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January 19, 2009
Nathan Kensinger, Photographer
Gothamist
Gothamist interviews photographer Nathan Kensinger, who has lent his lens to the documentation of the fight over Atlantic Yards (especially with his surreptitious expeditions inside the railyard).
Nathan Kensinger is an urban explorer, filmmaker, Law & Order location scout and photographer. Illegally accessing areas that normal folks don't usually see, his photos give everyone a glimpse at what's inside the restricted areas. His work has landed in the Brooklyn Museum and Library in the past, and now he has a new show about to open at Union Docs called "Abandoned Brookyn," which shows "the rapid pace of development along the waterfront has been reshaping many old industrial neighborhoods" in the borough.
...Given the opportunity, how would you change New York? A couple months ago, I would have said New York needed to slow down its pace of development, which was going at such an unsustainably fast pace. But it looks like the economic downturn took care of that. They're already reevaluating many of the major, controversial development projects that were pushed through over the last few years, like Manhattanville, the Atlantic Yards, the Iron Triangle. And now we're stuck with all these hastily built - or half-built - construction projects that have permanently changed the landscape the city. I think New York needs to take a closer look at what it is has lost and what it will lose because of all this rapid development.
Posted by eric at January 19, 2009 9:58 AM