125th Street: Photography in Harlem

An unprecedented study of Harlem’s 125th Street photography and cultural identity.

Harlem’s 125th Street is a marker of twentieth-century urban experience, a thoroughfare that encapsulates powerful stories of business and consumption, real estate and gentrification, glamour and entertainment, and political uprising. This book explores the constant mutation of this street life through the works of a large roster of photographers and performance artists.

The photographs in this book represent...