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SUMMARY:Opening Reception of Foreclosed: Documents from the American Housing Crisis
DESCRIPTION: Opening Reception of the Foreclosed: Documents from the American Housing Crisis, an exhibit by the Alice Austen House that includes works by photographers around the country. All ages welcome to attend. The exhibition includes photography by: Bruce Gilden Lauren Greenfield Todd Hido (not confirmed) Imara Moore John Moore John Francis Peters T.J. Proechel Brian Shumway Brian Ulrich Guillaume Zuili The show examines how artists and documentarians are using photography to record the aftermath of the housing bubble, from its beginning in 2006 to the dramatic effects it still has on the American Landscape today. The collection depicts the ruins of rich and poor neighborhoods, as well as families affected by the downturn in the economy, and raises questions about the American Dream of owning a home and what that now means. The exhibition's setting at the Alice Austen House, on Staten Island, provides a unique environment for the instillation. Most people remember Alice Austen as a wealthy, turn of the century photographer, who lived an idyllic life as a socialite. Yet during the Great Depression, she lost her fortune, which eventually led to the foreclosure of her family home. It now stands as a museum in her name. After the crisis, she was forced to live on a farm colony until a Life magazine editor rediscovered her work and relocated her to a proper nursing home, where she remained until the end of her life. The show uses Austen’s history and the location as a starting point for a conversation about the contemporary crisis. As a bonus, the museum will also display Alfred Eisenstaedt’s vintage images of Alice Austen’s emotional visit to the home she lost. Please help: AMEX and the National Trust for Historic Preservation have selected 40 organizations in New York City that will compete for $3,000,000. I am pleased to let you know that the Alice Austen House Museum is one of the selected sites. You can vote once every day until May 21 to help restore and preserve some areas within the house that need attention. However, it is not enough for us to vote -- We need all of our family, friends, co-workers and colleagues to vote --- and to do it everyday! The only way we can achieve that is through personal appeals. Please contact your friends and ask them to vote. 
LOCATION:Alice Austen House Museum (in Alice Austen Park)
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