Tag: 1973

Tracking Time: Camilo Jose Vergara’s Photos of NYC in the Early 1970s

Photographer Camilo Jose Vergara has been documenting life in urban American since the Nixon administration. As he says, “For more than four decades I have devoted myself to photographing and documenting the poorest and most segregated communities in urban America. I feel that a people’s past, … Read MoreTracking Time: Camilo Jose Vergara’s Photos of NYC in the Early 1970s

Lower Manhattan Street Scenes in Kojak’s 1973 1st Episode

Kojak is an American television series starring Telly Savalas as New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. The show was created by Abby Mann, an Academy Award winning film writer best known for his work on drama anthologies such as Robert Montgomery Presents and Playhouse 90. Mann developed the project as a gritty police procedural, but with a subtext focusing … Read MoreLower Manhattan Street Scenes in Kojak’s 1973 1st Episode