Visual Eavesdropping on the Streets of New York
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The Web site overheardinnewyork.com is devoted to eavesdropping: Bits of conversation are posted by those who overhear them so everyone can share. This entertainment is possible in New York because we are so frequently within earshot of strangers. On the street, in buses and subways, in elevators, in bars and restaurants, we constantly find ourselves smack in someone else’s drama. “Helen Levitt Slide Show: Color Photographs 1959-1984,” the photography exhibition currently at the Laurence Miller Gallery, is a visual correlative of the Web site.
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