**Irma H. Rivera en El Barrio, NY, 1978**

Vintage silver gelatin print

35,6 x 27,9 cm (14x 11 inches)

**The artist: Arlene Gottfried**

Arlene Gottfriedtook her first photographs in 1969 at the legendary Woodstock Festival; capturing unusual and striking moments would become her trademark. Always drawn to the diverse communities she knew while growing up, Gottfried went on to document the vast diversity of New York City. Beginning with Coney Island and Crown Heights, she expanded her radius to the Lower East Side, Spanish Harlem, and then to other regions of the United States.