David Isay

Harvey Wang

Dreamers, Visionaries, Eccentrics, and Other American Heroes

Holding on

Amy Brost

In 1975, on the crime-ridden Lower East Side of New York City, Adam Purple started a garden behind his tenement home at 184 Forsyth Street. By 1986, The Garden of Eden was world famous and had grown to 15,000 square feet, spanning five lots. For Adam - a social activist, philosopher, artist, and revolutionary - The Garden of Eden was the medium of his political and artistic expression. Harvey Wang was one of the few photographers to visit Adam throughout the creation of The Garden of Eden. Wang's photographs may well represent the most complete visual record of this unique, site-specific New York City earthwork/artwork.

Adam Purple and the Garden of Eden

Harvey Wang explores the shift from film to digital through a collection of portraits and interviews with more than forty prominent photographers. From Darkroom to Daylight is "at once an homage to the analog world of film photography, a capsule history of the medium's digital revolution, and an engaging conversation with noted photographers about the transition."--American Photo Harvey Wang’s photography career has spanned more than 30 years, and his film career more than 15. He has published five books of photography, all critically acclaimed portraits of Americans from many walks of life. His work has been exhibited in museums and galleries across the country, including the Museum of the City of New York, the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., and the New-York Historical Society. His award-winning films, ranging in style and approach from documentary to experimental, have been seen in festivals all over the world.

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