Last Stop: Photo Book Talk with Brian Rose

Talk Highlights:

• Some say the authentic New York City is dead, but seeing the city through the eyes of his young son, photographer Brian Rose saw it with a fresh perspective
• Casting aside nostalgia and mourning for the lost city, Rose captures New York as it is today in his latest book, Last Stop, which showcases all the neighborhoods at the ends of the subway lines
• Discover how Rose's photos reveal the diversity of ethnicities, languages, and cultures in NYC
• Learn about the surprising discoveries Rose made in the far-flung reaches of the city, from a rubble-strewn shoreline in Tottenville, Staten Island to Howard Beach bungalows and creeks flowing into Jamaica Bay, and a row of granite slabs made to test the building material for Grand Central Terminal hidden in the woods of Van Cortland Park
• Hear the stories of local New Yorkers who Rose met along the way

About this Virtual Talk:

Over the course of a year, Brian Rose set out to photograph all the neighborhoods at the ends of the subway lines in New York City. He had multiple reasons for engaging in such a project, but the strongest was the desire to portray New York as a highly diverse, multi-centered metropolis. Having spent a major part of his career photographing the city through often challenging times – the dichotomy of destruction and creativity of the 1980s, the mortal wounding of 9/11, and the suspended animation of the Covid-19 pandemic – Rose was perhaps uniquely equipped to document the city at this moment of political uncertainty under the increased strain of new arrivals, many of whom are refugees from around the world. For a new generation of New Yorkers, the trains roll on ceaselessly, and despite the title, Last Stop is not so much about endings as it is about reinvention.

About Brian Rose:

Brian Rose studied at Cooper Union with photographers Joel Meyerowitz and Larry Fink. His documentation of lower Manhattan over a 20-year period resulted in three books – Time and Space on the Lower East Side, Metamorphosis, and WTC, a chronicle of the Twin Towers and the rebuilding of the World Trade Center. His study of Berlin after the fall of the Wall led to The Lost Border, The Landscape of the Iron Curtain; and his documentation of Donald J Trump’s failed casino enterprises in Atlantic City resulted in Atlantic City (Circa Press, 2019). His photographs are held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.