Anders Goldfarb photographs of Coney Island
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Abstract
The Anders Goldfarb photographs of Coney Island contain 68 black and white prints of the area in the year 1984.
Biographical note
Anders Goldfarb (1954-) is a documentary photographer based in New York City. He was born in Brooklyn, and raised in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens. He received a B.A. in anthropology from SUNY Stony Brook in 1975, and a M.F.A. in photography from SUNY New Paltz in 1986. He then moved to the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn. Goldfarb received a Leopold Foundation Grant in 1984 and was awarded the Puffin Foundation Grant in 2009. He has taught photography at the College of New Rochelle, Cooper Union, and other schools. Since 1986, his work has been published in numerous newspapers, magazines, and books, and his photographs have been exhibited internationally.
For more information please see his website at: http://www.andersgoldfarb.com/
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 68 black-and-white photographs taken at Coney Island by Anders Goldfarb in 1984. The photographs document Coney Island's beaches, boardwalk, and amusements (including the Wonder Wheel and the Cyclone). It includes portraits of Coney Island residents and visitors.
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Conditions Governing Access
Open to researchers without restriction.
Conditions Governing Use
Rights to the photographs have been retained by their creator. All uses beyond fair use requires a licensing agreement as per Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. For more information on licensing images please see our Rights and Reproductions policies or contact the library staff.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, 1984; Anders Goldfarb Photographs of Coney Island, V1992.048, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Historical Society.
Existence and Location of Originals
Item-level description and digital versions of images from the collection are available for searching via the online image database
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Anders Goldfarb in 1992.
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This collection is processed to the item-level in our image database.
