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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- Lina Reyes 02
- A man rides his bike near 36th Street.
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- Lina Reyes 03
- A man sits on a wood bench holding bocce balls.
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- Lina Reyes 04
- A woman with blue hair and large green earrings smiles outside.
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- Lina Reyes 05
- A man with headphones.
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- Marcia Garcia 01
- A women walking in front of a brick apartment building that has graffiti on the front of it.
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- Marcia Garcia 02
- A woman crossing the street/Steinway Street.
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- Marcia Garcia 03
- People crossing the street/Steinway Street.
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- Marta Monko 01
- A women walking and talking on her phone in front of a clothing store window.
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- Marta Monko 02
- Blue and white tiles and front window of "Gyro Sandwiches."
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- Masato Kuroda 01
- The store front of the Mobar restaurant with the owner/chef/kitchen worker[?] posed in the doorway.
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- Masato Kuroda 02
- 24 images of people at the top of the staircase at the subway stations.
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- Masato Kuroda 03
- 24 images of people at the top of the staircase at the subway stations.