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On the Street | 
 enlarge | Creator: Amy Arbus
Publisher: Welcome Books
Category: Book
List Price: $39.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 181301
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 104
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.5
Dimensions (in): 13.7 x 10.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 1599620154
Dewey Decimal Number: 779.974692
EAN: 9781599620152
ASIN: 1599620154
Publication Date: September 1, 2006
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Product Description
Between 1980 and 1990, over five hundred of photographer Amy Arbus's impromptu and edgy portraits of New Yorkers appeared in the Village Voice's monthly fashion feature, "On the Street." The column's missive was to document the city's most adventurous trednsetters as they lived their lives. But Arbus's photographs tell much more than a style story. From the friendliest to the grittiest, every one of these images is a potent tribute to self-expression. Taken as a whole, they reflect an era of contradictions, a time in America when urban individualism and raw creativity were courageously fighting for breathing room and holding their own in a culture ruled by wealthy conservatism and Republican politics.
For the first time since that hard-to-define decade, this time-capsule collection of images is being revisited. On the Street features seventy of the most revealing and expressive images taken by Arbus on the city’s fashion-fertile sidewalks. From the unknown to the unmistakably famous, her subjects are all equally unforgettable. Arbus’s ubiquitous lens captured the most influential style-makers, from The Clash on the set of Martin Scorsese's King of Comedy and Madonna on the same day her single “Everybody” hit the charts, to Anna Sui, Joey Arias, Phoebe Legére, and countless other local artists, actors, costume designers, shop owners, musicians, make-up artists, graffiti artists, and downtown scenesters. From eyewear to underwear and schoolgirl skirts to backless shirts; from women dressed like men to men that are barely dressed; from lipstick to just plain “schtik,” there is no aspect of 80’s style that goes unrepresented.
A. M. Homes, the renowned author of The End of Alice and contributing editor at Vanity Fair, offers a personal and illuminating essay that introduces and celebrates Arbus’ photographs, while elegantly placing them in the context of the time in which they were taken.
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Nice STYLE book! January 17, 2008
The ON THE STREET book is a large photo book showing candid shots of people on the street in New York City. Some famous and some not, the people shown definitely had style.
High quality, black & white one-page images inspire the fashion-ista in all of us! I'd recommend ON THE STREET to anyone who's nostalgic for the 80s, interested in fashion, or has a unique sense of style!
And to the reviewer who is featured on page 37, you looked fantastic!
Also recommend Wild style
I'm page 37! November 5, 2006
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
My cats are so sick of hearing me tell them that I'm in a book...I fit in the woman dressed as a man category! 1981, 3 months pregnant with twins in an emerald green, little boys sharkskin suit...Johnson's buckle boots, and a couif that crashed! At the time I worked at Trash and Vaudeville on St. Marks Place. The Clash was playing 17 nights at Bond's. I performed in pieces at the Mudd Club and Club 57 along with John Sex and Katie K., East Village Scenester's who are also in the book. It was a wild time. I felt very at home in NYC. People might think all these people are just trying to get attention with their clothes. Sometimes it's about being fabulous, but sometimes it's only about being yourself and being comfortable. Somewhere else you'd stick out like a sore thumb, be ostracized, but in New York, you could look however you wanted and go about your business. By the time the photo appeared in the Voice, I'd moved back to Boston to have my "baby". Friends called and mailed me copies and I thought it was the most exciting thing ever! I can't believe 25 years later I'm in a big book. I can't believe I'm in a book with Madonna on the Cover!
Whether I made the book or not, I can't say enough about Amy's photography. Although there is a sharp realism, it isn't harsh, it's vibrant. It makes you want to know more about the people in the photos. I don't think the people come off as kooks (I'm anticipating my mother's reaction), but as creative, imaginative, and brave people, with a story behind them. The book doesn't need words to convey the time period. If you want an accurate picture of the 80's, this beats any fashion magazine, because it's real people going about their daily lives. If your an aspiring photographer, I think you'll learn alot from looking at Amy's photographs. If you remember the 80's with fondness, I think you'll really enjoy this book.
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