Inside the New York of Yesteryear: Pictures give rare glimpse into the homes of 1970s Brooklyn
The photos were taken by Dinanda Nooney between January 1978 and April 1979 The photographer took 576 photos in around 200 homes in various Brooklyn neighborhoods in a near daily project that criss-crossed the borough She specialized in taking pictures that captured the lives of ordinary people One of the families she photographed was that of Jean-Michel Basquiat, then 18, who would go on to be one of the most celebrated painters of the 20th century Nooney also worked on George McGovern's campaign in 1972 against Richard Nixon, photographing his rallies in Brooklyn She donated the ima...
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