Kan
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- Eddie Santillan 004
- A side profile portrait of an older man with a beard and turban.
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- Eddie Santillan 005
- A women wearing a sun hat walking in front of a supermarket holding her shopping bag.
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- Elisa No Kim 01
- A women holding a bouquet of white flowers in front of a flower stand.
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- Elisa No Kim 02
- A man sitting in a fabric store.
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- Elisa No Kim 03
- A man sits and looks out the open window of a stall selling, lotto tickets, candy and small items.
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- Elisa No Kim 04
- A man and women stand in a driveway beside a truck in front of a house.
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- Elisa No Kim 05
- A man and women stand in a driveway beside a truck in front of a house/duplicate copy of the above photograph.
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- Elisa No Kim 06
- A man carving a pattern into a wooden panel.
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- Elisa No Kim 07
- Five men gather together, socialising in an alley way.
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- Elisa No Kim 08
- A father sitting in a store doorway with his young son standing in back of him.
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- Jorge Buenaventura 01
- Two older women sit on a bench to talk on a street by a bus stop along 31st Street.
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- Jorge Buenaventura 02
- Two older women sit on chairs in front of an ice cream shop.