Exhibitions: Click! A Crowd-Curated Exhibition

Richard Louissaint. Bedstuy Block Party #1, 2007. All rights reserved

Artist Statement

With the seemingly rapid change in demographics that Brooklyn has seen in the last few years, these kids competing in a block party dance off and the spectators in the background represent the last of the natives in Bedstuy. This block like many on the neighborhood still have a majority of families who have lived there for decades with little pockets of transplants moving in. But in the case of this picture, the transplants participated by providing DJ services. .

10 Comments

great action!

nice action shot

i dont think these people will be so happy when they are evicted so a condo can be built where they have lived for decades.

Great, the brownstones and I heart NY shirts. I like the way the dancers frame the crowd in a dynamic way.

Great movement, dynamic colors, emphasis on youth. Wonderful!

I love the defiance and strength captured in the front boys stance and face! This is My Brooklyn he could be saying. I love the community moment too!

Where are the transplants?don't see them in the picture

Capturing all that motion in mid-air is a combination of luck and skill. I loved this one. — Posted by Patty

I love the museum exhibits! — Posted by Daleelah

I love this photo but what dance is it? — Posted by Rebecca