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Souvenirs of Brooklyn: The Late Arlene Gottfried Collects Moments and People With Her Camera

Arlene Gottfried didn’t pick up a camera until she graduated from high school. Born in Coney Island, she spent most of her teenage years living on President Street, between Rogers and Nostrand, in ...
The New York Times

Unboxing Thousands of Photos of New York City in the ’70s and ’80s

Arlene Gottfried, a sister of the late comedian Gilbert Gottfried, memorialized a grittier era of the city. Now her family wants to share her collection with the world. Arlene Gottfried documented the ...
The New York Times

The Street Photographer Who Captured New York’s Fabulous Unknowns

In a show at the New York Historical, Arlene Gottfried carries on the tradition of Arbus and Winogrand in the ’70s and ’80s, but with unalloyed sympathy for her subjects. By Arthur Lubow Arlene ...