Thirty five years ago the photography world was a far different color- monochrome to be exact. 35mm Tri-X was still legal tender and photo gallery hopping in NYC was a one stop affair at The Witkin Gallery on E59st. Well stocked bookstores carried five photography monographs: E100st by Bruce Davidson, the Diane Arbus monograph (kinda like The Old and New Testaments); Glory, Robert D'Allesandro's brilliant little chronicle of post sixties America, and the aptly named Sidetripping by Charles Gatewood, which documented the future of sixties excesses - and I'm sure there was an Adams in the mix . Photography was just beginning its major thrust into the art world, and as you can read in this first installment entitled Why Are You Wearing A Camera? from Photography on My Mind in the May 28, 1973 issue of New York Magazine, apparently, photography wasn't the only thing on everyone's mind- the more things change...
I'll follow up in the next couple of days with the remainder of the issue's photography themed articles that include Gurus of the Visual Generation and Blow-Out: The Decline and Fall of the Fashion Photographer (had to happen sometime). Meanwhile, enjoy the man on the street interviews (esp Ann Myers), and the latest technology...
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