Unseenamerica New York State
If you’re studying, researching, or merely interested in working conditions in New York State, you may want to take the time to check out the images and video being created and made available at Unseenamerica New York State. Here’s the description of the project from its website:
Unseenamerica New York State is an innovative arts project where seeing and being seen become the subject and object of original photographs. So far, workers have participated in 25 workshops throughout New York State, from Buffalo to Long Island. This photography program was designed to help them tell their visual life stories. Professional photographers taught twelve-week classes to janitors, bus drivers, teachers, hospital workers, new immigrants, refugees and scores of others who create a surprising and unexpected portrait of New York State from the perspective if its people. Unseenamerica New York State was underwritten by the Workforce Development Institute (WDI) with support from the New York State Senate Majority. It is a collaboration of WDI, Bread and Roses Cultural Project 1199 SEIU and the NYS AFL-CIO.
The link above takes you to the project’s home page; click here to check out their photo stream at flickr. It’s a unique take on New York’s world of work, and that fact that the project is ongoing means you can follow its growth.
