NEW YORK

Edo moved to New York in 1976. He found a city slowly coming out of bankruptcy and lived the whole period of its renewal. Hit by the economic crisis, New York became affordable for young artists that began to move to SoHo and to the East Village attracted by the low rent abandoned factories and small apartments. These artists created a community that soon became the place to be. Before his eyes, the south side of Manhattan was turning into an open-air stage with people playing, painting, writing and acting.
Edo photographed the great protagonists of this historical moment in the course of their daily and night life.

 

“When Maripol and I went up the Empire State Building on our first day in town, I immediately realised that what laid in front of our eyes was the perfect backdrop for our projects”