Glenn O'Brien and Luc Sante Reading From Rene Ricard's Notebooks @ Mast Books In New York
photographs by Adam Lehrer
Night & Day brings together a selection of iconic Kodachrome pictures from David Armstrongβs archive of the late 70βs and early 80βs New York scene. The images illuminate an intimate and carefree epoch of innocent-bohemian wilderness -a time just before the tumultuos 80βs. Dispersed through out the series are images of generation of youngsters which changed culture - including Rene Ricard, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Jean-Michel Basquait, John Waters to mention a few. Vernacular yet with a undeniable ability to capture and create timeless images, David Armstrongβs Night & Day tells tales of a bygone era. Night & Day is out now by Morel books with 110 images and an original poem typed out in 1979 by Rene Ricard who also designed an amazing cover. You can order the book here.