The Ninth Floor Jessica Dimmock

Her work has appeared in aperture the new york times magazine newsweek time fortune new york magazine and fader.

The ninth floor jessica dimmock. For approximately three years dimmock photographed the residents of a drug den located in manhattan s flat iron district. Jessica dimmock s book the ninth floor published by contrasto is another example of a photographer gaining entree into the lives of the dark and secretive world of drug addicts. Joe smith in his mid 60s allowed a young addict to move into a spare bedroom in his large three bedroom apartment in hopes of gaining rent. We are left with the reality of the drug s power and the question.

Focusing on three individuals dimmock watches and listens as the young people on the ninth floor fall into despair then reflect on their choices and yearn for more. The ninth floor author. The ninth floor by jessica dimmock brian storm director format. 4to photographically illustrated hardcovers no dust jacket jessica dimmock 1978 isa documentary photojournalist and filmmaker based in brooklyn new york city.

Verified purchase i first saw jessica dimmock s ninth floor work at the foam photography exhibition in amsterdam back in 2008. Over the past two years jessica dimmock has photographed a group of die h. Her body of work the ninth floor documented the lives of a group of young heroin users over the course of several years. This is the story of their battl.

Jessica dimmock published in 2007 by contrasto italy. By jessica dimmock the ninth floor documents a group of addicts who moved into the apartment of a former millionaire in a wealthy neighborhood in downtown manhattan. Gaining entrée through a chance meeting with a cocaine dealer she follows and describes the main characters as if she and her camera were invisible. Edition discs price new from used from dvd october 13 2017 please retry 1.

Read reviews from world s largest community for readers. This is a photographic documentary of the 3 years jessica dimmock associated herself with a group of addicts in the flat iron district of new york. Jessica dimmock born june 23 1978 is a documentary photojournalist and filmmaker based in brooklyn new york city. Dvd 25 00 additional dvd options.