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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- Andrew Sydon
- A portriat of a man wearing all black clothing.
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- Anna Anson-Cartwright 01
- A portriat of a man wearing a stripe shirt and sun hat.
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- Anna Anson-Cartwright 02
- A portrait of a man wearing a black suit and hat standing near a street.
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- Anna Anson-Cartwright 03
- One man passing a cigarette to another.
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- Anna Anson-Cartwright 04
- Three women sitting together [at a bus stop?].
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- Astoria
- A collage of letters and objects to spell out "Astoria"
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- Baire Casey
- A portrait of Casey Baire in active wear with her hands on her hips.
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- Brian Rocco
- A portrait of Brian Rocco in a wheel chair on a racetrack.
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- Donna Fried
- A portrait of Donna Fried in active wear with her hands on her hips.
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- Eddie Santillan 001
- Three women cross the street together two have umbrellas for the sun.
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- Eddie Santillan 002
- Two women near a fruit stand one is holding a container of blueberries.
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- Eddie Santillan 003
- An older man in a blue cap and white tee shirt.