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"VACANCY, ART & TRANSFORMATION"
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read review in Seven Days
(Book available at Winooski City Hall)
"VACANCY, ART & TRANSFORMATION"
on the internet at <www.lulu.com>
read review in Seven Days
(Book available at Winooski City Hall)
"Before the current massive redevelopment of Winooski's downtown there
were numerous earlier attempts at transforming the town's character
following the closing of the textile mills in the 1950s. Vacancy, Art & Transformation documents the impact
of those policies on the people living there.
InVacancy, Art & Transformation Dan introduces the reader the reader to a 1970s downtown where people socialized in the many restaurants and bars, where shuffleboard tables were ubiquitous, and where people filled the bingo parlor nightly. He recalls the Urban Renewal project that in the 1970s demolished the east half of the neighborhood and the 1980s Historic Preservation project that renovated the west half and the mills.
And finally Vacancy, Art & Transformation celebrates in photographs the influx of residents from other countries who have added to Winooski’s cultural richness. The book offers a 35-year photographic record of social change in this unique Vermont community."
InVacancy, Art & Transformation Dan introduces the reader the reader to a 1970s downtown where people socialized in the many restaurants and bars, where shuffleboard tables were ubiquitous, and where people filled the bingo parlor nightly. He recalls the Urban Renewal project that in the 1970s demolished the east half of the neighborhood and the 1980s Historic Preservation project that renovated the west half and the mills.
And finally Vacancy, Art & Transformation celebrates in photographs the influx of residents from other countries who have added to Winooski’s cultural richness. The book offers a 35-year photographic record of social change in this unique Vermont community."
The
task of an alternative photography
is to incorporate photography into social and political memory, instead
of using it as a substitute which encourages the atrophy of any
such
memory…. For the photographer this means
thinking of
her or himself not so much as a reporter to the rest of the world but,
rather, as a recorder for those involved in the events photographed."
John Berger in About Looking
From "the
Incredible Onion Portraits"
Winooski, Vermont 1976 - 2005
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Sister Cities: Side by Side (1986-87)
Introducing residents of Burlington, Vermont and its sister city of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, through portaits of similar social roles in the two communities
John Berger in About Looking
Winooski, Vermont 1976 - 2005
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Sister Cities: Side by Side (1986-87)
Introducing residents of Burlington, Vermont and its sister city of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, through portaits of similar social roles in the two communities
VIDEO projects
available on the internet:
Winooski As It Was
Winooski Then & Now
Sister Cities for 25 years
Barrios saludables, niños sanos
the Champlain Valley Fair- 1986
Winooski Montage-a sampler 2007
the Front Porch Forum Photos Exhibit 2014
more PHOTOS on the
Burlington/ Puerto Cabezas
Sister City Program web site
available on the internet:
Winooski As It Was
Winooski Then & Now
Sister Cities for 25 years
Barrios saludables, niños sanos
the Champlain Valley Fair- 1986
Winooski Montage-a sampler 2007
the Front Porch Forum Photos Exhibit 2014
more PHOTOS on the
Burlington/ Puerto Cabezas
Sister City Program web site
Barrio Cocal, Bilwi
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