Sense of Place #6: Botanica, Mike Doughty
This is the back room at Botanica, on Houston Street, which used to be the first iteration of the Knitting Factory. I worked the door there from 1991 to 1993.
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Brad DeCecco
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Brad lives in New York and photographs subjects around the world. His portrait work earned him the PDN award for the 30 Best Emerging Photographers of 2007. He also directs and acts as DP on documentary and commercial film and video projects. Communication Arts recognized his work with the Jury Prize for Cinematography. His first foray into music videos premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. His clients include: Esquire, Time, Smithsonian, The Washington Post Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, People, Forbes, Lexus, Money, ESPN and Universal Records.
Sense of Place #5: Kurt Andersen, the green room
It's the messiest room in our house by far—maybe because the meaningful clutter makes it feel like a simulacrum of my mind, maybe because the mess is a cozy signifier of privacy, maybe because the clutter seems pre-modern, like novel-writing.
Sense of Place #4: Tao Lin, NYU Library
This photograph shows me standing outside my house, which looks weirdly much bigger here than it actually is when you see it in person.
Sense of Place #3: Stephanie Ann Whited, Grace Church
In Grace, all utterances, including movement or thought, resound and therefore must be performed with intention.
Sense of Place #2: Christopher Beha, Washington Square Park
At some point, the neighborhood — and these walks around it — seeped into the story.
Sense of Place #1: Amy Lawless, Casa Magazines
A new series from photographer Brad DeCecco, Sense of Place captures authors in places that hold significance to their writing selves or their writing itself.