{"id":33170,"date":"2022-01-16T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathewingram.blog\/?p=33170"},"modified":"2022-01-16T19:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T19:30:00","slug":"new-york-eccentrics-and-their-apartments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2022\/01\/16\/new-york-eccentrics-and-their-apartments\/","title":{"rendered":"New York eccentrics and their apartments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> New Yorkers reveal their fabulous apartments in photographer Sally Davies\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/gallery\/2021\/mar\/18\/new-yorkers-at-home-sally-davies-in-pictures\">portraits of larger than life characters<\/a> in their equally colourful homes&#8211; a glimpse into the grit, elegance, poverty and humanity of an ever-changing city:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"315\" data-attachment-id=\"33374\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2352-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2352-1.jpg?fit=1900%2C1140&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1900,1140\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2352-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2352-1.jpg?fit=525%2C315&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewingramblog.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/02\/2352-1.jpg?w=1024&#038;resize=525%2C315\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2352-1.jpg?w=1900&amp;ssl=1 1900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2352-1.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2352-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C614&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2352-1.jpg?resize=768%2C461&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2352-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C922&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Flloyd NYC. Photographed at his home in the East Village on 26 October 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Flloyd<\/strong>: &#8220;Shortly after moving in I discovered the person before me paid one-fourth of what I paid and I spent the next two years in court. Afterwards, my rent was lowered to an insanely low amount. This has given me the ability to live the life of a starving artist. I live a very sober life, and I enjoy cooking and baking, and watching old movies with my boyfriend.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" data-attachment-id=\"33375\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2700\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2700.jpg?fit=1010%2C674&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1010,674\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2700\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2700.jpg?fit=525%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewingramblog.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/02\/2700.jpg?w=1010&#038;resize=525%2C350\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2700.jpg?w=1010&amp;ssl=1 1010w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2700.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2700.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>X Baczewsky. Photographed at her home on 1st Avenue on 2 May 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <strong>X Baczewsky<\/strong>: &#8220;When I moved into this tiny apartment I decided that I would think of it as a small parlour in a much larger home, rather than the small apartment that it is.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" data-attachment-id=\"33376\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2700-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2700-1.jpg?fit=1010%2C673&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1010,673\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2700-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2700-1.jpg?fit=525%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/mathewingramblog.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/02\/2700-1.jpg?w=1010&#038;resize=525%2C350\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2700-1.jpg?w=1010&amp;ssl=1 1010w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2700-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2700-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>James Kaston. Photographed at his home in Stuyvesant Town on 2 November 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James<\/strong>: &#8220;I still like New York City, but not the bike lane, not the bikes, not the people on the bikes. I don\u2019t like the glass towers and I don\u2019t like all the chain stores in this city. It\u2019s really become a city of greed. I don\u2019t like the way the word \u2018luxury\u2019 is tossed around regarding things that should just be described as \u201cplain\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Yorkers reveal their fabulous apartments in photographer Sally Davies\u2019s portraits of larger than life characters in their equally colourful homes&#8211; a glimpse into the grit, elegance, poverty and humanity of an ever-changing city: Flloyd: &#8220;Shortly after moving in I discovered the person before me paid one-fourth of what I paid and I spent the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2022\/01\/16\/new-york-eccentrics-and-their-apartments\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New York eccentrics and their apartments&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crsspst_to_mathewingramblogwordpresscom":false,"mf2_syndication":[],"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33170\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}