Hidden Ellis Island: Exhibit of Photographs by Paul Margolis @ The Living Room Gallery

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Hidden Ellis Island: Exhibit of Photographs by Paul Margolis @ The Living Room Gallery

April 30th, 2014 by fstop

Hidden Ellis Island: Exhibit of Photographs by Paul Margolis
May 1 to June 29, 2014

Opening Reception: May 1, 2014, 6 PM to 9 PM

Hidden Ellis Island is photography of people-free interiors on an overcast winter’s day with diffuse light coming through broken windows and dust-covered glass. Paul Margolis writes about the collection: “In early 2002, I photographed the interiors of the decaying buildings on the un-restored south side of Ellis Island. They had a haunting beauty, with their subtle, almost monochromatic colors: greens and rust, old brick and peeling plaster. While the buildings have been sealed and stabilized since I photographed them, restoration efforts are slow and require millions of dollars. The Great Hall and attached buildings on the north side of the Island were restored and made into a national park and museum of immigration in the 1980s; however, the south side of the island has been left largely untouched for nearly six decades.”

The Living Room Gallery at Saint Peter’s Church,
619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street, NYC

Location: New York, New York City, United States Type:

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