Working Class New York

Tucked away in the outer boroughs of New York City lies a chapter within the city’s history that refuses to die. One where union membership is encouraged not scoffed or laughed at. Along the banks of Newtown Creek, which makes up the border between Queens and Brooklyn, lies a world of factories and warehouses that still supply a majority of the city with its daily perishable goods and construction equipment, a hodgepodge of industrial labor that still supports families, pays the bills, and doesn’t require a degree of any sort. 'Working Class New York' is a project to record this industrial landscape, to inform the average New Yorker and others that a complex but functional web of industry still exists. To peek beyond the facade of the structures and photograph workers and their trades, to give the viewer a glance at the variety of industry that still exists and put a face on the men and women that ply these trades day in and day out. These workers, not as numerous as they once were, still form the backbone of society in New York City. Beyond the shine of Manhattan’s skyscrapers this little ecosystem of its own churns out production 24/6, closed on Sundays. They are the men and women nobody sees but everyone needs.