Flushing Faces

These candid headshots of pedestrians in downtown Flushing, Queens, taken between 2017 and 2020, offer a glimpse of the diverse population of this crowded immigrant neighborhood in which I lived for nearly a decade. Walking in unconstrained spaces and bathed in natural light, these pedestrians allow their minds to wander, abandoning themselves to private thoughts that faces betray until eyes meet the photographer’s and the illusion of privacy is broken. The images’ central composition and exhibition in a grid emphasize the formal equality that prevails in the democratic space of the street .

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