Arlene Gottfried

Arlene Harriet Gottfried (b. Aug. 26, 1950, Brooklyn, New York; d. Aug. 8, 2017, Manhattan, New York) was a New York City street photographer who recorded scenes of ordinary daily life in some of the city's less opulent neighborhoods. Her work was not widely know until she was in her 50s.

External links

• "Arlene Gottfried, Photographer Who Found the Extraordinary in the Ordinary, Dies at 66; She roamed the streets of New York, camera in hand, finding opportunity at every corner,” by William Grimes, The New York Times, Aug. 10, 2017
• "Arlene Gottfried: an intimate, humorous eye for New York City's eccentricity; She’s a photographer and gospel singer who captured a bygone New York and whose brother is a successful comic. Yet it’s only now that Arlene Gottfried is getting her dues,” by Steven W. Thrasher, The Guardian, Dec. 17, 2014