Captured by photographer Christine Osinski in the 1980s, these images detail the portraits of the people of a summer at Staten Island. Released amidst the digital age, the photos are an intimate glance into the past, and an intriguing insight into 80s culture and fashion. Rather than focusing on the renowned, glossy New York skyscrapers as her subject, Osinki settled her lens on the blue-collar workers building them, capturing not just what she saw in Staten Island, but her understanding of working class culture too. The sepia images shot on a 4×5 camera are, ironically, a fresh breath of air amidst today’s crowded sea of images.

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