the photo exhibit, younger than i’ll be, depicts new york in the 80′s and early 90′s, encompassing the feeling of being young in the city back when manhattan could still feel dangerous.

curator skye parrot:
“being young here was a singular experience–riding the subways, walking everywhere, phone booths, beepers, sitting on stoops, the feeling that you owned everything. part of that was just the joy and omnipotence of adolescence. part of it is the overwhelming experience of coming into one’s own in a place as exceptional as new york.”

exhibit runs through may 23 at bam.