Photo & Model Agencies

Taken in the "forgotten borough" of Staten Island between 1983 and 1984, Christine Osinski's photographs create a portrait of working class culture in an often-overlooked section of New York City. Captured on Osinski's large format 4 x 5 camera as she wandered the island, her candid portraits of strangers, vernacular architecture, and quotidian scenes reveal an invisible landscape within reach of the thriving metropolis of Manhattan. The neighborhoods that Osinski captured are devoid of (…)